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When considering what might be the best hair dryer for our hair type, we are often told that Afro-textured hair is the weakest. It breaks easily, it can be dry and we have to be careful when it ...
The Hulu series The Other Black Girl dramatizes the pains of managing Afro-textured hair—and other people’s perceptions of it.
Young girls at the Phenomenal Tresses Summer Beauty Camp in Tallahassee spent Juneteenth learning more than just hair ...
Every Black girl knows hair washing days will always be a little bit of a hassle. The products used on hair washing day were usually the same each time—when it works, it works.
Lakisha May, seated with hand mirror, and Nana Mensah, looking into wall mirror, in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. (Matthew ...
The styles in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” in previews on Broadway, require a wig designer, several braiders, some synthetic hair and lots of patience.
Mel B, who is supporting World Afro Day, says her "big, wild, curly hair" got her into scrapes as a kid. She was told to straighten her hair when she became Scary Spice, but she ignored the advice ...
In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Mel B, also known as Scary Spice, opened up about embracing her curly hair even after being pressured to straighten it when filming the Spice ...