We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. I love getting my hair braided, but I’m not into the fact that for a lot of styles, like micro braids, ...

No twist-outs or wash-and-gos for weeks. Sounds heavenly, right? It is, but a lot of protective styles, like box braids, require a huge time commitment at the start. We're talking hours in the salon.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Simone Biles is in peak vacation mode. On Feb. 6, the gymnast was spotted in ...

Gabrielle Union has switched up her hairstyle again and we love iit every time! Just days after her debuting her big chop on Instagram, the 48-year-old actress is fresh out of the salon with another ...

Amandla Stenberg’s braided looks, which range from edgy bobs to sophisticated cornrows to multicolored plaits, are always effortless, fun and out-of-the-box. The Hate You Give actress debuted jumbo ...

Even more importantly, at the very front of her hair was a single cornrow, which is a clever trick to keep her edges intact ...

Thanks to the coronavirus, our beauty salons and nail spas are closed indefinitely. But if you were apart of the lucky few, you saw the shutdown coming and got your hair did! And not just any style, ...

Okay, don’t get me wrong: I love the look of box braids as much as the next girl—but I do have a couple of gripes. First of all, box braids can take forever (up to 10 hours, to be exact), and no ...