Hair Care and Styling

Six Examples of How James Harden Follows in the Tradition of Great Rockets Hair

When the Houston Rockets acquired James Harden in late October, general manager Daryl Morey finally found the superstar that he longed for. Houston would go on to post billboards around the city featuring Harden with the caption, "The Beard Has Landed!" So far, Harden has delivered, as he is one of ... More >>

David Sha's "Her Hair" Is Unapologetically Natural

The other day our dear friend Lisa told Rocks Off a story that really brought emotion and life to Houston R&B artist David Sha's anthem, "Her Hair," a romantic cry for African-American women to wear their hair as God intended -- natural. The story goes that when Lisa saw Mary Lou Retton win the al ... More >>

A Flock of Seagulls

GT Garza Tastier Than Free Fajitas On @ItzGarza

Photos by T. Gray​Thursday evening, perennially (and unjustifiably) overlooked rapper GT Garza held a release party for his latest tape, @ItzGarza. Sponsored by Jose Cuervo, the event was held at SF2 South, a store that has suddenly become a juggernaut within the Houston hip-hop community. ... More >>

15 Awesome Things About This 1987 Phil Simms Workout Video

With the ongoing studies of head trauma and player safety, we're always talking about how NFL players are "bigger, stronger and faster" in this day and age. A lot of this has to do with advancements in nutrition and training. While the league will likely spend millions paying doctors to conduct al ... More >>

Smith Westerns

Neil Diamond Tribute

Seven Reasons Why Your Hair Stylist Hates You

Soccer Moms -- SHUT UP!!!!​Okay, we admit it -- we don't really care who cuts our hair. But we drafted someone who does, to find out the inner secrets of the scissors-wielding fraternity.She talked to one of the best hair stylists in Houston, and learned things that made her hair curl -- and turne ... More >>

Mullets & More: 17 Signature Musical Hairstyles

​If you have hair, Craig's Hlist hates you. Not in a "you shot my whole family" or "you are the serial killer who dissolved my sibling in a vat of acid" way, more in a "you got the last sausage and cheese kolaches at the office" way. Our hair loss began sometime in high school, when we were ... More >>

Red Bull

Alain Resnais does his carrot-topped muse no favors in Wild Grass.

Nekromantix

Emancipation Proclamation

Tilda Swinton's got to be free in I Am Love.

Game Changer: Farouk Shami's Rap Song

Some may carp that it has come too late in the game to make a difference, but we ask you to listen to what we guess is called "Farouk is on Fire," by the rapper J. Xavier.Shami is described in the song as "our future Texas governor," which at least leaves open the possibility that it's the 2014 or ... More >>

New DVDs This Week: Good Hair by Chris Rock

This is bad hair: that ratty, tatty, tangle of hair that has been relaxed, greased and flattened to within an inch of its life sitting atop the heads of lots of African American women (and some men). Since it won't do anything even slightly Vanessa Williams-like (no bouncing curls or windswept ... More >>

Young Sisters Get Boys Haircuts And A Role In TUTS' Miss Saigon

Two Houston sisters, Audrey and Emma Kim, ages 4 and 6 respectively, sacrificed their long hair the other day in order to play the part of Tam, the son who is born to the main character Kim in Miss Saigon. The girls, both students at Theatre Under the Stars' Humphries School, were alternately in hi ... More >>

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Hair and Healthy Tex-Mex

East Texas School District Takes Bold Stand Against Helping Cancer Survivors

​On one side: A 16-year-old kid who a) actually a solid-enough citizen to have a job already, and b) loves the memory of his grandma who died from cancer, and c) would like to grow his hair long enough to donate it to Locks of Love, which helps cancer patients dealing with chemo-caused hair loss/O ... More >>

What Do You Get For The Couple Who Has Everything, Including A Crazy Stalker?

Oh gosh, Lisa Nowak's not going to take this news well.(That's Lisa "I was not wearing diapers" Nowak to you; one-third of the wackiest astronaut love triangle ever.)The other two parts of that triangle are getting married.Bill Oefelein, the NASA stud muffin who simply loves the ladies, is tying the ... More >>

Steel Magnolias

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O. Rufus Lovett

The Kilgore Rangerettes make big hair and high kicks an art form

Akimbo

"Seattle's last hair band" takes on The Mink

A Native American Family Fights Against Hair Length Rules

When five-year-old Adriel Arocha ran afoul of the Needville school district, getting cut off wasn't an option for his parents

The Love Me Nots

This Phoenix foursome might affect your grammar

THE REMINGTON BAR'S SEDUCTIVE RED MARTINI

Beehive

Trip down memory lane in your stilettos

Hooters

The Pendulum Theatre Company has fun with the ‘70s

From Dog to Glam

New 'Do

Playful Pics

Lucero, with the Honorary Title and the Glass

Friday, July 29, at Mary Jane's Fat Cat, 4216 Washington Avenue, 713-869-JANE.

Preserving Hair-itage

A photographer documents traditional Nigerian hairstyles

That's Rich

We're not making up these beauty and fitness treatments

Hair Supply

Hairspray, the wigged-out '60s musical, comes to the land of big hair

Best Sexy Newscaster

International Noise Conspiracy, with the Offspring and theSTART

Wednesday, April 28

You Ain't Punk 2004

Saturday, April 10

Best Mall Alternative

Kim Hung Mall

Best Barbershop

Avalon Barber Shop

Hair Today...

A documentary restyles a misconstrued haircut

Best Sports Broadcaster

Mark Berman, KRIV, Channel 26

Best Place to Get a Car Wash, a Haircut and a Brisket

Exquisite Touch

Best Trophy Room

Lobby of Lanier Middle School

Rock 'n Boil

Saturday, May 4

Letters

Pull Back the Cover, Bellaire Brats, Do It Yourself

Hair Line

Superfast at Supercuts? Not if you want Trevino's special styling.

Honestly Neurotic

Go see Richard Lewis, even if you haven't forgiven him for doing Wagons East!

Best Hairdresser

Kevin Roberts, On the Cover

Trend-scendent

Lunch with: Melissa Noble

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Clune's Chicks takes a cheeky look at the '70s