Name: Karma Smart

Age: 35

Location: Berkeley, CA

Occupation: Office Manager for Acupuncturist/ Dance teacher

Website: http://www.turtleclinic.com/

What you love about your hair : The texture, and the size and shape of my curls and the the thickness

What you hate about your hair : Not anything at this point in my life

Your favorite hair elixir : Right now it is the Shea Moisture Organic Yucca & Aloe Thickening Growth Milk, it really adds volume to my hair and smells sooo good.

The question/phrase you get the most about your hair : How did you get your hair to look like that? Or what do you use on your hair?

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Name: DeBorah Ann Palmer

Age: 53 as of Feb. 27th, 2012

Location: New York

Occupation: Senior Security Officer

Website: http://dancingpalmtrees.wordpress.com

What you love about your hair : I Love my Natural Kinks, Curls and Whorls. I Love the Wildness of my hair. Truly untamed.

What you hate about your hair : Hate that it tangles easily, is dry and grows slower now that I’m older.

The question or phrase you get the most about your hair: Can I touch it? Answer: No, especially white people. phrase: ” love the red color and the wild curls. “

Favorite hair elixir : Anything by Carol’s Daughter . I’m always conditioning my hair. New York winters are rough on natural hair.

Name : Jamie Jackson

Age : 38

Location : In the photo: Nine Mile, Jamaica

Occupation : Office Manager

What you love about your hair : I love my hair!!!  I recently had to cut half of it off due to the weight (I was sitting on it!).  It is past my shoulders now.  I miss it but I love my hair and I would not ever go back to a chemical EVER AGAIN.

What you hate about your hair : There is nothing I hate about my hair.  I view everything as a labor of love.  Besides, I really dig the process of grooming.

The question or phrase you get the most about your hair : The phrase I get the most is between “Is it real?” and “How do you wash it.”  Let’s just say while I am civil, I let them know immediately that their question is racially insensitive and proceed to lecture them. :O)

Favorite hair elixir : I usually make my own hair oil (coconut, vitamin E, jojoba, olive) but I use Sheba Locs for interlocking and twisting (I interchange based off of how lazy I am lol).

Name: Artlyn Mali’o

Age: 41

Location: Berkeley, California

Occupation: Designer/Artist

Website: http://www.bottletreediaries.blogspot.com/

What you love about your hair : I don’t need to worry about getting caught in the rain

What you hate about your hair : VELCRO is my nemesis

The question or phrase you get the most about your hair : Can you undo it?

Favorite hair elixir : Monoi de Tahiti