<![CDATA[Jezebel: Tress Test]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Tress Test]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/tress test http://jezebel.com/tag/tress test <![CDATA[Oprah's Hair Stylist Pisses Off Kinky-Haired Folks]]> In a recent interview with Elle magazine, Andre Walker — who was responsible for Her Majesty Oprah Winfrey's hair for more than two decades, said: "I always recommend embracing your natural texture. Kinky hair can have limited styling options; that's the only hair type that I suggest altering with professional relaxing." Uh-oh. Kinky-haired people did not like that. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820517&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bieber Hair Officially Iconic]]> Teen idols with luxurious locks have been churned out for decades. But now, little girls will be able to run their fingers through the Beebs' "hair." The oh-so-lifelike doll hits stores in the summer, not that you can wait until then. (A commenter on OceanUp snipes, "Actual size!") Meanwhile, Mad magazine dares to call JB's swishy strands "stupid." Prepare to endure the wrath of and fury from hordes of angry fifth-grade girls! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5755863&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What The Angle Of Your Ponytail Says About You]]> This image is ostensibly humorous, but is there some truth in this theory? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5726533&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Diddy Party Heats Up, Sets Woman's Hair On Fire]]> It's all very well and good to put on your bikini and pose in a bubble bath at a live-streamed Dirty Money bash while Fabolous, Trey Songz and Kevin Hart hang around, but watch out for those candles, girl. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5714135&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Watch The Sesame Street/ Willow Smith Mashup]]> This was inevitable! The two hottest clips right now are "I Love My Hair" from Sesame Street and Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair." Put them together and you get the coolest little Muppet in the world. (Earlier) More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5667752&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[African-American Girl's Hair Product Makes Teacher "Sick"]]> Our hair is unique. Our hair is beautiful. Our hair requires the use of products that give it moisture and nourishment. And yes, some of those products have fragrances that are remarkable. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5557351&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Jersey Shore Hath Wrought: Big Hair Is Back]]> Blah blah blah. Everyone knows these things are cyclical. Japanese thermal treatments, Brazilian straightening and flat irons were bound to get old anyhow. But kudos to this writer for getting Hillary Clinton and Snooki into the same sentence. [NY Times] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5512709&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Trying To Understand The Lady Who Spends $47,000 On Her Hair]]> Brandi Irwin is five foot eleven and a former model-turned-foot model. She has the word "Posh" tattooed on her knuckles. And she spends $47,000 a year on her hair. How? Why?! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5510776&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Keeping Michelle's Hair In Perspective]]> Jenee Desmond-Harris wrote a piece for Time titled "Why Michelle's Hair Matters." It's both refreshing and sad that black hair keeps making the news. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5352094&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Modern Beauty Shop: Winning The War, One Curl At A Time]]> Recently, a reader sent us a link to this ShopBop "trend" story called Wartime. "Fashion is war," reads the copy. No. It isn't. But in the pages of 1942's Modern Beauty Shop, war was a major theme. War… and hair! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5329084&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sarah Haskins Untangles The Swinging World Of Hair Care Ads]]> From a deserted shampoo temple to words like "hydrolicious" and "prismatic," hair product commercials elevate beautiful hair to something to die for, Sarah Haskins finds. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5308543&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Hair Today]]> Paul LeBlanc, a stylist with a salon in New Brunswick, Canada, is the man responsible for the odd '70s hairdo worn by Oscar-winner Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men. During his acceptance speech, Bardem acknowledged the tricky tresses: "I want to thank the Coens for being crazy enough to think that I could do that and put one of the most horrible haircuts in history on my head," he said. LeBlanc is thrilled. It's very good for [the Coen brothers] and for me," he says. He's worked with the Coens for years. "It's a film that will have a long life and it's nice to know that my art will live on as well." Leblanc also claims that fashionable people in L.A. are asking for a "Bardem cut." Um, sure, dude. Sure. [International Herald Tribune] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361080&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Can An Older Woman Get Away With Long Hair?]]> Jerry Hall, 51, has the same flowing locks she had 30 years ago. Two women, Esther Rantzen and Marcell D'Argy Smith, debate whether it works when a woman of a certain age has long hair in today's Daily Mail. Rantzen argues, "only Jerry Hall looks like Jerry Hall. The rest of us risk looking like Ozzy Osbourne." She acknowledges the reason why women hate to cut their hair as they get older, but reminds us, "there's the unattractive truth that when most people get older, their hair changes texture and becomes coarse and difficult to tame. Think of all those elderly hippies with their brindled hair flying in the wind: not a good look." Hair length and vitality are linked, she says, but women need to be realistic.
We are determined to stay feminine and alluring, and that means, we think, keeping the luscious tresses of our youth. Though, in truth, those tresses may not be luscious any more, they may be thin and wispy, and they are certainly not youthful.
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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312454&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Fashion Week: If You Think The Clothes Are A Waste Of Time, Wait 'Til You Hear About The Hair]]> The New York Times sent one of its writers, Natasha Singer, to stand in as a hair assistant backstage at the Réyes runway show during fashion week. Singer, who admits, "I don't know how to properly handle my own hair," was faced with the daunting task of styling Rapunzel-locked models' hair in a "fresh and modern" look. "The idea is to make it look natural, only better," a Bumble and Bumble stylist told Singer. "But a natural look is one of the most difficult to do well." This particular "natural look" was achieved by brushing the hair, applying styling product, kneading the hair, crimping it with the hands and blow-drying it halfway, a process that took about an hour. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=299471&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Are You Woman Enough To Go Gray?]]> In today's New York Times, Natasha Singer writes about Anne Kreamer, an author who stopped coloring her hair three years ago. Kreamer's new book, Going Gray, chronicles her dramatic change of hair color, from dyed mahogany to "salt and pebble."
At a time when more than half of American women ages 13 to 69 color their hair, Ms. Kreamer argues that hair dye is the great divide that separates those who are in denial about aging from those who embrace it. Dyed hair looks as artificial as a toupee, she concludes, whereas gray suggests candor. "We have been brainwashed to think hair dye looks good," Ms. Kreamer said.
And you know what? She's right. More »
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