Politics of Black Hair...Kinky... The Other "N" Word...Nappy

OMG!!! Can You Believe IT? -- A Pill to Make Your Hair Straight!

Karen Halliburton — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:20:00 GMT

It's hard to believe, but some Australian scientists are doctoring the
gene that makes hair curly. One day you will be able to pop a pill
and straight hair will begin growing from the scalp of your once
kinky hair. Read more on thecoilreview.com. You know, Black
folks will be lining around the corner and down the street for this
pill.

Will this child have any hair by the time she is four?

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:52:00 GMT

(courtesy of happynappyhead.com)

What is this child's mother thinking putting fake braids in her toddler's hair?
Instantaneously the message to the young one is that your hair is not good enough.
And more importantly the tension of the braids is ruining the little girl's tender
scalp....Shame...Shame...Shame.

The "I'm Mad As Hell...& I Can't Take It Anymore" Award of the Moment Goes To...

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:47:00 GMT

The beautiful actress, Gabrielle Union for Hell-to-the
No in Fake Hair!

Coil Beauty II by Naturalnana

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:53:00 GMT

Teacher Chops Off 1st Grader's Braid

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:20:00 GMT

Can you believe it? Back in mid-December,
a Milwaukee teacher cut off the front braid of
first grader Lamya Cammon. The teacher
claimed Lamya was making too much noise
playing with her beaded braids.

The malicious teacher calls her up to her desk,
tricks her in to asking if she wants candy;
and then takes a scissors and chops off
half Lamya's braid and throws it in the wastepaper
basket.

The class laughs and embarrassed Lamya
goes back to her desk and cries.

The teacher was fined $175 for disorderly
conduct and currently the Milwaukee Public
School District is going through a disciplinary
process with the teacher.

Somebody should cut one side of the teacher's
hair -- and show her what it feels like.

Lamya is now in another teacher's class.

Sisterlocks - Wash 'n Go Hair

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:56:00 GMT

(courtesy of Sisterlocks.com)

With Sisterlocks, we can finally have that wash 'n go
hair. And we no longer have to go to bed with
the Harriet Tubman/Slave headscarf. We can be
free and just lay our head down on the pillow...pleasant
dreams.

Sisterlocks in the Motherland

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:47:00 GMT

Here are 2 girls from the Nyangatom People from
Southwest Ethiopia and Southeast Sudan. This is a
likeness to the trademarked Sisterlocks created by
Dr. JoAnne Cornwell (below) in 1993.

(courtesy of Sisterlocks.com)

Healing Hair - Sisterlocks

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:41:00 GMT

(photo courtesy - Boston Globe/Evan Richman)

The Sisterlock movement is alive! Sisterlocks
originated in 1993, by Dr. JoAnne Cornwell,
professor at San Diego State University.
Here's an article from January 6, 2008 Boston Globe
by Meghan Irons.

Sisterloctician Martine Bernard, explained that,
"It's healing hair....We are healing some of the
ingrained feelings about our hair....God does not
make mistakes."

Best Hair Photo of 2009

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:20:00 GMT

The little man wanted to see if President Obama's hair
felt like his.

Royal Crown Hair Dressing - 1960

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:06:00 GMT

(courtesy of vieilles annonces)

This Royal Crown ad said to "press it...dress it...forget it"
and get the Royal Crown look of pride!

Hair Strate Perm Ad - 1960

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:56:00 GMT

(courtesy of vieilles annonces)

Indianapolis-based Summit Laboratories came out with a hair permanent. Not only was if for women it said, "it's for girls,
boys and daddies too." In 1960, Summit was trying to get everybody on the bandwagon.

Posner's Genuine Bergamot Hair Conditioner Ad

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:44:00 GMT

(courtesy of vieilles annonces)

This Posner Bergamot Hair Conditioner ad from Ebony magazine,
December 1959 professes to be water repellent (yeah, right).

Remember Sulfur-8? Here's a 1960 Ad

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:00 GMT

(courtesy of vieilles annonces)

This Sulfur-8 ad for conditioner and shampoo claimed you would
have longer, healthier, & richer looking hair. The ad also asked
if your hair is too short and measly (misspelled in the ad)-looking.

Dixie Peach Hair Dressing Pomade Ad - Ebony, June 1960

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:38:00 GMT

(courtesy of vieilles annonces)

Here's a Dixie Peach Hair Dressing Pomade ad from June, 1960
Ebony magazine. The ad underscores using Dixie Peach will
make your hair soft, smooth, & lustrous.

"Greaseless" Duke Ad from Ebony 1960s

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:27:00 GMT

(courtesy of vieilles annonces)

Here's an Ebony magazine ad for
Duke hair pomade for men. The ad
is emphasizing the grease is greaseless.
The model, Hal DeWindt looks like he
doesn't have the typical kinky texture of
hair.

Mel B - Shame on You - Perming Your Daughter's Hair

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:45:00 GMT

Mel B, what were you thinking perming your little girl's?
What are you doing to her baby brain cells?

