The beauty and hair world has lost one of its favorite fixtures. Titi Branch (right), the co-founder of the popular natural hair care line Miss Jessie’s, has died from an apparent suicide. NV magazine initially ran an obituary for Branch on their Facebook page, reporting the 45-year-old died from asphyxia. According to the Washington Post: Born […]
When your mother is Halle Berry, you pretty much have the genetics department on lock, so much so that even your hair is a point of dispute. Recently, Halle took her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry to court over their 6-year-old daughter Nahla’s hair. The television actress claimed that the model was trying to take Nahla’s beautiful hair out of […]
Karrueche Tran is winning! The model and girlfriend to Chris Brown is currently living the good life, as she’s just got a brand new home in the heart of West Hollywood, according to TMZ. The site reports that she’s spending $4,600-a-month for the new pad, with a parking space out front that is often occupied by […]
Dear, white people. We love y’all, but WHYYYY?! Earlier today, #BlackTwitter was up in arms when it was discovered that the super popular fashion site Nasty Gal is selling a “vegan leather durag.” This isn’t the first time white people have attempted to introduce the black hair item to mainstream America as a “new” or […]
Oh, Nasty Gal. We hate it had to be you. This is a vegan leather du-rag. This is a thing that is being sold. This is a thing that is being sold for $50: Sometimes you’ve just got to du-rag you. This vegan leather du-rag has a tie closure at back and is unlined. Perfect […]
It’s slightly sickening to continuously see celebrity parents being criticized because of the way they do (or don’t do) their children’s hair. Along with their parents, children like Blue Ivy and Cree Hardrict are being publicly attacked because their natural locks are allowed to roam free. Or, in Cree’s case, are tied up into a neat […]
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will allow women a wider range of hairstyles to choose from, after coming under fire back in March for its “racially biased” guidelines. The original hair guidelines quickly became unpopular amongst African-American women in the service, with its derogatory language and restriction to hairstyles that […]
Remember that one U.S. Army regulation regarding African-American women and their hair? The rule AR670-1 prohibits women from wearing their hair in dreadlocks, twists larger than a quarter of an inch in diameter, and other natural hairstyles that are deemed “unkempt.” The perceived racist regulations were not stated without a list of alternatives, though. The Army provided […]
There’s a really long list of reasons why you want to be best friends with Lupita Nyong’o, we know. And now, we present you with reason No. 234. Not only is Vogue‘s current cover girl an award-winning actress on and off the silver screen, but the Most Beautiful Person of 2014 ever also has some mean hair braiding skills. Before she went on […]
