hair care
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‘Gorilla Glue’-Famous Tessica Brown Now Says Her Hair Is Falling Out
Two weeks after releasing the rap single ‘Ma Hair,’ Brown returned to social media to announce new troubles with her tresses.
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Spotlight on Detroit’s Healthy Roots Doll Company
Their goal: to teach girls they are perfect just the way they are
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Adding Another Chapter to the Gorilla Glue Saga, Tessica Brown Launches a Haircare Line
Almost four months after having adhesive surgically removed from her head, Brown says her stimulating hair oil is the secret behind her healthy new growth.
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John Oliver Tackles the Importance of Black Hair on Last Week Tonight—And He Does a Surprisingly Decent Job
Whether it’s a debate about “good hair” versus “bad hair” or whether or not braids are an appropriate birthday hairstyle (yes, that happened), Black hair never ceases to be a wildly popular topic of conversation. While it’s often reserved for the members of the melanated community, on Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight With…
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The Glow Up 50 2021: Meet the Maestros of Hair
The category is: Hair. They tease. They twist. They tame, tint, trim and artfully tangle our tresses. They are our TGU 50 Hair honorees, ten innovators who have elevated textured hair to new heights. Whether drawing from the diaspora to showcase Black hair as the ultimate creative medium, building empires from a legacy of kitchen…
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Tracee's Take on Tradition: Pattern Beauty's Newest Products Evoke Cherished Rituals
“Time is a whole new thing,” laughed Tracee Ellis Ross on a recent phone call with The Glow Up. She’s not wrong—like us, the actress-entrepreneur has spent the better part of the last year in quarantine, finding new ways to work and testing out new products for her growing haircare line, Pattern Beauty. At the…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: Is Gabrielle Union's Revamped Flawless Collection the Rehab My Hair Needed?
It’s another Big Beauty Tuesday here at The Glow Up, and instead of our regularly scheduled weekly video, we hope you’re indulging in the incredible conversations going on in our first-ever The Root Institute, taking place every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the month of August. What am I doing with all this free time on…
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'Let Your Curls Do What They Do': Gabrielle Union Reaffirms the Flawless Freedom of Her Children's Hair
Gabrielle Union is all about expressing yourself—your truest self. That goes for everyone and anyone, including her children. When it comes to Black hair, specifically, the actress-producer and beauty/fashion mogul is making sure she instills self-love in her children, especially her two youngest, Zaya (currently 13 years old) and Kaavia (currently 20 months) in terms…