Black Hair Magazines Biography
Source(google.com.pk)Hip Hop culture in the 1980s created a slew of new trends, one being the “fade” for men. The fade is a hairstyle worn predominantly by black men in which the hair starts off short at the bottom and lengthens as it reaches the top. This style afforded the wearer an opportunity for individuality, as people often cut designs into the back and sides or added different colors to the top
Hip Hop also had an influence on young black women, who now could look to the popular musical artists on TV and album covers for inspiration. Asymmetric cuts like wedges, stacks or finger curls were popular during this time. Interestingly, all of these styles required some form of hair straightening. After the 1970s, men and women tended to turn away from the all-natural looks and began creating their own variety of individualized looks.
Hair styling in African American culture is greatly varied. African American hair is typically composed of tightly coiled curls. The predominant styles for women involve the straightening of the hair through the application of heat or chemical processes.In many cases today, the overuse of heat and chemicals has left some African American women with fairly short and damaged hair.These treatments form the base for the most commonly socially acceptable hairstyles in the United States. Alternatively, the predominant and most socially acceptable practice for men is to leave one's hair natural.
Often, as men age and begin to lose their hair, the hair is either closely cropped, or the head is shaved completely free of hair. However, since the 1960s, natural hairstyles, such as the afro, cornrows, and dreadlocks, have been growing in popularity. Despite their association with civil rights oriented political movements, the styles have attained considerable, but certainly limited, social acceptance.In fact, seventy to eighty percent the customers at Ajes Salon in Chicago go natural, most commonly in the broad set or strong set styles. This harkens back to the Afros seen in Chicago in 1960s, except that "it is more tame than if it were naturally big and curly," said Tena Warren, an employee at the salon.
A new Black hair salon has opened in our town this summer, and I decided to give it a try with my 8 year old biracial daughter. What a great experience we had!
Chantelle gave me so much confidence to do something different with Hannah's hair other than pull it back into a puff. This morning she went to school with three neatly sectioned braids swinging jauntily with each step. (I sectioned the top and braided it straight down the back, then sectioned each side and put a braid in each.) We used every bangled ponytail holder we had, and she looked so fine!
For Hannah's dry, but soft and fine tightly curled hair, Chantelle recommended Soft Sheen's Optimum shampoo and conditioner, plus Baby Love's Hair Lotion and Paul Sebastian's clear styling gel for styling.
We wound up using some different products than were recommended. Hannah hates the feel of gel and hair lotion, so we settled on a nice, light oil: African Pride Hair, Scalp & Skin Oil. It is rich in botanical oils and extracts, has a nice, light fragrance, and it doesn't weigh down her fine hair the way that baby oil or the heavier lotions do. The Optimum shampoo and conditioner are good products for her hair, but I found the fragrance overwhelming (I, the klutz with a comb, am also allergic to perfumes.) Matrix/Biolage has a shampoo, conditioner and detangler for dry hair that are working nicely, but they are pricey salon products. I've also found that Infusium conditioner (found in any drug store or supermarket) and their Leave-In Treatment for dry hair seems to work well, and I can tolerate the lighter scents in those products.
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