The Styling Cream and Strong Hold Gel can be used to shape a bouffant afro, the Curl Gel and Leave-In Conditioner to define coils, and the Curl Mousse for definition and shine.
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Essence,
Essence,
30 June 2025
Over time, dust, grass and debris build up on the condenser coils, making the unit less efficient.
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Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
27 June 2025
Agency decay manifests across the aspirational, emotional and intellectual realm, directly shaping our behavior, Which perpetuates the spiral that derives us ever deeper into artificial dependency.
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Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
This brush’s flexible bristles are stout and widely spaced to minimize tugging and breaking tight spirals of hair.
The show includes the first-ever public display of his photograph taken from the spire of the Empire State Building, along with images from around the country and the world.
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Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Starting among the orange rocks, vaults, and spires of Arches National Park and passing through with the Colorado River–carved crevices of Canyonlands, this journey feels like a visit to Mars.
This method is helpful for people with tight curls and uneven hair loss patterns.
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Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
For Rihanna’s 3rd Annual Diamond Ball in 2017, Lil’ Kim continued the matte beauty beat trend, pairing it with finger wave-like curls, seconded by her 2019 BET Awards look.
There was no one else on the strand, the surf a sickly yellow foam bubbling between the matted black hanks of seaweed heaped on the beach.
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Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Apr. 2022
In one of its spreads, a burst of light on muddy asphalt abuts a jumble of walls and fences, rain pounding a limousine, and a spatter of paint with a hank of rope.
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Leo Rubinfien,
The New York Review of Books,
11 Feb. 2021
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