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There’s the stuff you like, and then there’s the stuff you can’t help but be drawn to, often because the designer is pushing their craft to the limits of what’s possible. The following are a few of ...

Oregon businesses respond after Consumer Reports finds cancer-causing chemicals in all synthetic braiding hair brands tested.

Forty-year-old Strider Patton loves being a hands-on dad. He picks out the sweater, helps with the shoes, and zips the ...

Braids represent more than just a hairstyle for millions of women—they embody cultural heritage, practical beauty, and personal expression. These protective styles have graced heads for ...

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 ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a ...

The Hair Braiding Opportunity Act, House Bill 3356, would have amended the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and ...

During a new production of the Tony Award-winning play, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a group of West African immigrants are creating community with mini masterpieces in Boston. The play takes ...