Hair

Leaving your hair alone is the one instruction everybody follows and almost nobody follows correctly, because the shape is set in the first twenty minutes.

Five minutes of the right questions prevents most of the haircuts people cry about. Here is what a good stylist asks, and what you should volunteer if they do not.

A gel's job is to hold a shape the hair already had. Almost nothing on the shelf can create a curl pattern, and the products that imply they can are the expensive ones.

The frequency debate has produced an enormous amount of anxiety and very little evidence. Scalps differ, and the one that tells you what it needs is yours.