Curly & Straight – Having It All

Send to KindleTweet We always want what we can’t have – the guy that isn’t interested enough, the apartment with the dishwasher sans bugs, the leather carryall it bag, and in my case, the kind of curly hair that either manifests as perfect ringlets or flowing shiny locks. But on the bright side I doubt [...]

Diary of a Nappy-Haired Houle

Send to KindleTweet I have a mane that is the result of a mother with pre-pregnancy curls and a father with what might only be described as a JewFro. He brushes his hair with a pick, so is it any wonder that my hair begins to lock after about four days? Most any hair or [...]

Curly To Straight: The Psychology of Hair

Send to KindleTweet For a woman with curly hair, acquiescing  to straightening is perceived as selling out–not by others, but by oneself. I think part of who I am is the the kinky mane I was born with, before curly hair salons, before silicon-heavy frizz reduction products, before the ceramic irons that at 500-degree heat [...]

Rough Hair Revisited

Send to KindleTweet ProSilk surprised us, proving that with the right machinery, even the tightest curls can take a breather. Until recently, thinning, straightening, and blow drying hair were the go-to processes to produce a straight do, though time-consuming and with damage done. But, an open mind led to us test ProSilk’s Golden Flat Iron, [...]