HAIR BRASIL celebrates 10 years in business in 2011 with a record of events, international shows and novelties brought by 800 beauty care brands.

The 10 years of HAIR BRASIL – Twitter which will take place from April 2 to 5, 2011, in the city of São Paulo – Brazil, will be celebrated with a mega fair.

In addition to the launching showcased by hundreds of brands of products for hair and beauty care, the event is featuring a record number of simultaneous events and of international shows.  The show will feature 65,000 sqm of exhibition space in the pavilions of the Expo Center Norte, in the city of São Paulo.

Major Innovations Of Hair Fashion Shows

The Hair Brasil Fashion Show stands among the major innovations of HAIR BRASIL 2011.  It is a reformulation of the Megashow, which year after year at the previous editions became a top attraction of the event. (more…)

I’ve mentioned in a previous post how much I loved Naima Adedapo’s unique fashion style and her amazing long hair locks which are perfectly elongated.

Naima continued to showcase her unique hair and fashion style on the Wednesday, March 9th episode of American Idol with her own rendition of Rihanna’s famous “Umbrella”.

(Image – Naima performs in front of the judges on AMERICAN IDOL which aired Wednesday, March 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. CR: Ray Mickshaw / FOX – All Rights Reserved)

Unfortunately while Naima turned her hair and fashion up a notch, her performance was a step in the wrong direction.  Unfortunately she was noticeably off-key and did an unusual set of dance moves.

Yes, she took a lot of risks with her hairstyle, her fashions and her high top laced up sneakers.  She even took a risk with her song and reggae inspired performance.

Tonight, Thursday, March 10, 2011 the results will be in and time will tell if Naima is booted off for her risky off-key singing.  If she lives another week it will be interesting to see if she tones down her look, her hair or selects a more appropriate song.   The judges were very kind about her performance but at the end of the day it’s the fans who have final say if Naima will get the hook.

Although I didn’t enjoy her singing, I hope she sticks around a little longer so I can eyeball her always interesting hairstyles.

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A beautiful locked Naima Adedapo appeared to be headed out the door on American Idol, Season 10, until literally the last few minutes of the show.

Although Jennifer Lopez called the delighted Wisconsin contestant “an exotic flower in a rose garden” after she sang Porgy and Bess “Summertime”, Randy was less complimentary and told her fell short. Randy, who has become the judge who tells it like it really is (bless you Randy) told the tall and model like contestant she failed to compare to Fantasia’s version.

After the Top Ten were revealed the judges were able to ask six of the rejected contestants to sing one last time.  Ultimately the judges selected three wild cards, Naima Adedapo, Stefano Langone and Ashton Jones.  Naima Adedapo seemed shocked, but also relieved, to be going on to another competition.  The big question is whether she will be able to last or not?

In past seasons wild cards have gone far but today’s American Idol is a new show with kinder, gentler judges.

Naima definitely has an advantage of sorts.  While her voice disappointed Randy Jackson, her fashion choices are very exotic and her long well-formed locked coils, which appear to have been formed on natural curls, are well coiffed.  She may really speak to the audience who ultimately make or break the finalists with their voting.  Besides her amazing hair, fashion and accessory choices. Naima has time on her side to pick better songs and fine tune her act. (more…)

As reported by The Huffington Post, several Rastafarians and other prison inmates have been moved to a high-security prison as official push the prisoners to cut their hair.  The standoff between the prisoners and prison officials boils down to issues of religious belief versus state’s grooming policies for prisoners.

This is not a new issue.  In fact, many inmates have reportedly spent more than a decade in isolation for refusing to cut their hair.  The prison puts those refusing haircuts into a program to persuade them to cut their hair.  Virginia corrections department spokesman Larry Traylor told the media that nine of the prisoners chose to go back to segregation rather than cut their hair.

(Image of Rastafarian with dreaded hair – Wikipedia – Photo by Jonathan Stephens – Found on – All Rights Reserved)

While corrections officials said the the program to encourage compliance with prison haircut rules offers inmates more privileges and a change to socialize, the prisoners not wanting to cut their hair aren’t buying it.  In letters to the AP, the inmates criticized the program and said it was just segregation by another name.

The prison program encouraging compliance with prison haircut requirements gives graduated privileges to inmates such as time outside cells, money to spend in the commissary and freedom during recreation time if the inmates take classes on anger management and behavioral modification.    Inmates who finish the program “graduate” to the general population, where there are even more privileges. (more…)

Although I somehow fell through the Oprah cracks as one of her ultimate viewers, I have actually been watching the show since the beginning.  I will admit that many of the shows I focused on were related to hair and beauty topics because afterall, that’s been my focus for a long time.

(Image courtesy of Ellin LaVar – All Rights Reserved)

Recently I found a huge three ring binder stuffed to the brim with clippings and notes I had squirreled away over the past 25 years with all kinds of hair and beauty tips, notes and obscure goodies.  One one of the pages I found a note to myself about New York’s fabulous weave and hair extension expert, Ellin La Var, who has appeared on Oprah.

I popped over to Ellin’s website and sure enough, she has a video clip from one of her visits on Oprah where they discussed the fact Ellin had coiffed Oprah’s hair with a weave.   Yes, we all know that Oprah has Andre Walker as her long time show hairdresser but she obviously worked with Ellin at various points in her career and admitted to wearing weaves.

Is Oprah’s Hair A Weave Or Not A Weave?

When Oprah first joined Twitter she tweeted that her hair was not a weave.  At least at that point it wasn’t and for her trip to Australia she was spotted wearing her hair in a series of perky little ponytails.  Again, definitely not a weave. (more…)

It’s been a year since a dreadlock adorned Crystal Bowersox appeared on TV screens as an American Idol contender.

She was instantly a standout from the other contestants due to her trademark dreadlocks which she wore in an array of different styles from down around her shoulders to up in an array of chic twists, knots and half up/half down styles.  Like one of her heroes, Melissa Etheridge, she walked to the beat of her very own drummer.

Crystal resisted cutting, coloring or significantly altering her signature dreads because of the commitment she made to remaining true to her own unique hair and fashion styles.

It wasn’t just her chic trademarks and goth hued black fashions, it was also her raw singing style which wowed the judges and fans alike.  In December of 2010, almost a year after her American Idol debut, she release her debut album, Farmer’s Daughter with very strong sales.  It’s expected that when all is said and done Crystal will top Season 9’s American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze’s debut album. (more…)