Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...
Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...
Earlier this month, Twitter user Ash Leon tweeted a collage of the infamous hair relaxer boxes we all grabbed as kids at CVS and our local hair stores, sending Black Twitter into a nostalgic frenzy.
Former models filed into the replies with snapshots of the iconic boxes and products they were once ambassadors for, alongside an image of what they look like today. “Being on the perm box was like ...
When Ashley León, 28, saw pictures of perm kit boxes on Twitter, it instantly took her back to her childhood days spent in a Staten Island beauty salon, a “cradle of womanhood if you will, especially ...
Are hair relaxers for black women going the way of the dinosaurs and shell top Adidas? I know it all sounds ridiculous considering the black girl perm has been with us since the day that Garret A.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Working with chemicals is just part of the job for Gail Carter-Cade, owner of GA LA CAR Beauty Salon in Arlington. In her more than 30 years as a stylist, she has chemically ...
Georgia's high court says women who used hair relaxers for decades can sue manufacturers, stating the clock restarts after ...
The shared nostalgic moment of walking down the beauty supply aisles past the hair rollers, the jars of Blue Magic, braiding hair, and barretts, but stopping in front of the boxes with all the pretty ...
Remember the beautiful little black girls who graced the cover of some of your favorite relaxer boxes from back in the day? Well, it looks like they're all grown up now. Remember the beautiful little ...
So you’re thinking of transforming your wonderfully curly and coily mane into shiny permanently straightened tresses. Good. For. You. Going back to the creamy crack is a personal decision that you’ve ...