If you’ve been trying to perfect a sleek, straight hair style and your flat iron isn’t cutting it, you might want to opt for a heated comb instead. Not only are hot combs effective at ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Of the many relationships Black women have to their hair, very few are as ...

There's a quiet romance to a great comb. It might seem like a utilitarian object, but the best combs will also detangle, texturize, distribute oils for hair health ... in a sleek black tortoise ...

Today the black hair product business is a billion-dollar ... social groups and business networks. 1880: Metal hot combs, invented in 1845 by the French, are readily available in the United ...

The smell of burning hair, mixed with greasy pomade. Oh, the dreaded hot comb! The video was part of a promotion of ABC affiliate WLS-Ch. 7’s Chicago Black History Month half-hour special ...

Most people who’ve heard of her will tell you one or two things: She was the first black millionairess, and she invented the world’s first hair-straightening formula and/or the hot comb.