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 ...

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning heads. Niouky, based in the West African country of Senegal, crafts modern ...

The latest natural hair movement is reminiscent of the groundwork of Black voices that came before us. We now live in an age where we see the representation of Black hair across the board, encouraging ...

The start of a new year often arrives with a quiet urge to reset, refresh, and show up a little differently. For many women, that shift begins with hair. Short natural afro hairstyles are stepping ...

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 ...

When you think of so-called quintessential French girl beauty, does a woman rocking an Afro or Bantu knots come to mind? Probably not — but there are people working to change the misconception that ...

Stigmatisms of Afro hair has been rife across media for decades. The misrepresentation and mischaracterisation of Afro hair being perceived as scruffy or unkept - generally from the wider European ...

The relationship between characters and their Afro-textured hair has become a focus of directors and stylists, who are mindful of Hollywood’s restrictive past. By Tiffany Martinbrough On the recent ...