African American women spend the most money ... (Photo Courtesy of All Things Hair) Shopping for hair products Overall, 20 percent of US women find it difficult to find products that suit their ...

Black-owned brands have spearheaded this transformation, developing formulations specifically designed to address the unique characteristics of African American hair. These products tackle common ...

"African-American hair isn't just very kinky ... Blige, Kerry Washington, and Vanessa Williams and has a line of hair care products. "Bacteria can grow on the scalp without regular cleansing ...

Handwritten recipe for Poro Hair Grower. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2011.170 Also, the introduction of products that allowed women to ...

Later Johnson Products’ offerings were expanded ... Commons As more and more competitors began entering the African American hair care industry, the Federal Trade Commission forced Johnson ...

The tools and products he developed ... Ellington and other scholars placed Mr. Morrow in a historical line of African American hair-care entrepreneurs including Madam C.J. Walker, the first ...

He built an empire around hair care products aimed at African American consumers, including a softener that inspired the Jheri curl. By Clay Risen Willie Lee Morrow, a son of Alabama sharecroppers ...