Black folks —and women in particular — are familiar with the exhausting process of getting our hair braided, or worse, ...

Acetone and similar VOCs pose endocrine and reproductive risks as well, with the potential to shift the way hormones like ...

Hair is sacred to Black women, as are the institutions that shift and mold our tresses, styling them for seasons and occasions. Beauty salons are staples in the Black community, but the braiding shop ...

By the time Diessou Kante opened JolieDen’s Beauty Bar in 2018, she already knew what she didn’t want. She’d spent years ...

OREGON, USA — Amarea Priddy has been getting her hair braided and using extensions since she was a little kid. "I like getting my hair braided. I also do like my own hair, like when my brother does it ...

A beauty writer takes us into her service at Harlem's luxury African braiding shop (and why it's worth the price).

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, ...

Mesyah, 10, said when she first got her hair braided as a little girl, she loved how it made her feel free and like herself. But since entering a more diverse school district in the city of Troy with ...

The actors who play the sisterhood of stylists in 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' sit down for a candid beauty-shop conversation in light of the show's L.A. premiere at Center Theatre Group's Mark ...

Michelle Obama is keeping it real about the significance of Black hairstyles and upkeep. On October 28, the attorney and ...