We all know how time-consuming it is for women to get ready, and one of the significant hurdles that women have to go through besides good makeup, manicures, and pedicures is getting their hair done ...

Here's how a year without braids helped one writer recover from traction alopecia and find healthy protective styles.

African braided hairstyles are all the rage among Ho Chi Minh City’s young people after artists began popularizing the trend at local rap contests recently. Tran Hoang Thuy, 21, said she had tried a ...

The Black Repertory Theater of Kansas City is highlighting a rich lineup of arts this November with 'Jaja's African Hair ...

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding in Harlem is a salon full of funny, whip-smart, talented women ready to make you look and feel ...

To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, ...

Something told me to keep my braids in a little while longer, but I wanted to try this thing called “letting my hair breathe,” which apparently I don’t do often enough. Little did I know, a pandemic ...

Box braids are one of the most popular styles for Summer vacation thanks to stars like Beyoncé and movies like Poetic Justice. This style uses synthetic, straight hair to create long plaits The term ...

On a recent night at the Lock Loft Salon in Vancouver, Amber Starks' hands worked almost as fast as her young customer's mouth. While Starks turned her customer's frizzy pile of brown hair into row ...

"Can I touch your hair?" "How long does it take to get it like that?" "OMG, your hair is amazing!" Not a day goes by when someone, usually a stranger, utters one (or all three of those phrases) after ...