Nothing says "I love my natural hair" quite like an awesome, attention-grabbing afro! To commemorate this iconic hairstyle, author Michael July celebrated the release of his new coffee table book ...

Count Me In is a multi-part series that focuses on making visible the thriving natural hair movement among Afro-descended Costa Ricans within the context of the larger natural hair revolution ...

For most people, the term "updo" elicits visions of prom hairstyles and wedding looks — not to mention hours spent in a chair at a salon. But despite the first images your brain might conjure up, ...

People are claiming Allure magazine is guilty of cultural appropriation after it used a white model for an article on how to style your hair in an Afro. Allure's August issue features an article ...

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 ...

How will people react when I wear my hair in an Afro? I asked myself this past April en route to a close friend’s wedding on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. It was one of those epic, four-day-long ...

When I was a younger having my hair done was never a treat. Nervously, I’d sit in the stylist’s chair as she yanked my hair with a wide tooth comb, all the while telling my mum that my hair is tough ...