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The Natural Hair Show

January 24, 2011

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Join us in Atlanta, GA at the Natural Hair Show April 30 to May 1, 2011 FREE CLASS It’s official. This year our show will be even more exciting than the last. Get in on this FREE CLASS for Extension Twists and a variety of other techniques– Instructor, Ngone Sow of Soween Salon, Brooklyn, New [...]

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Oprah’s Hair Through the Years

July 1, 2010

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The Oprah Winfrey Show website has a great slideshow up about Oprah’s many hairstyles through the years. Let’s take a look! There?s Oprah as a child (cute!): Share and Enjoy:

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Prota made with Ultima Natural Organic Protein Hair

April 3, 2010

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Prota clip?on and fusion extensions by Supreme Hair ? Toll Free 1.877.353.4247 Share and Enjoy:

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Historian: Hair Extensions Have Been Popular Since Egyptian Times

August 17, 2009

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Some things never change: obsession with our hair seems to be part of our hard wiring. Even hair extensions are nothing new! Ancient Egyptians associated healthy, luxurious hair with youth, sexuality and sex appeal, according to Judith Illes, author of Beauty Secrets of Ancient Egypt. But, then, like now, not everyone had the hair they [...]

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Just for Fun – Video: Hair Styles Through the Ages

April 10, 2009

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Hair Dress Through the Ages is a tongue-in-cheek video about historic hair styles that makes the point about how silly trying to be trendy can be. Incredibly, it is distributed by the State of Georgia, Department of Education. Citizens’ tax dollars, hard at work. We bring it to you just for laughs, of course. :>) [...]

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My Nappy Roots Explores Social and Political History of Black Hair-itage

February 10, 2009

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My Nappy Roots: A Journey through Black Hair-itage, the award winning documentary on black hair featuring Kim Fields, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Vivica A. Fox, is being screened in cities throughout the world during Black History month. The feature-length documentary displays an array of various techniques and styles including the conk, press and curl, the afro, [...]

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A Journey Through Black Hair-itage

December 8, 2008

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My Nappy ROOTS: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage, an edutainment documentary, takes an unparalleled look at how black hair is used as a prism through which to look at cultural, societal, and political issues in the African American community over time. It covers the bad hair days as well as the great, outrageous, and sometimes [...]

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Egyptians Used Hair Extensions as Early as 3400 B.C.

August 22, 2008

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Who wore the first hair extensions? Egyptian women, and men, used human hair or sheep?s wool to make hair extensions and wigs at least as early as 3400 B.C., according to Egyptologist Ilene Springer. Ornate hair extensions were then, as now, a form of artistic self expression. Even their wigs had extensions because there seems [...]

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A History of Hair Ornaments

June 10, 2008

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Here’s a fascinating history of hair ornaments and hair styles in Japan. Historically, the longer the hair, the greater the nobility and beauty; and hair ornaments were talismans to protect them from evil. At various times through Japanese history, and today, hair extensions helped to create popular styles. Share and Enjoy:

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