cowash

Scalp exfoliation sounds luxurious until a grainy scrub lodges in a twist and takes a second shampoo to find its way out, or worse your shed hairs begin to congregate around it. Shopping for natural hair means thinking about the applicator as much as the active ingredient. Can you part your hair and reach the skin? Will the product rinse…

Hair toppers have spent years looking as though they were designed for one head of hair: straight, softly highlighted and ready to disappear beneath a round-brush blowout. Leaving Black women searching for crown coverage to do entirely too much translating. Will the curl actually blend? Does “natural black” mean soft black or shoe-polish black? Ugh, is it blue-black?! Is the…

Hair toppers have spent years looking as though they were designed for one head of hair: straight, softly highlighted and ready to disappear beneath a round-brush blowout. Leaving Black women searching for crown coverage to do entirely too much translating. Will the curl actually blend? Does “natural black” mean soft black or shoe-polish black? Ugh, is it blue-black?! Is the…

There are sunscreens that technically blend into deep skin, and then there are sunscreens that make a person willing to apply the full amount without negotiating with the mirror. Korean formulas built their reputation on the second experience: fluid textures, elegant layers and finishes that behave more like skin care than the thick beach sunscreen many of us first met…

Hair toppers have spent years looking as though they were designed for one head of hair: straight, softly highlighted and ready to disappear beneath a round-brush blowout. Leaving Black women searching for crown coverage to do entirely too much translating. Will the curl actually blend? Does “natural black” mean soft black or shoe-polish black? Ugh, is it blue-black?! Is the…