Code-X (79)

By: Joshua Glenn
November 7, 2015

OGX (Organix)

Call this textured hair care category code: BUSTING LOOSE.

Definition: Women with textured (curly, wavy, kinky) hair encouraged to let their freak flags fly… and break out of everyday life’s dull routine.

Paul Mitchell Frizz Ease

Notes on this code: Language and imagery suggesting that — just like your textured hair, your personality and opinions cannot be suppressed. “#BadAssHairDay” (OGX); “Never pull back” (Paul Mitchell). “I will cut the extra baggage” (Ouidad).

Cantu Shea Butter

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Josh Glenn, HILOBROW's editor, is a principal of the commercial semiotics agency Semiovox. He is co-author and/or co-editor of several books, including The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the bestselling family activities guide UNBORED. In the ’00s, Josh was a columnist and blogger for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section; in the ’90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut. He lives in Boston.