Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At one point in her life, Kobe Campbell considered herself a natural hair warrior. Not just natural hair, kinky hair. "I think ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When's the last time you left the house wearing your natural hair out? For some Black women, this is an easy question, since the ...

Many Black women have experienced the ritual of hair straightening, whether through chemical relaxers that caused a familiar tingling sensation signaling it was time to wash the product out or get ...

The history of the hair typing system is a complicated one. The original hair type system, the hair gauge, was developed in 1905 in present-day Namibia by Eugen Fischer — a German scientist whose ...

Five days ago I was in Paris, France speaking on a panel at a natural hair conference and drowning myself in tears. Sure, the beautiful way in which our hair grows from our scalp is reason enough to ...

Black and mixed heritage women over the age of 45 are “24 times more likely to conform to societal pressures when it comes to their hair compared to 18-21-year-olds,” according to new research by ...

The natural hair movement continues to evolve as enthusiasts discover innovative ways to maintain their tresses while balancing convenience with hair health. Among these developments, the blowout ...

I can’t remember a time when straight hair didn’t mean something. Up until the age of 10, when I used a relaxer for the first time, straight hair symbolised unattainable beauty – the standard set by ...

Occasionally, someone on the internet says something that either makes me question why I share space with them on this planet or nod feverishly in agreement. When it came to a recent video from ...

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You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning heads. Niouky, based in the West African country of Senegal, crafts modern ...

When’s the last time you left the house wearing your natural hair out? For some Black women, this is an easy question, since the answer is just a few days—or even a few hours—ago. But for another ...