African braided hairstyles are all the rage among Ho Chi Minh City’s young people after artists began popularizing the trend at local rap contests recently. Tran Hoang Thuy, 21, said she had tried a ...

Box braids are one of the most popular styles for Summer vacation thanks to stars like Beyoncé and movies like Poetic Justice. This style uses synthetic, straight hair to create long plaits The term ...

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

For the African diaspora, there are many things to celebrate; our hairstyles serve as a crowning glory rooted in culture. Around the world, Black hair is an expression of history and art. Colombia’s ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

During lockdown, I realised I'd have to face the thick mane of hair I'd grown so used to hiding away. I've realised that wearing my glorious afro exclusively in protective styles is like wrapping a ...

As the reality of COVID-19 started to settle in and all non-essential trips were discouraged, my first thought was: What on earth am I going to do with my hair? It sounds incredibly self-involved, yet ...