Black Barbie Locked

Karen Halliburton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:34:00 GMT

(courtesty of feministing.com)

This Barbie Beauty is by Loanne Hizo Ostlie
who sells Black Barbies on ebay.
She re-roots the hair.

Tyra's Real Hair

Karen Halliburton — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:54:00 GMT

Ms. Banks threw off the fake hair
to show the world her ~~real~~ her ~~natural~~
relaxed hair underneath.

Yes,that was a brave move. It's a step
in a positive direction to show sisters.

The big leap would be wearing her hair
the way it naturally grows out of her scalp.

But she gets major credit for the first step.

Braid Extensions Give False Hope

Karen Halliburton — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:14:00 GMT

Braid Extensions are good to give your hair a rest...But it also gives a
Sister false hope. It's make-believe long hair . One step up from
a weave or wig because it's more Africentric? But it's still imitation.

And some Sisters go way past the expiration-time-to-take-out date.
The Kink Rules and it's not going to let any synthetic hair stop it's growth.
That $6.00 pack of synthetic hair gets disarmed by the Kink after a couple
of months.

Fall in Love with YOUR NATURAL Hair!!!

The Truth About Hair Relaxers - by Lalachicki

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:29:00 GMT

Natural Hair Is Beautiful Part 2 by Naturalnana

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:20:00 GMT

Another video education by Naturalnana:

Natural Hair Is Beautiful - Part 2

Naturally Speaking - Linda Jones on Recovering Permies

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:43:00 GMT

For Recovering Permies Seeking Support

by Linda Jones

September, 2009

This column is dedicated to permaholics who are in recovery. Also known as recovering permies, these women are addicted to chemical relaxers but are ready to kick the habit. First, let me congratulate you for your decision to make the transition to a more natural lifestyle for your hair. You have taken a major step toward setting your follicles free.

While I hope your transition will be a smooth one, you will likely face challenges along the way. Brace yourself for criticism from those who will question your sanity and don't be surprised if there are times when you second-guess yourself. Post-Perm Guilt is common among recovering permies. You blame yourself for taking your hair off drugs. You need to be reminded that those feelings of guilt are only 'natural.' You have done nothing wrong.

As recovering permies, you should not take this journey alone. I strongly urge you to find a support group-particularly one that hold regular "hairepy" sessions where you can get help managing your chemical relaxer addiction. I also encourage you to build a network of supportive, nappy-headed friends who you can call on whenever you feel a relapse coming on.

For those of you who need spiritual support, I offer my 12-Strand Program for Permaholics. Please note that any similarity to other recovery programs is purely parody.

The 12 Strand

1. We admitted we were powerless over perms and that our lives had become un-mane-geable.

2. Came to believe that a Hair Power greater than ourselves could restore us to nappiness.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our follicles over to the care of a Higher Hair Power as we understood Her.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our follicles.

5. Admitted to a Higher Hair Power, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our follicle failures.

6. Were entirely ready to have our Higher Hair Power remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked our Higher Hair Power to remove our short-combings.

8. Made a list of all nappy-headed people we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to nappy-headed people wherever possible.

10. Continued to take personal hair inventory, and when we snuck out to get a touch-up, promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through meditation to improve our conscious contact with nappiness as we understand it to be, meditating only for more knowledge of that state of being and the power to maintain it.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to permaholics and to practice these principles in all our hair affairs.

It is my sincere hope, dear permies, that these guiding principles will help you stay the 'coarse' and take your recovery one nap at a time.

www.manelockcommunications.com

Linda is author of Nappyisms: Affirmations for Nappy-Headed People and Wannabes!

www.nappyhairaffair.com

Malia Gets Criticized by the Right

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:01:00 GMT

Below is an excerpt from The New York Times article,
Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics, by
Catherine Saint Louis on August 26, 2009
re: ignorant bloggers on Free Republic about Malia's twists:

    Anyone who thought such preconceptions were outdated would
    have been reminded otherwise by some negative reactions to the
    president’s 11-year-old daughter, Malia Obama, who wore her hair
    in twists while in Rome this summer. Commenters on the
    conservative blog Free Republic attacked her as
    unfit to represent America for stepping out unstraightened.

Chris Rock's "Good Hair" Official Trailer Coming this Fall to Theatres

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:06:00 GMT

HILARIOUS!

We Need Some More Hair In Here by Jason Lewis

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:09:00 GMT

...Too Many Weaves...enjoy!

Where do natural extensions come from?

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:25:06 GMT

Ladies, you perpetually wear those weaves and now the
mainstream media is making fun of you?

New Look for Solange Knowles

Karen Halliburton — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:11:00 GMT

Solange Knowles has put the weaves & wigs
in the draw for the time being.

She's wearing her natural look. Some hip-hop
celebs & regular ignorant folks have been
brutal with her new look.

The look is crying for a better shape up,
but I know her hair is saying thank you
for some free sun & oxygen.

The 60's Ronnettes with the Beehive Look

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:34:00 GMT

Here's the 60's Ronnettes with the Beehive style.

