For thirty years, Natural Trendsetters has cared for natural hair throughout South Florida. The salon is putting on a hair festival showcasing natural Black hair, providing tips to care for it, a ...

You know that saying “Oh, it’s just hair?” Well, for Black women, it isn’t. Historically, our hair has been the object of prejudice and ridicule, to the point where we’ve often felt forced to use heat ...

In the contemporary landscape, a noticeable and transformative trend has unfolded, marking a significant departure from conventional beauty standards. Black women have increasingly embraced and ...

From the larger-than-life Afros of the 1970s to the finger waves and French rolls of the 1990s, Black natural hair movements have had many iterations. And over the last decade and a half, the modern ...

The online world of natural hair care can be a confusing place, filled with conflicting advice—from not washing your hair for months to only using cold water. To cut through the clutter, we’ve ...

Three of Opoku-Acheampong’s friends are the subjects of “Textures,” and they reveal tiresome parts of their hair-care routines that most Black women endure behind closed doors. The camera meets Taylor ...

Maintaining natural hair while leading an active lifestyle can be challenging. But it doesn’t have to be. For Black women who love to stay fit, finding sweat-proof, low-manipulation protective styles ...