Braiding is more than a hairstyle. For generations, African American hair braiding styles have held deep cultural ...

According to Consumer Reports, synthetic hair products widely used especially among women of African descent, are linked to cancer. A study tested 10 popular synthetic brands. Carcinogens were found ...

PsychoHairapy trains beauty professionals to use hair as a gateway to mental health, turning salons into spaces for healing ...

practices braiding hair. Credit: Morgan Campbell "I consider myself Afro-Latina," says the Deer Park 35-year-old mother of three, of Dominican heritage. "We have African influence and it shouldn ...

Deeply rooted in Black culture (not to mention centuries of African aesthetic ... using synthetic braiding hair. CR spoke with braiders and clients at a Brooklyn, N.Y., salon in January, and ...

From street braiders to upmarket hair salons and DIY-friendly YouTube tutorials ... mainly influenced by the influx of African immigrants who have brought with them intricate braiding styles from ...

Salons “have been places not only to get hair care services but locations where black people could be vulnerable and talk ...

At the time of our early morning Zoom call, Obie and Lilly award-winning director, actor and musician Whitney White is on the ...

The findings are particularly alarming within the African ... time between braiding events, but it's easier said than done.