What if I told you Elgin Lumpkin aka Ginuwine currently has a YouTube video tutorial on how he creates his famous 90′s hair? And that it details how he strategically places the groups of hair around his temples in half circles, and brings it down to his side burns in creative curly q shapes?
Ok, ok. Close YouTube right now! You can search all you want but it’s not there! Would you still have laughed if it was another famous person? Say, Janet Jackson or Tyra Banks or Rozonda Thomas aka Chilli? Because they also sport what is unofficially termed as BABY HAIR, along with a host of other famous… and non-famous folks. Oh, and there are also multiple YouTube tutorials on how to style baby hair. You can definitely search and find those.
Is this “styling” just another form of trying to mimic the appearance of, gasp… GOOD HAIR? Hold up, you know what i mean. Not actual good hair, but the most common perception of good hair… straight, silky, smooth, blah, blah, blah. Everyone has shorter hairs around their temples and nape. And depending on the curl of your hair, that short hair may curl up or lay down flat. Now how much sense does it make if the rest of your hair is tightly coiled, yet somehow [click to continue…]
