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WATCH: Joburg woman shares her harrowing ordeal of losing her hair after using box dye

A Gauteng woman has shared how she pulled clumps of hair from her head after using Revlon’s Color Silk.

News South Africa Gauteng
Se-Anne Rall|Published

From startup to industry leader: The San Hair's Nompumelelo Madubedube on top wig trends and success

The company's journey began with a simple yet ambitious goal, which is to provide high-quality hair solutions for women.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Beauty
Nomathamsanqa Sithathu|Published

8 Surprising reasons you shouldn’t sleep with wet hair

Heading to bed with damp hair might come with more risks than you realise.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Hair
Sarene Kloren|Published

WATCH: This latest wig hack will give your face a more sculpted look

The trend involves tapping both sides of your face with face-lifting tape right after glueing on your wig cap, giving you a more sculpted appearance.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Beauty
Nomathamsanqa Sithathu|Published

Body hair activist Esther Calixte-Bea encourages women to embrace their hairiness

However for the body hair activist, choosing not to shave is a choice, to unfollow unrealistic beauty standards, not to harm your body to look like someone you are not and not to hate yourself as she shared on an Instagram caption.

Lifestyle Style Beauty
Kamogelo Makhura|Published

Londie London’s braids now available at local beauty stores

Londie London’s Londie London Braid is now available at Clicks stores across South Africa.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Hair
Ronewa Jessica Mashamba|Published

‘Hair Theory’ is taking over TikTok — here's what you need to know

The hashtag #hairtheory has amassed over 500 million views, with mostly young women showing off different hairstyles in their videos.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Hair
Sarene Kloren|Published

Sticking to style, here’s why new-age glueless wigs are the ‘in thing’

Many women now prefer glueless wigs over glued ones for several compelling reasons, first and foremost, they still give the glue installed look but without the need for any adhesives, a win-win situation.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Beauty
Nomathamsanqa Sithathu|Published

TV star's Blake Brown Beauty brand took years of 'obsessive' planning

‘As someone who loves design desperately, I wanted it to look [stars emojis] stunning [stars emojis] on your shelf because that’s valuable space in your home, it should be beautiful. I was uncompromising on achieving all of those things at once. ’

Lifestyle Style Beauty Hair
Bang Showbiz|Published

WATCH: Can a new hairstyle help your mental health?

The ‘therapeutic chop,’ as many have been calling it, is a trend going around about an attachment to one’s hair.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Hair
Sarene Kloren|Published

PICS & VIDEO: Meet the duo behind keeping the SVNS players hair in style

Second and third-year hairdressing students from North Link College and College of Cape Town have also been roped in on this project.

News Feel Good
Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Crowthorne Christian Academy closed after dreadlocks row as EFF pickets outside school

The Crowthorne Christian Academy in Midrand, which is at the centre of a hair row after a schoolgirl was forcefully removed from the school for sporting dreadlocks, has been closed indefinitely.

News Crime and Courts
Sihle Mlambo|Published

Cape Town artist selling his dreadlocks to fund music career

Llewellyn America, known professionally as Sparta King, has posted an advert on Facebook, touting his 21-year-old set of dreadlocks that he selling to further his music career.

News South Africa Western Cape
Jehran Naidoo|Published

Learn how to be a barber and start a business for free

Legends Training and Development Centre is now accredited to train would-be entrepreneurs.

Business Report Entrepreneurs
Vusi Adonis|Published

Hydrate, Restore, Repair: Win with Glamour & Mycro Keratin

Mycro Keratin is dedicated to the ever-changing world of hair care. Our mission is to create a world of smooth, healthy and beautiful hair with a promise of products that deliver transformative results.

Lifestyle Partnered
Brandstories|Published

Experience perfection: Win with Glamour & Moyoko Professional

Moyoko Professional tools have all been developed with the highest specifications available to meet the needs of stylists and consumers alike.

Lifestyle Partnered
Brandstories|Published

Legends Barbershop launches free training academy

Legends Barbershop, which has over 65 franchises, has launched a free training and development centre to help empower and upskill the youth.

Business Report Entrepreneurs
Vusi Adonis|Published

Meet Sheldon Tatchell – the legendary barber who is a cut above the rest

Legends Barbershop, which has over 65 franchises, has launched a training and development centre.

Business Report Entrepreneurs
Vusi Adonis|Published

Bad hair day: India salon told to pay R4 million for botched trim

An Indian salon has been ordered to pay more than R4 million ($271 000) in damages to a model for a botched haircut which she claimed caused a “severe mental breakdown”.

News World
Michael Andisile Mayalo|Published

WATCH: Tallest teen, most expensive french fries among 2022 Guinness World Records

From the dog with the longest ears to the world's tallest teenager, Guinness World Records reveals its latest record breakers in the 2022 edition of the popular book.

News Eish
Reuters|Published

Watch: Mullet fans crown their king at French festival

Devotees of the mullet, the iconic and improbably resilient haircut of the 1980s, have a new hero after a Belgian man's short-to-long locks were deemed Europe's best at a festival in central France.

News Eish
Michael Andisile Mayalo|Published

The unstoppable revenge of the mullet

'Business in front, party in the back': a hairstyle considered so obnoxious that for years it verged on being an arrestable offence, the mullet has made the unlikeliest comeback of the century.

Lifestyle Style Beauty Hair
Michael Andisile Mayalo|Published