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How India's human hair factory helps Africa

To be frank, the story behind all the human hair we ladies buy gives me goosebumps but then again... this post is about how human hair is gotten in India.  At Hindu temples in India's southern states, thousands of women have their locks shaved off

Blake Lively's Hair beauty

  Blake Lively has always had one the best hair games in town — any town. Her sun-drenched strands seem to look right at home in every environment, whether she's kicking back in a beachside bungalow or channeling Grace Kelly in a string of pearls. That's because the actress isn't married to a single style — or era. Yes, her hair is always

5 Things to Ask the Next Person Who Calls Your Natural Hair ‘Unprofessional’

In the latest case of hair related workplace discrimination, a  Zara employee was humiliated  when co workers tried to ‘fix’ her natural hair because it was deemed ‘unprofessional’ and decided to file a complaint.

Employers free to define what 'professional' hair is: Labour lawyer

Employers in Canada have the right to run their businesses as they see fit, including how their employees wear their hair. Labour and employment lawyer Muneeza Sheikh said given how ethnically diverse Canadians are, defining exactly what work-appropriate hair is could be quite a slippery slope for employers drafting dress code policies.

Women in this Chinese tribe only cut their hair once in their lifetimes

So Rapunzel does exist. And not just one, but dozens of them. A group of Chinese women and girls in Guangxi, China, gathered by a river near the Huangluo Yao village to celebrate their long hair in an annual festival on Saturday.

Zara employee accuses store of discrimination over her hairstyle

An employee at a Zara store in Toronto's east end said she will likely quit her job and file a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission after managers gave her a hard time about her hair. Cree Ballah, 20, said she showed up for work at Zara's Scarborough Town Centre location on March 23 with her hair in box braids gathered in the back. 

Do Google's 'unprofessional hair' results show it is racist?

Recently, an MBA student named Rosalia  discovered something alarming : Googling “unprofessional hairstyles for work” yielded image results mainly of black women with natural hair, while searching for the “professional” ones offered pictures of coiffed, white women. Often the hair styles themselves were not vastly different -- only the hair type and