Blogger Adrienne of Me, My Hair, and the City asks, “what does natural hair represent?” Specifically, she poses the question: “what is it about natural haired African-Amercian models that cause advertisers to prefer them over their relaxed counterparts?” Read the rest here!
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Mondays Around the Web – Me, My Hair, and the City
Category: Advertisements, Commercials, Mondays Around the web, Natural hair |
Tags: advertisements, commercials, natural hair, natural hair in the media
USA Today Article on Natural Hair
Natural hair continues to be a topic of conversation in the media, from television shows to advertisements to commercials to newspapers. Recently, USA Today published an article on the popularity of natural hair. According to a report commissioned by Design Essentials, “The number of black women who say they do not use products to chemically relax or straighten their hair …Read more »
Category: Advertisements, Commercials, Natural hair |
Tags: advertisements, commercials, Constance C.R. White, Corinne Bailey Rae, Esperanza Spalding, Jill Scott, natural hair, natural hair in the media, S. Epataha Merkerson, Solange Knowles, Tracie Thomas, Ursula Burns, Wanda Sykes, Yvette Nicole Brown
Things Every Natural Hair Blogger/Vlogger Should Know – Part 2: “Oh, no she didn’t”
Now, for part 2 of the series: Things every natural hair blogger/vlogger should know. *Drumroll, please*. Problem #3: When natural hair bloggers/vloggers bite your style. Example: I like to stay on top of conversations around the internet about natural hair advertisements and commercials. So, I google “natural hair & advertisements” and “natural hair & commercials” often. Much to my surprise, …Read more »
Category: Natural hair |
Tags: bloggers, expert reviewer, hair products, natural hair, responsible journalism, role model
Mondays Around the Web – Nappy Naturally
Our Monday Around the Web post today comes from blog Nappy Naturally. Back in February of this year, she posted about a number of commercials featuring natural hair, including Kit Kat City Steps, Target with India.Arie and Stevie Wonder, and a Ford Fiesta commercial. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtmfeyTNV4&w=420&h=315] Go here to see the post. But she poses the question: Should it make …Read more »
Category: Commercials, Mondays Around the web, Natural celebrities, Natural hair, Natural men |
Tags: commercials, Ford, India.Arie, Kit Kat, natural hair, natural hair in the media, Stevie Wonder, Target
Essence Magazine’s Natural Hair “Faux Pas” – How It Should Have Been Said
For those of you who may not have seen the January 2012 issue of Essence magazine, natural hair advice is provided to transitioners. But, there has been some Internet chatter about how this blurb was a diss to natural hair bloggers and vloggers. After reading the statement over, I get it. I actually get both sides. On the one hand, …Read more »
Things Every Natural Hair Blogger/Vlogger Should Know – Part 1: Don’t Believe The Hype!
This is a special post because it’s my 100th Post! Cue the fireworks…… Lately, I’ve been noticing something. Something that gives me cause for pause. It’s not something that’s unique to the natural hair community, but it’s still problematic to see natural hair bloggers and vloggers do it. Now….to the it. Just because you have a computer, an opinion, a …Read more »
Category: Natural hair |
Tags: bloggers, expert reviewer, hair products, natural hair, responsible journalism, role model
Tomiko Fraser Hines and Gain
A few days ago, I shared a Gain commercial with you featuring model Tomiko Fraser Hines. Here are 2 screenshots from the commercial: When I posted this commercial, and shared it on Twitter, I never in my wildest dreams thought that Tomiko would check out my post or even comment on it! But she did, and her message is this: …Read more »
Category: Commercials, Natural celebrities, Natural hair |
Tags: commercials, natural hair, natural hair in the media, Tomiko Fraser Hines, twistout
Express Holiday Sale Advertisement
Just in time for the Holiday season, Express is joining the other retailers that have been using models with natural hair lately. This model is rocking a capital TWA (teeny weeny afro). Are you loving the look? What I do love is the sparkle. There’s just something about the holiday season that demands sparkle!
Category: Advertisements, Natural hair |
Tags: Afro, Express, Fashion, natural hair, natural hair in the media
Target Nutcracker Commercial
This Target commercial is the second commercial/advertisement with natural hair models that I’ve found (I’m still trying to locate other commercials I’ve seen). In this commercial, you see a cashier with natural hair reminding a nutcracker during holiday season about the Target Red Card. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTOLbbb3so&w=560&h=315] Here’s another Target advertisement that has models with natural hair.
Category: Commercials, Natural hair |
Tags: commercials, natural hair, natural hair in the media, Target, twistout
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