I first got my hair chemically relaxed when I was 12 years old, after begging my mother to let me do so for at least two years. Surrounded by friends with long, swishy hair at school and constantly ...

Heat damage has to be a naturalista’s greatest fear — besides breakage, of course. If you have tight or kinky curls, you’ve probably relied on a blow dryer, diffuser or flat iron to retain length or ...

Busayo Olupona has vivid memories of emigrating to Davis, California, from Nigeria with her family when she was 12 years old, down to the way she wore her hair. “I had circular bantu knots tightly ...

To say the Black experience is multifaceted would be an understatement. For nearly 500 years, the global African diaspora has ...

For many, using heat is a quick and simple of way for a long lasting stretch, but on the other hand this choice can also be the most detrimental for our strands, especially those transitioning! Let me ...

A naturalista may love her spiraled texture, but that doesn't mean a coily fro is the only style to rock. Allowing curly girls to switch things up majorly, heat-free ways to stretch natural hair ...

Going natural more often than not means committing to a minimal-heat lifestyle, so showing off the length of your hair sans shrinkage comes with a different set of rules. Blowouts may seem like ...

African women have been manipulating their natural hair from time immemorial with different hairstyles that are now adapted to modern hairstyles. In many indigenous cultures, a person’s hair is ...

Stepping into the unknown often leads to rediscovery and for Jamaican solo traveller, Meroe (@findingmeroe), her latest adventure took her to the vibrant heart of Ghana in her quest of a timeless ...