Study: Weave tied to baldness

May 6, 2011 No Comments

Tweet That new weave you wanted to rock? It could be causing baldness. That’s the word from researchers. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, or C.C.C.A., is a type of central hair loss diagnosed only in black women, a new study in the New York Times reveals. The hair loss is also tied to Type 2 diabetes ...

Katy Perry goes blue @ Paris Fashion Week

March 8, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Superstar Katy Perry made a splash at Paris Fashion Week, greetign the throngs of media and models with a mane of blue hair. A proud member of the Skittles Wig Movement, Perry performed a number of hits for the French crowd. Her hubby, Russell Brand is gearing up to promote his new film “Arthur” ...

Rihanna goes curly for AMAs (pics)

November 22, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet Rihanna debuted curls for the world to see Sunday night at the AMAs. The locks have been slowly morphing for weeks, first it was short, then as she promo’d her album she started to rock a longer look. Sunday’s curly-swirls at the AMAs were the culmination of months of fiery red looks. Did she ...

Is Weave Getting Out of Hand?

September 27, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet One day, you see a woman. Her hair is neck length. You can actually see her back, the nape of her neck. The very next day you see her with hair down to her hamstrings, and her hair is blowing in the wind, flowing. Now, you know this woman. One day it was short, ...

The Creamy Crack: Like putting a gun to your head?

September 22, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Okay ladies, by now you’ve heard all about the chemical dangers associated with getting a perm. You’ve seen Chris Rock’s documentary, you’ve heard countless testimonials from various Nap Turners (lol). But here’s more about sodium hydroxide. Just how toxic is it? And is it like putting a gun to your head? Is weave the ...

Bald is Beautiful

May 18, 2010 No Comments

Tweet With individual style taking a back seat these days to cookie-cutter style, we thought it was high time we give a little love to those that decide to take it all off. No, not their shirts. This isn’t Mardi Gras. We’re talking about going bald, clean-shaven or close to it. And no, we’re not ...

Women with mustaches: Cool?

February 12, 2010 No Comments

Tweet If you want to be technical about it, all women and men, boys and girls, and yes, babies, have hair above the lips. In the cases of the younger set, it’s just so small that you can’t see it. Genes, hereditary factors and other influences make some people’s whiskers a little more pronounced. But ...

Weave: Why it will never die

February 3, 2010 No Comments

Tweet People have been all over weave as of late, from Tyra Banks declaring a ‘Real Hair Day’ to Chris Rock’s Good Hair” myopic biopic on lye, stop it. Weave is wonderful, though. How else can a person with 1-centimeter follicles enter a building and emerge a few hours later with HTB (hair-touch-butt) syndrome? It’s ...

'Good Hair': Is Chris Rock's Wife Unbeweavable?

October 13, 2009 7 Comments

Tweet As the audiences hee and haw at Chris Rock’s “Good Hair,” a look inside the hairstory of black women, many are taking aim at someone on the sidelines: Chris Rock’s wife.Malaak Compton-Rock has been scrutinized heavily (and that’s putting it nicely) since her husband’s film came out. She’s notably absent from the documentary, many ...

Hair Wars: Cut it Out, Already

August 16, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Amber Rose is ground zero of the revolution that has taken hold of black women’s hair this summer. If you’ve got a mane of curly locks or even a slick-back style that has never hurt anyone, you’ve found yourself on the frontlines this time. You’ve been told for ages how bad a perm is ...

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