Thanks to a now industry-wide call to action against the marginalization of Afro hair, words like "coily," "kinky," and "Afro" are now autocorrect mainstays in my work as a beauty writer. The ...

Experts at All Things Hair conducted a survey targeting US women of different ethnicities above the age of 16 to investigate hair inequality. The survey revealed that women of color with 4c hair are ...

Prior to the pandemic, afro hair salons were few and far between on UK high streets, dwarfed by salons catering mostly to Caucasian hair types. Despite L’Oréal estimating that Black women spend six ...

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, ...

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 ...

Latinx Heritage Month is a time to celebrate Hispanic culture. In addition to commemorating Hispanic people, places, foods, etc.—it is also a moment to acknowledge the barriers we oppose and strive to ...

As a historian and hairstylist, the owner of community salon Rizo Libre wants her services to go far beyond hair. Afro hair is not just a matter of aesthetics and fashion. Enslaved people used to ...