Former Miss USA and actress Since her debut album, Jill Scott’s Singer Goapele shows that locks
Kenya Moore is stunning with natural hair has encouraged many can be styled into curls, up-do’s
straight chocolate locks framing sisters to embrace their kinks, and countless other stylish looks.
her gorgeous face. curls and waves.
Hitting the Beach? Don’t
Forget about Your Tresses
By Kristin Gray
o many, thoughts of hazy faced an all too common hair disas- fearfully into the salon mirror after the
T
summer days conjure images ter. After using a powerful, at home cut, Richardson was stunned and tears
of misty, cotton candy- perming kit and adding micro-braids threatened to stain her flushed cheeks
colored skies and lumbering to her color treated strands in hopes despite rounds of compliments from
ocean waves meeting sandy dunes. of avoiding summer hair woes at the the stylist and other clients.
Magazine advertisements and TV beach, the center portion of her scalp “I didn’t like it,” said Richardson.
commercials paint an idyllic setting was left red, irritated “It took some getting
of summertime with flaxen-haired and nearly bald.
“Chlorine can lead to
used to and my ini-
models lounging blithely on the beach, “When it started tial reaction was like
their locks blowing lazily in the to fall out, first I
dry, brittle hair that
‘I don’t know if I’ll
breeze. thought it was normal ever like it.’”
Yet this scene is a far cry for some breakage with perms,
changes the hair’s
But despite her
Black women, many who cringe at the just dead hair,” said
color and creates
unforgettable sum-
mere mention of summer heat and the Richardson. “So I mer hair trauma,
intolerable, hair-coiling humidity that rinsed out the perm,
unpredictable results
Richardson learned
accompanies the warmer months. but a lot more hair
when working with
an invaluable les-
Kristie Richardson, 23, of Upper started falling out. son about caring for
Marlboro, Md., is an African There was hair the chemicals.” her tresses during
American with skin the color of rich size of my palm in warmer months. She
cream and a face reminiscent of an my hand. I was dev- even decided to
African sculpture. Her hair spirals astated.” keep the short hairstyle.
into countless kinks, curls and waves The damage was irreparable. “Don’t worry so much about your
that she, and thousands of other Black Richardson was forced to cut her hair looking good,” said Richardson.
women alike, straightens with harsh shoulder length bob into a daring “Be more concerned about the health
chemicals and tools. precision cut pixie à la Halle Berry of your hair, especially in the summer.
Nearly two years ago, Richardson and Melinda Williams. As she looked Also, [after you] get a perm [give your
8 Trends A publication of the Afro-American Newspapers
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