Curly To Straight: The Psychology of Hair

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 can make many [...]

Mass Beauty: Celebrities & Drugstores Unite Over Beauty

Only the demand for growth would lead to a time where a former graffiti artist signs on to create what will be a mass-marketed fragrance. Artist and entrepreneur has inked a deal with the maker of Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson’s perfumes, Parlux Fragrances, to create an Ecko scent. Ecko is the most recent in [...]