As someone who has been natural for two years, I love my curls, but it took me a long time to get to this point. Growing up, until about age 17, I was determined to have straight hair. I mainly blame ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. I was seven years old when I first got my hair straightened. I ...

My mother was a teenager in the late ’70s when big poofy hair (see Donna Summer and Tina Turner circa 1978) was all the rage. And like many teens, she wanted to fit in, so she asked her mom: “Can I ...

For a Black woman, her hair can be her crowning glory, an expression of pride in her appearance. But it can also be something more, something deeper — something rooted in culture and a complicated ...

It’s been over a year since GloRilla announced she was trading in her natural tresses for the creamy crack because she was tired of her “carpet hair.” The rapper, who often keeps her mane styled in ...

Hair wisdom isn’t something my mother ever passed down to me. She wore a mean ‘fro through the 80s and early 90s up until she passed away when I was nine. Being raised by my father, I wasn’t ...

Styling your hair is a way to showcase your unique personality. Whether you have the same haircut most of your life or switch up hairstyles every month, your hair plays an important role in defining ...

Perms (short for permanent) are a hair treatment that alters the curl pattern and texture of hair via chemical intervention. While perming kits are sold at beauty supply stores for DIYing, they’re a ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. When it comes to throwback hairstyles, perms are pretty much as iconic as it gets. Although we ...