The Uncolor
by Amalah
Hi Amy! A little while back I was one of your Alpha Foxy moms on the plus size beat.And now I need a little advice myself. Firstly, my husband is in Afghanistan for a 15 month tour… this in and of itself causes me to take any requests he makes of me very seriously, and [...]
Smack Me Down: the Epilogue
by Amalah
Mah goodness, do you people ever have strong opinions about Other People’s Hair. Your passion is inspiring, and have you ever thought about starting an advice column of some kind? You totally should. All the advice columns out there suck anyway. In the end, I sort of pussed out. After getting EXTREMELY JAZZED about the [...]
Mom Hair Styles: Advice
by Amalah
This may very well be the most important Advice Smackdown column I have ever written. Because it’s all about me. And my hair. I need you to tell me what to do with it. See, after months and months of procrastination, I finally made an appointment for highlights AND a haircut. The appointment is tomorrow, [...]
Hair to Dye For
by Amalah
Hi Amalah – I need help with home haircolor. I cannot justify paying someone to do it for me. Don’t have that cash, don’t have that time. I used to color my own hair obsessively, my hair was blonde, and big, and well, I lived in Texas then. And I had lots of time for [...]
Price Tag Cage Match: Drugstore vs. Salon Shampoos
by Amalah
“I can’t spend $20 on shampoo. I just can’t.” I get this a lot. And I understand! I do! And yet…I kind of don’t. I mean, have you ever spent $20 on a shirt? That you maybe wear once or twice a month? You wear your hair everyday. And you will wear your hair for [...]
How To Clean a Hairbrush?
by Amalah
Hello! Love the column! Obsessively dig through your archives whenever a new question occurs to me, usually on a Saturday night about an hour before I have to walk out the door to my next shindig, leaving not nearly enough time to go buy the recommended product or experiment with the latest featured hair styling [...]







