Tag: beauty
Courtney Kirk Brings Style to the Haircare Industry
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Few could understand Courtney Kirk’s vision when she graduated from college, played professional basketball in Portugal, and returned home to...
Say Y.E.S. to Yolaine Joseph’s Enhancing Skincare Line
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Working for the Howard University campus radio station gave Yolaine Joseph an opportunity to do something no one else had...
Business owner Nneka Gunn learned natural beauty from her mother and...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Nneka Gunn wants every black woman to know she is naturally beautiful—and she does that through her Namaste Natural Beauty...
More than Skin Deep: Why ‘Nina’ Is Sparking Conversation about Black...
By Ariel Worthy
Times staff writer
As biopics go, “Nina” may be one of the most talked about and controversial biographical films in recent memory—and it...
Grooming Kinky Hair Requires Understanding
Health and Beauty
by
Pete Stone
To perceive and comprehend the nature and significance of healthy kinky hair one must destigmatize our hair.
The history of kinky hair...
IRS Helps Beauty and Barber Shops Start, Grow and Succeed
IRS Helps Beauty and Barber Shops Start, Grow and Succeed
IRS recognizes Small Business Week May 4 – 8, 2015, by highlighting some of its...
Salon Manicures Preferred
When Freud famously wondered what women want, he should have checked in the nail salon. According to a recent Harris Interactive survey:
• 91 percent...
Workplace Talk at the Barbershop
This article is written as a testament to my alertness as a barber of long-standing. I can remember when the steel workers were my...
Manicures in Birmingham’s Hairshops
The history of a manicure goes back to the year 3000 B.C. in Africa where the art of nail care started. The African men...
Hair and Beauty Facts
The first and most detrimental fact that I know about Black hair and skin is we Black people don't understand it as we should....
