black hair in paris: polished hair care salon
This one's for fellow expats who have yet to find a Salon in Paris that they trust or for those thinking about starting a business abroad!
Conversations
discuss: what’s holding you back?
Sometimes in order to grow it's necessary to "kill your babies."
growing pains: dealing with the lows of transitioning
Transitioning can be pretty discouraging when your hair doesn't turn out as expected. But there are ways to deal some of the emotional frustrations of that awkward hair stage.
Relaxers Won’t be Around for Long
I see the demise of relaxers. The caustic chemical treatments that straighten kinky hair will fall as natural hair solidifies its place as a staple and not a fad in the Black hair world...
will men marry a woman who’s married to her weave?
The discussion between men and women regarding hair extensions is an age old and often push button debate. As much as we hate to admit, it’s never simply a “just hair” conversation.
discuss: can curly and straight hair co-exist?
Big, thick, poofy hair is permeating the bone straight images we're used to seeing, but does that mean the end of straight hair?
skin bleaching: who’s the fairest of them all?
Is skin bleaching simply a form of self-fashioning and constructing one's own physical identity or are there really deeper motives at play?
what the baoulé taught me about beauty
We're told to look inside a person to find their appeal. But what does that really mean? My trip to the Branly Museum gave me an alternative way of interpreting this tried and true saying.
black history: black images in european art
The classical paintings in the Louvre show us that Blacks indeed had a history of servitude in Europe, but we were also depicted as players in Greek myths, traders, warriors and kings.
discuss: when did you first feel your race?
I first felt the color of my skin on a playground in London when I was about six years old...
The Changing Business of Black Hair
Black hair is potentially a $500 billion dollar industry that in recent years has been significantly effected by the growing switch to natural hair. Find out what's stayed the same and what's changed.
Don’t Worry if Everything isn’t Figured Out Yet
We all make resolutions at the start of each year, but we don't always follow through. Natural hair super star Taren Guy shares how she made 2013 a year to remember and what we can do to "grow forward."
