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Although I don’t have a stylist, I recommend the following: Be the expert: Don’t trust that any stylist will know your hair better than you. You’re with your hair 24/7 — your stylist only sees you ...

Historically, beauty standards have favored straight hair and stigmatized textured hair as being unprofessional or messy. But in many Black and brown communities, hair has a cultural significance with ...

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For some people with natural hair, addressing damage or daily wear and tear may require more than cleansing and styling products — in these cases, hair masks may help. Even if you’re not addressing ...

The Black women in my family have been straightening their hair for as long as I can remember. Because of this, straight hair was all I knew. Without it, I rarely felt confident or beautiful.

DUNMORE, Pa. — July 3 is CROWN Day. CROWN, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair, is a national effort to get states to pass laws that ban hair-based discrimination as ...