Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...

Love the smooth, straight look of chemically relaxed hair but hate dealing with constant breakage and dryness? You’re definitely not alone in this struggle. Relaxed hair is basically high-maintenance ...

The kitchen used to be my stepmother’s makeshift salon; it was where I got my first hair relaxer. I was 13 and knew nothing about the process of this hair treatment, all I knew was my hair was finally ...

The dead-straight hairstyles that multiple Black women rocked throughout the ‘00s have slowly but surely been usurped by natural hair. Among millennials in particular there has been a shift as the ...

Senior beauty editor Erin Stovall dishes on her 4C curl quest. For years, I begged my mom to let me relax my hair and was beyond thrilled when she finally relented. Over the next six years, I happily ...

Everyone can recall a traumatic hairdressers story, right? I mean, I have a few; a wonky haircut that made me scared of getting even a trim. A blow-dry at a European salon that was giving nothing but ...

Natural hair gets most of the attention, but plenty of people still do get relaxers. This treatment chemically straightens the hair, typically with sodium hydroxide, which breaks down hydrogen bonds ...