From Alicia Keys to Zoe Kravitz, these celebrity women have given us plenty of braided hair inspo for our next salon visit.

"Worms" was a beautiful look at Black culture and family, and gave us a more serene episode without much of the usual chaos ...

Clients and hair stylists are equally frustrated with the current state of the Black salon experience. Can community survive in a new landscape?

I think when you are surrounded by people who don’t look like you — and you constantly see them being complimented, pursued ...

Monsoon season calls for comfortable yet stylish ethnic wear. Cotton sarees are perfect for this weather. Handloom, floral ...

"The message is that sometimes, the best thing you can do is just stop talking and listen." The installation is part of ...

For Julee Wilson, Cosmopolitan’s beauty editor-at-large, that’s good news. “I love to see it,” she says “Braids and locs on men going ‘mainstream’ is a demonstration of cultural reclamation, pride and ...

The tradition of braiding black hair is deeply rooted in culture and history and it's more than a style. It's an expression of art. For one woman in Rochester braiding recently became a source of ...

Now, we see Koroba braids back in style, appearing on runways, red carpets and beyond. This revival celebrates Black beauty and moves away from Eurocentric standards, similar to t ...

Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is the product of “30-plus years of stories that I have lived in my brain.” Here’s the story behind the ...

For many Black women, the hair salon is a cultural safe space, where stories and secrets help build an intimate community. That’s the setting of the 90-minute Tony Award-winning play “Jaja’s African ...

Dermatologists recommend gentle, sulfate-free shampoos and deep conditioners or natural oils for Black hair. There are no shampoos or conditioners for wavy or curly hair for sale at the commissary.