Consumer Reports has found potentially dangerous heavy metals and volatile organic compounds in synthetic braiding hair products, with lead detected in 29 of 30 products tested, and all nine human ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tiana Randall is a writer whose work intersects style and sports. “Zoe Kravitz’s braids are an epidemic,” says one TikTok user in ...

In the Black community, protective hairstyles are essential and often the go-to hairstyle for any occasion. Box braids, cornrows, twists, faux locs, weaves, crochet hair–the possibilities are endless.

Why Do People Braid Hair? Many people choose braids as their go-to hairstyle because they’re stylish and low maintenance. They also protect your hair from daily styling, breakage, and the elements, ...

Almost every Black woman or girl has purchased hair extensions for box braids, boho braids, twists, faux locs and other styles. The latest research shows that many of those extensions are full of ...

If there’s something more fascinating than watching cleverly engineered industrial machines do their work, we don’t know what it could be. And at the top of that list has to be the machines that do ...

CHICO — Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia’s predominantly Black community, Gabbi Pasha remembers seeing braid shops on nearly every street corner. But being one of 10 children to a single mom, getting ...

If you’re a resident of the hair corner of TikTok, chances are you’ve stumbled across a video of a woman showing us her last two strands of hair after removing her first set of “Korean Braiding ...