Hair straightening

Many women go everyday with their daily routines feeling great about their hair. Little do they know everything they’re doing with their hair could be completely wrong!Some people know the dangers that certain things can have of their hair, while others don’t. Hair salons, magazines, and even beauty supply stores can put ideas into women’s minds making them believe that something is “good” for their hair or “harmless” to them. Some may even know that something is bad however, since they are not…

women go through trial and error just to make sure their hair meet society standards. In the late 1940s, St. Paul, Minneota chemist and Jose Braquiel Calva invented the "chemical straightener", known as a hair relaxer today, has became very popular in the black communities over the years (Thompson 1). . Hair relaxers are designed to “glorify” and straighten the hair in a fast and easy process. Since the creation of hair relaxers, straight hair has been one of the many professional look African…

beauty and hair products. Madam C.J. Walker was one of six children. The first child was born into freedom. Then they became an orphan at the age of 7. Sarah’s parents died after the area was struck by yellow fever. Yellow fever is a deadly disease oftentimes spread by mosquitoes. One of her first job was as a washer woman. A washer woman is a woman who’s occupation was washing clothes. Sarah barely earned a dollar a day. She had…

I used to dye my hair a different color every year. Searching for a place to fit in, trying on different personas, I was lost and looking to find myself in a store-bought bottle of bleach. My gateway to dyes was the straightening every morning in middle school. I wanted the stereotypical “don’t talk to me” vibe. It stemmed from a mix of negative emotions; switching between mom and dad, meeting expectations, making friends, all combined with being thrown into a new school. This was all bottled…

the first person to invent the hair straightener. She invented it in 1872. The reason she invented this was because back then people would wear their hair big, curly, and poofy, but she didn't want to wear her hair like that all the time so she came up with the hair straightener. The hair straightener breaks down those hydrogen bonds that make your hair curly or wavy and when they do they break down your hair becomes straight.(prezi.com:invention of the straightening iron) Jennifer Bell…

As we age, our hair goes through a variety of changes. These changes include turning gray or white due to the cells no longer producing pigment, thinning hair due to genetics and narrow hair follicles and hair that is coarse instead of smooth. Keep your locks healthy in your senior years with these simple tips. 1. Cut Back on Chemical Treatments Dry, brittle and coarse hair can be a natural result of aging; however, hair treatments can worsen this natural effect and make hair extra brittle and…

of Chemical Hair Dyes and Health Problems According to J.D. Heyes, those who use hair dyes more than nine times a year have a 60 percent greater risk of contracting cancer (Heyes 1). It is important to know what kind of chemicals are in the hair dye. People do not read what the hair dye contains in it, if dying hair often it can lead to cause cancer on scalp, skin, and hair loss. J. D. Heyes, a scientist, also says that both home hair coloring kits, and dyes used at more expensive hair salons…

Hair straighterners are highly being used today regardless of the sex due to the ease and efficient hair styling opportunity it has been providing. But if you have children at home, you have to be extra conscious about the safety of its handling. Along with the efficiency of accomplishing your dream of providing lovely hairstyles quickly, parents should be using it safety and should be aware of serious safety issues that are to be followed when using it. You have to keep it away from your child…

the struggle that African American people face with hair. It talks about himself and his friends trying to straighten their African American hair with its natural “kink” to try and conform in with other white people. The text talks mainly about hair, but the hair has another meaning. It’s about what the hair represents. The necessity for good hair shows the pressure for the African Americans to be equal with whites. It can be contended that the hair is a symbol for the Black Civil Rights…

Image via Flickr by betsyjons Your hair is one of the first things other people notice about you. They might take in its color and assume that you are fun-loving, intelligent, or feisty. They’ll notice its length and cut and may decide if you are conservative or more on the liberal side. Fair or not, people come to conclusions based on your appearance. The one conclusion you don’t want them to come to is that you neglect proper hair care because you have split ends. Unfortunately, split ends…