Tracee Ellis Ross on the cover of Essence

Curlfriend Tracee Ellis Ross graces this month's cover of Essence.

Holy, curls!

And here are other few goodies from inside:

Tracee Ellis Ross in Duro Olowu for Blackish

By Tenisha Mercer
www.HairNista.Blogspot.com

Blackish, an ABC sitcom featuring Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson, is my new fave TV show.
The comedy is hilarious and totally relatable -- hey, no one ever said all Black TV families should be Good Times or even The Cosby Show, because this is neither.

I like the show because it deals with race in a 21st century kinda way. No, not the Pharrell Williams' 'new Black way," but front and center -- in a totally relatable and comical way on a very serious topic.

No, it's not race relations 101, but a big dose of humor is added in -- not too much,  just enough sarcasm to make if side stitches funny. I've never seen topics like this -- such as Anthony Anderson's character's dismay over being promoted the head of the "urban division," and his worries that his suburban lifestyle has made his kids too "soft," when his son demands to be called Andy instead of Andre and asks to have a bar mitzvah and be renamed a Jewish name, Shalom.

The show's last Wednesday premiere landed the #2 spot on Wednesday night prime time TV -- not a bad showing at all, quite good, actually for a debut; still waiting to see what tonight's numbers bring, but ABC commercials peg it as the #1 new-rated TV show. 

Ross, pictured here wearing this gorge print dress from Nigerian designer Duro Olowu and shoes by Christian Louboutin, made a number of press apperances, looking fab at each. I love Tracee's sense of style and fashion - classic and feminine while keeping it classy.

Tracee wearing Duro Olowu and Christian Louboutin

Tracee wearing Reed Krakoff and Louboutin

Tracee wearing another Doro Oluwo at The View

Tracee wearing a RAOUL dress and Kurt Geiger shoes 

Do you Covet Tracee Ellis Ross' Natural Hair?

By Tenisha Mercer
www.HairNista.Blogspot.com

The curly we love to love -- Tracee Ellis Ross -- is asking fellow curlies not to covet her curls.

Ross, whom many naturals hold up as a natural role model in Hollywood-- including this blog -- is asking her fellow naturals to love their curls, no matter the texture.

Tracee Ellis Ross curls

Ross is so adamant about everyone loving their curls, that she introduced the Hair Love campaign on YouTube. In her video, she thanks viewers for liking her hair, but asks them to embrace theirs. She even shares that she used to hate her hair but has grown to love it.

“I genuinely am honored and tickled and excited by the fact that people like my hair,” Ross said.  “It’s really nice when people like something about you, especially when they like something that you worked so hard on and used to hate.”

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“I used to hate my hair,“ Ross explained, but accepts it after years of experimenting.

She was event more blunt about hair envy.

“I don’t want you to want my hair," she said. "The reason I don’t want you to want my hair is I’m of the school of love what you got. For me, the reason my hair was such a battle was because I was trying to make it something it wasn’t. I wanted the hair that somebody else had.”

Ross also asked women to share videos about why they love their hair.

My Take

All I can say is that this is quite a statement. Ross' hair is pretty -- and so are those of us with thicker, kinkier, textured hair. The challenge is that many naturals want hair like Ross, who is bi-racial and probably has multi-textures, and are so disappointed that they don't have "Joan" hair.

There is definitely an obsession with curl patterns in the natural hair community. I've been guilty of it, and, so, too, have many other naturals. Hell, look at most curl cream advertising and you know what I mean; the implication is that looser curls are the gold standard.

Curl Envy

And when your hair doesn't quite measure up to that -- and never will?

It's easy to say love your curls. And clearly, hair isn't just hair.

I'm glad Ross put this out. No amount of product is going to make your hair look just like hers, if you don't have similar textures. There isn't a magic potion to give you Joan curls.

I get it. Totally. Tracey wants you to like her hair. But love your own.

“I love that you love my hair,” she said,. "But I only love that you love my hair if it’s an inspiration for you to love your hair.”

What do you think of Ross' Hair Love video?

Tracee Ellis Ross On The Cover of Uptown Magazine

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One of HairNista's favorite curlies -- Tracee Ellis Ross -- rocks her curls in all of their natural glory on this month's cover of Uptown Magazine.

Though her crimson red hair isn't featured -- most mags are done months and months in advance -- I like reading golden nuggets about her hair and style.

So read her excerpts below and check out these behind-the-scenes pics from Uptown Magazine.

What do you think about Tracee's hair?

I heart her hair in this pic!

Love this dress!

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Tracee Ellis Ross In Crimson Red Curls

One of our favorite natural hair curlies, Tracee Ellis Ross, is wearing a headful of bouncy crimson curls.

Definitely a different look for Ross in terms of color. Usually, she wears her natural dark brown curls, but this is the first that I've seen her rocking color. But where are her wild curls?

Her curls here are much more tame, but I wanted to see the color pop with her natural curls.

What do you think of this color on Ross?