Hairstyles From Waaay Back In The Day

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:54:00 GMT

These vintage sisters are profiling...all trying
to let their hair lay down like the dominant
culture...Natural Black hair reaches toward
the sun.

Amen! THE COIL REVIEW

Karen Halliburton — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:38:00 GMT

The Coil Review

Look for Chris Rock's "Good Hair"

Karen Halliburton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:33:00 GMT

Look for Chris Rock's Sundance
Award-winning Good Hair film by HBO
Films coming out this fall.
..I'm sure he's going to expose
the ridiculous obsession black woman
have about our Un-natural hairstyles.

Vintage Hair Pomade

Karen Halliburton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:27:00 GMT

It's Sensational, Joe Louis Hair Pomade" -
around in the 1940s. Joe Louis was
World Heavyweight Champion from
1937-1952.

Damn...Breaking Down Concrete Wall to STEAL WEAVE HAIR!

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:12:00 GMT

Good Hair II by NaturalNana

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:22:00 GMT

"THE I'M MAD AS HELL...& I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE" AWARD of the MOMENT Goes To....

Karen Halliburton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:51:00 GMT

The wonderful actress, Kerry Washington -
overflowing in a mass of fabricated fake-ness.

The Real Halle

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:55:00 GMT

Then

Now!

Halle's rockin' her REAL hair, again....Amen!

Crazy Hair

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:52:00 GMT

Pink & Black Braids? This woman has lost her mind.

1950s Quiz

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:44:00 GMT

This 1952 Ebony magazine quiz asks,
who's Black, who's White?

The hair is certainly not a giveaway.

Crazy vs Natural

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:13:00 GMT

Which makes more sense this?

or

This?

Headwraps for Centuries

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:44:00 GMT

(photo by Georgia Scott)

We been wearing headwraps for centuries. Countries like
Morocco, Mali, and Niger wear them to protect their heads
from the harsh heat.

Is Shame Hiding Under the Headwraps?

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:15:00 GMT

Perhaps Black women have & still are wrapping
our hair due to shame or hard to control hair.

Many of us have never taken the time to understand
the natural flow of our hair. We'd rather imitate
someone's else hair texture. & when we can't
get it -- we wrap it up.

Here's an old cardboard trade card advertising
Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton from1894....
The sister's hair is hidden under the headwrap.

Black Women & Headwraps

Karen Halliburton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:07:00 GMT

Here's a vintage ad from 1941 advertising a Servel Gas Refrigerator.
The maid is Mandy whose got her headwrapped Aunt Jemima-style.

Weaves for Babies - OMG!!!

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:11:00 GMT

(courtesy of BlackHistory.Wordpress.com)

I know we've lost our mind!

Now, we're slapping weaves on our babies.
It's called baby bangs. A headband of fake
straight hair.

Beyonce Weaving It Back When She Was 12

Karen Halliburton — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:30:00 GMT

Beyonce before she was a teen was weaving it.
Weaves on young, weaves on old -- weaves are
ravaging the Black community.

Braid Extensions - Black Woman's Ethnic Answer to Long Hair

Karen Halliburton — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:13:00 GMT

(above montage photo courtesty of theglamourouslife.com)

Braid Extensions = Long Hair with a conscience.

Woman Attempts Guinness World Record for World's Longest Locks

Karen Halliburton — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:09:00 GMT

Asha Mandela is attempting the Guinness World Record
for the Longest Locks.

In the above video, however, ignore her remarks about
she's from a mixed family and that's why her
good textured hair grows so fast. Child, Please!!!!

Little does she know that it is kinky hair that adheres to locks
the best. And what is she talking about good textured hair?

Anyway...check it out. It took her 20 years to cultivate.

The Truth about Black Women & Their Hair -- by Lalachiki

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:51:00 GMT

Beauty of Natural Hair by Naturalnana

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:33:00 GMT

Our Natural Hair IS Beautiful!!!

"Good Hair" Documentary Featuring Chris Rock Competing at Sundance

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:39:00 GMT

Comedian Chris Rock is featured in a documentary competing
at the Sundance Film Festival Jan 15-25, 2009. It's called:
            Good Hair.

Chris uncovers the real deal on the unique Black Hair Industry.
It's directed by Jeff Stilson.

It all started when Chris' daughter, Lola, came up to him crying,
"Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?"

Not having a solid answer Chris committed himself to search the ends
of the earth to find out what put this concept in Lola's head.

The film takes you to India's sacred temples where many of the hair weave hair originates; and what's an expose on Black Hair without featuring Atlanta's Annual Bonner Brothers Hair Show.

Other celebs featured in the film include: Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symone, Maya Angelou & Rev. Al Sharpton.

I pray the film is informative and in good taste...with all his comedic genius --we know how Chris can get.

Check out Eurweb.com and  Sundance Film Festival 2009 for more on the film.

Koreans Dominate Billion Dollar Black Hair Industry - Film by Aron Ranen

Karen Halliburton — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:59:00 GMT

Koreans dominate the Black Hair Industry.

The billion dollar revenue is leaving our community!!!

Filmmaker Aron Ranen is exposing the truth. Support him
at Blackhairdvd.com.