Box braids. Cornrows. Bantu knots. Senegalese twists. Lace-front wigs. These are just some of the protective hairstyles Black women wear to take a “break” from daily maintenance or to simply switch up ...

International “Black beauty” is the backdrop of an awesome video series by un-ruly creators Abigail and Antonia Opiah titled Pretty. Their first installment spotlighted Black women in Paris and ...

If our hair journey has taught us anything, it's that black hair is incredibly diverse; even the curl patterns that exist under just one hair type. For those who place themselves in the type 4 ...

On the RadioActive podcast, Jad Vianu records his mom as she goes through the process of losing her hair. “I might get like a pink wig or something, just for fun.” My mom’s hair has always been a ...

If booked and busy was a person, it would be comedian and social media influencer Pretty Vee. With over 4 million followers on Instagram, an established presence on Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘N Out and a ...

St. Clair Detrick-Jules is a DC native and a local documentary director whose work includes the 2017 immigration film DACAmented. She’s also a big sister, and it’s that role that inspired her latest ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. It was when she first started beauty school, in 1999, that ...