We all know exercise is healthy for you, especially in our current COVID-19 reality, but Black women have special challenges when it comes to working out and hair care. “I think the reason that it’s ...

The costly and timely upkeep of hairstyles may be preventing many African American women from working out. The new study, published in the Archives of Dermatology on Dec. 17, showed about 40 percent ...

For any Black woman familiar with the concept of weave, this claim sounds pretty dubious and even startling. It’s typically recommended people keep their weaves in for 4-8 weeks, a far cry from a ...

I’m just a tad concerned about Black women not having any hair in a few years….due to weaves. It’s not that I wake up every morning thinking about hair weaves, but I write a lot of hair stories, which ...

I love a good sew-in weave. I didn’t actually get my first one until I was 31, but since then I do it about twice a year when I’m really feeling like changing up my hairstyle. They give me flexibility ...

“I think the reason that it’s such an issue is because natural hair still is not accepted as a professional look in the workplace,” says Nidiyah Salahuddin, stylist and salon co-owner of The Mane Loft ...