Chris Rock's 2009 documentary "Good Hair" revolutionized the hair industry and African American women noticed. Women like Charlottean Kobi Brinson. "It doesn't really make sense for me to not have my natural hair texture," said Kobi Brinson. "I don't know what it looks like so we'll see." Kobi has no idea what her real hair looked like. Her mother began relaxing it at the age of 11. "Because once it's relax ...

"Nappy hair." "Bad hair." "Good hair." "Weaved hair." "Curly hair." "Kinky hair." "Permed hair." "Short hair." "Natural hair." "Dreadlocked hair." And on and on and on. Nobody, and I mean nobody is more obsessed with our hair, how it looks, how it feels, how others feel about it, and how we feel about it than African-American women (also known as "Sistas"). I want to get right to what ails us, and it ain't ...

By: Driadonna Roland The hair on my head has been permed, bleached, mohawked, braided, fried, dip-dyed and weaved. A look at the so-called “Photos of You” on Facebook is misleading. I’ve had so many different looks you can’t tell it’s the same girl! It’s not that I love switching up the game. The reality is I grew up despising my hair. While my sisters had fine hair that turned to springy curls when water w ...

By: Leila Day Gabrielle Douglas, who brought home the gold in the gymnastics individual all-around competition a couple of weeks ago, is one of the many Olympians coming home to great fanfare this week. While the world will remember Gabby's phenomenal skill and poise, a few people decided to focus on something that had nothing to do with her competition...her hair. A handful of negative tweets about the Oly ...

Are Chemically Relaxers Really Linked to High Uterine Fibroid?  Read this hair story by Scientist Danielle N. Lee.  I sport an afro or natural hair, but I use to have a perm.  About a year ago, I shared my hair journey with Afrobella at Essence. com: Natural Hair Diary: Danielle N. Lee, Scientist.   When I was younger, I sat between my mother/older cousin/aunt/grandmother’s legs with jar of grease, cup of w ...

In this video tutorial you will learn the proper steps to washing natural curly, wavy, and kinky hair which will ease detangling, and stop you from    pulling and ripping through your hair.  This hair washing process works best for those with 4 or more inches of hair length. What you will need: - Hair clamps to hold each section of hair. - Rat tail comb for parting the hair. (optional but not necessary) - A ...