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Black Twitter Hilariously Roasts Urban Outfitters for Overcharging for Everyday Black Hair Products

Avatar • Jul 3, 2015

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Somewhere along the way, Urban Outfitters discovered the miracle of these old school black hair products. Murrayโ€™s Hair pomade is something black dads everywhere have sworn by for years. Now itโ€™s ended up on the shelves of mass-produced hipster trading outpost, Urban Outfitters.

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Now while itโ€™s all good and dandy that theyโ€™ve decided to carry the trusted brand, we canโ€™t help but notice the prices are a littleโ€ฆcostly. The typical cost for a small tin of Murrayโ€™s pomade will run you usually around $2-$3โ€ฆbut Urban Outfitters is charging $6. Is this a special edition of Murrayโ€™s pomade with miracle powers that will regrow your edges within a week?

Oh and remember these hair bubble ponytail holders from childhood?

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Well Urban Outfitters sells those too! For only $8, you can get just one.

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Yes, these are the same hair ball/bubble/knocker ponytail holders you can grab at your local BSS for $5 for 20.

Naturally, this inspired the #UrbanOutfittersbelike trend on twitter.

https://twitter.com/kravekilo/status/614269707886182400

What do you think of Urban Outfitters โ€œnewโ€ line of goods?

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Torie Amza
Torie Amza
5 years ago

Youโ€™ve got to be kidding me.โ€ฆ Donโ€™t they still sell this stuff at Wal mart??? Smh

smrtbrwngrl
smrtbrwngrl
5 years ago

And so it continuesโ€ฆ

Jade
Jade
5 years ago

I think theyโ€™ve effectively seized onto another opportunity for cultural erasure. It wasnโ€™t long ago when young Black girls were teased or berated in class for the same pony tail holders or braid beads being โ€˜so differentโ€™ or โ€˜making too much noiseโ€™. But take our same historical and cultural products, put it on a white model while ignoring their history and suddenly itโ€™s acceptable to the white majority? I donโ€™t think so. This is not okay. If you want in on this โ€˜new beauty trendโ€™, please acknowledge and pay respect to where you got your ideas and products from. And… Read more »

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[โ€ฆ] when Urban Outfitters sold old-school hair balls and Murrayโ€™s Hair Pomade for a ridiculous price this past summer? Well, shoe designer Jeffrey Campbell is following in those foot steps. This week [โ€ฆ]

EllieLo
EllieLo
5 years ago

*laughing because if not iโ€™ll start crying*

brianna
brianna
5 years ago

Yโ€™all should go and read the comments for the murrays coconut pomade on their website!!! lmao theyโ€™re all complaining about their hair being greasy and hard to manage after using the stuff lol. All I can do is laugh.โ€ฆthats what happens when you try to take stuff for your own use especially when you shamed the original creators for using it. #stopwhitehipters2k15

Ivie9ja
Ivie9ja
5 years ago
Reply to  brianna

Lmaooo got eeemmm! Lol

Rini
Rini
5 years ago

Oh my god, I used to like Urban Outfitters butโ€ฆthis is just the worst hahaha! White hipsters will repackage ANYthing.

Twinkle
Twinkle
5 years ago

This is just too funny!! Donโ€™t let me catch someone wearing ball balls lolol..next thing you know UO will be selling pink hair lotion lolol

Monique Gordon
Monique Gordon
5 years ago

Do

Niesha
Niesha
5 years ago

sigh.โ€ฆ.. O white peopleโ€ฆ They hate us but love us at the same time..

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