Questioning if hair is real undermines Black hair legitimacy, implying natural textures and protective styles are somehow ...

Dreadz N Headz Salon's Malaika Tamu-Cooper hosts the Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo, Black Follicles Matter, to celebrate natural hair and wellness.

Welcome to It’s Textured, a column where we untangle the joy, trauma, confusion, and frustration that can come with Black ...

Black women's beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make ...

Protective styles can be fashionable, but they can be frustrating if you’re still not seeing the progress that you’d like.

Michigan State University alumna LaTya Wells, owner of the recently launched hair accessory business, Roots & Reign, released a Juneteenth Capsule collection on June 10. Offering accessories like bows ...

Mastering at-home protective styling is both empowering and practical. Here are five protective styles you can do at home.

Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening, according to a new study.

Kerry Washington and protective hair styling go together real bad. Protective styles and natural hair have been Kerry’s go-to for a while now, and she’s spoken passionately about it.

“Black people, and women in particular, tend to have so many different hairstyles, but none of these are represented,” said Amina Gray, a youth mentor and facilitator at Rise.365.

Puerto Rico bans discrimination against natural hair and protective hairstyles. Grassroots ... Among the statistics used was that 80% of Black women in the U.S are more likely to change their ...