The Hot comb came along way from the 1880's. Now in the modern society a long line of products like the flat iron, the electric hot comb took the beauty and hair industry by storm. You can pretty much get the necessary hair products from any beauty supply or hair salon that sells it. To find these hair tools you can go to your local Sally's beauty supply or your local retail store that sells beauty products.
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The Hot Comb is made from a metal comb and wood at the bottom. It is used to straighten out the hair from any texture of hair to straight. To use the hot comb you have to heat it on the stove for a couple of seconds. Be careful because is you leave it on the stove for to long to heat you can burn off your hair in seconds. Also known as the pressing comb or the straightening comb, it can get to the highest temperature between 300 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The Hot comb actually breaks down the hair fiber biochemical bonds of the curly hair so it can go to straight. Typically the hair remains straight up to two weeks or sooner depends on if it comes into contact with wet moisture or humidity. The hot comb was primarily used in Europe during the mid 19th century but no one knew that the hot comb would be the foundation of the black beautician industry. In the year of 1872, Marcel Grateau who was a white man became the first hair dresser to use the hot comb for clients in Paris. Madam CJ Walker did bring the hot comb to the African American community but she did not invent the product herself, she discovered it from long ago. The Hot comb was once sold in Sears and Bloomingdales to the American public during the 1800's. There is still not one particular inventor the hot comb it is still unknown. The Hot comb comes from a long line of people who thought that they discovered it.
Madam Cj Walker birth name Sarah Breedlove created the Hot Comb as well as successful line of beauty and hair products for black women. She was a American Entrepreneur and Philanthropist who became the first self-made millionaire in all of America. Madam CJ Walker decided to go into the hair care business when she started noticing hair loss. "During the early 1900s, when most Americans lacked indoor plumbing and electricity, bathing was a luxury. As a result, Sarah and many other women were going bald because they washed their hair so infrequently, leaving it vulnerable to environmental hazards such as pollution, bacteria and lice."She founded her own company called the Madam C.J Walker Manufacturing Company.
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