DETROIT — At 31, Espy Thomas continues to be a trendsetter. In 1999, after graduating from high school, she decided she would no longer use chemicals to straighten her hair.
“I was just done with relaxers,” says Thomas, who had been using either chemicals or a hot comb to make her curly hair straight since she was a child. “I was just...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In the quest for silky smooth locks, wavy-haired women are paying small fortunes for salon treatments, ignoring health warnings and driving a moral rift in the beauty industry.
But there’s an awakening afoot on the high-end, hair-straightening front. Amid renewed health concerns, an alternative market is appealing...
PHILADELPHIA — Some curly hair is fuzzy. Other grades are frizzy. And some locks naturally twist into perfectly formed Shirley Temple corkscrews.
But however your locks twist and turn, the well-moisturized, defined spiral is within your reach: whether you’re black or white, Buddhist or Jewish, Puerto Rican or Italian. Or all...
