hair weaves
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Bundles of Trouble: How Coronavirus Is Impacting the Billion-Dollar Hair Import Industry
In just a few short weeks, the coronavirus epidemic has affected not only public health but travel, education and trade. But among the goods affected by the spread of the virus, one has escaped mention: as reported by Black Enterprise last week, with China as one of the top exporters to the United States, the…
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Bundles or a Bag of Chips? Would You Buy Hair from a Weave Vending Machine?
We don’t know if this is pure genius or just plain hilarious, but apparently there’s a niche market for weave-related impulse buys. Earlier this week, a viewer of Washington, D.C.’s local CBS affiliate WUSA9 Tweeted into the station’s “The Most DC Thing” segment to report the unusual sighting of a vending machine for bundles of…
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Great Lengths: Do You Know Where Your Bundles Come From?
Remy. Virgin. These are words familiar to anyone who has even mildly experimented with wigs, weaves or extensions. But how many of us really know where the hair we’re wearing actually comes from? When Chris Rock visited India to investigate the source of the American hair trade for his 2009 documentary Good Hair, he only…
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NYPD Cop Blames Hair Weave for Failed Drug Test
A New York City police sergeant blamed her hair weave for a failed drug test that took place in January of 2017, the New York Daily News reports. She tested positive for marijuana and was suspended for 30 days. “I was shocked. I do not do drugs,” said Tracy Gittens, who claims that she was…