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Chris Rock Documentary GOOD HAIR Proves Good For Business ForGirlsLikeUs.com Reports Increased Interest in Full Lace Wigs.


STAMFORD, Conn. -- ForGirlsLikeUs.com, a leading marketer of a new generation of affordable high quality full lace wigs and accessories, is benefitting from the release of the movie, GOOD HAIR, a documentary expose on the way hairstyles impact the black community. Narrated by and starring Chris Rock, GOOD HAIR explores the topic of hair by talking with hair care professionals, beauty shop and barbershop patrons, as well as celebrities.

"Good Hair has stirred up a controversy in the female, black community," commented Meloney Early, president and founder of Stamford, CT- based full lace wig retailer, ForGirlsLikeUs.com. This film exposed what many black women considered to be their secret to beautiful hair: weaves, braids and hair extensions. "Weaves were always the closely guarded secret in the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race.  community or at least we thought so," Ms. Early said. Furthermore, "Many black women feel like they've been "outed" by the movie's candid portrayal of what women of color do to achieve beautiful hair via weaves, braids and extensions.

ForGirlsLikeUs.com is seeing a definite up-tick in business as full lace wigs represent the next trend in beautiful hair - they are more realistic looking, cost effective and less time-consuming than weaves. "My customers are in and out of my salon in about one hour which is totally different from the four or five hours spent in the salon having a weave attached. Today's women appreciate the value of time and our wigs simplify the process of achieving long, lustrous lus·trous  
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, not hours," added Ms. Early.

ForGirlsLikeUs.com signature style consultants work with entertainment professionals, including singers, actors, fashion models, photographers, agents and stylists to achieve ultimate results in natural and exotic looks. The Company's celebrity-quality products are available at affordable prices via its online store, ForGirlsLikeUs.com. The Company also maintains a store in Stamford, CT.

About ForGirlsLikeUs

ForGirlsLikeUs' Virtual Hairline hair·line
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The outline of the growth of hair on the head, especially across the front.
 System[TM] creates a natural-looking hairline and is fixed with invisible glue, enabling wearers of the Company's high quality 100% human hair full lace wigs to style and wear their hair with unparalleled flexibility. While the Company has its roots in creating celebrity fashion looks, it is expanding into the medical wig market, where Cancer and Alopecia alopecia (ăl'əpē`shēə): see baldness.  patients can benefit from the combination of natural looking human hair, invisible hairline and reliable attachment with medical grade adhesives. ForGirlsLikeUs maintains a large inventory of full lace wigs and accessories with a same day shipping policy. For more information, visit www.forgirlslikeus.com.

For more information on the film GOOD HAIR, visit www.GoodHairMovie.net.
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