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Good Hair Has a Few Knots

Harry Kimball — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:24:12 CDT

Chris Rock is a natural and hilarious interviewer, critics agree. But watchers are split on whether the substance of a rather complicated debate shines through in Big Hair, his documentary on black women and their coifs. A sampling: Rock has helped craft a film with "much good feeling and instinctive...

Hipster Hair Gets Even Wackier

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:15:01 CDT

More and more men are traipsing to salons to achieve what one adherent calls “non-normative hair.” From Afros to dreads, Mohawks to pompadours, stylists are helping hipsters express themselves. One hairdresser even offers intentionally imperfect cuts, “so it looks like they cut it themselves in their bathroom,” she tells the...

Your Shampoo Is Chock Full of Toxins

Matt Cantor — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:39:00 CDT

Most of what’s in shampoo does nothing to cleanse—instead, it “strokes your emotions,” writes Bill Bunn in Salon. If your hair is greasy, you simply need detergent. But shampoos contain a variety of other ingredients—two-thirds by volume—intended to make you feel good about the product and use...

Harry: I Don't Wash My Hair

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:54:09 CDT

Apparently Prince Harry's tufty ginger locks are due to something more than genetics. He boasted to buddies at a bar recently that he hasn't washed his hair in two years, reports the Telegraph . He's likely a follower of a low-maintenance quirky health theory that claims hair effectively cleans itself once...