A beauty writer takes us into her service at Harlem's luxury African braiding shop (and why it's worth the price).

Earlier this week, we told you about a growing call by some Black Americans online to boycott African braiding shops beginning August 1, citing poor customer service and outrageous policies as a ...

By the time Diessou Kante opened JolieDen’s Beauty Bar in 2018, she already knew what she didn’t want. She’d spent years ...

To playwright Jocelyn Bioh, the African hair braiders of Harlem are icons. “They’re a large part of the economy of Harlem,” Bioh said of the Manhattan neighborhood. “Those are women-owned businesses, ...

Natural hair braiders are now free to lock, twist, and weave hair in Idaho without the threat of criminal charges or heavy fines, thanks to a bill Gov. Brad Little signed into law last week. Prior to ...

BAY SHORE, New York -- Long Island's K&D African Hair Braiding salon has been the go-to spot in Bay Shore for 25 years, offering more than 70 African hair braiding styles for customers to choose from.

Jaja’s realistically encapsulates one day’s worth of work in a Harlem-based braid shop. Clients of all backgrounds come in asking for different styles: everything from sew-ins to micro braids. And if ...

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Every few decades the theater needs its “Steel Magnolias.” Before Robert Haring’s beauty-shop dramedy opened in 1987, there was Clare Booth Luce’s 1936 comedy, “The Women,” which also made a beauty ...

Jocelyn Bioh’s Harlem-set play, bristling with wit and drama, follows the staff and customers of a hair braiding salon as they joke, argue, and try to get those styles just right. Senior Editor and ...