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10 Apr

Why Can No One Define 4C Hair? – essence.com

Nisian Hughes / Getty Images With over 300,000 TikTok posts under the hashtag #4Chair, controversy is stirring over who actually has the hair type. From wash routines to shrinkage and growth checks, anyone with an undefined textured has begun to label it as “4C”, while comments argue whether or not their hair matches into the kind. But with porosity, length, volume and other aspects weighed into how our texture looks, what defines who has 4C hair and who doesn’t? Below, a curl expert settles the controversy. What's the hair typing system? The primary known hair typing system was developed within the early 1900s by Eugen Fischer, a German Nazi “scientist” who created the hair gauge, to find out “mixed race” people’s proximity to whiteness...

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5 Apr

Is Minoxidil Protected For Natural Hair Growth? We Investigate

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Is Minoxidil Protected For Natural Hair Growth? We Investigate

Thinkstock Images / Getty Images From stem cell scalp serums to kitchen-concocted herbal rinses and viral rosemary oils, hair growth has grow to be all the fashion. With over 1 million posts under the hashtag #hairgrowth on TikTok, maximizing your hair’s length, retention, and hair care routines has remained one among beauty’s most consistent trends. Now, a latest hair growth ingredient has taken center stage—but are the advantages well worth the risk? Minoxidil, a drug first introduced within the Seventies as a treatment for severe hypertension, was coincidentally discovered for causing hair growth in balding patients. This led to the first FDA-approved topical minoxidil solution, Rogaine, to hit the market in 1988, followed by a 5% solution in 1993. Over 40 years...

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5 Apr

MakeUp HerStory: LYS Beauty’s Tisha Thompson Secures Series A

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MakeUp HerStory: LYS Beauty’s Tisha Thompson Secures Series A

Composite by India Espy-Jones Welcome to MakeUp HerStory. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ll be highlighting Black women in beauty who're taking the industry by storm and making history in their very own right. Each week throughout March, talent—everyone from rising beauty brand founders, to behind-the-scenes PR mavens—will discuss their profession journeys, biggest inspirations, and more. When Tisha Thompson launched LYS Beauty in 2021, she got down to challenge the norms of the wonder industry by mixing clean formulas with inclusivity. As the primary Black-owned clean beauty brand to debut at Sephora, Thompson knew the stakes were high—and the pressure to succeed was even higher. But staying true to her mission has been her guiding light. “For me, all of it comes...

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4 Apr

Could dumbphones be the answer to our self-esteem crisis?

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Could dumbphones be the answer to our self-esteem crisis?

When Jenna decided to ditch her smartphone last summer, she wasn’t expecting it to make her feel more beautiful. Like many, she was simply fed up with the mindless scrolling that left her with the lingering feeling that she was missing out on her real life. So, she purchased a ‘dumbphone’ with no social media apps and limited functionality; a phone that could make calls and send texts, but does little else. Six months on, the choice has transformed how she feels about her appearance. Now, when Jenna looks within the mirror she seems like she looks younger and more attractive than she did this time last 12 months. Meanwhile, she has stopped wearing make-up almost entirely. Everyone knows by now...

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