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 ...

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 ...

Thanks to the ever-growing online natural hair movement, there have never been more resources to help Black women to move away from chemical treatments and towards embracing their natural kinks and ...

Relaxed hair may be fun and beautiful but is it worth it? (Photo: Courtesy) The war between staying natural and relaxing has been going on for the longest time ever. A couple of years ago it was all ...

When it comes to hair relaxers – heavy-duty chemicals that permanently straighten tight curls – you tend to find that Black and mixed-raced women vividly remember their first time. The eye-watering ...

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L'Oreal's Mizani hair care range is specifically formulated for excessively curly hair textures, and although not exclusive for afro hair, it works a charm on heavily textured, colour treated and ...

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 ...

Over the past ten years, the tide has certainly changed for Black hair. While there is still so much work to be done to normalise natural Afro hair in workplaces and broaden the skills of hairdressers ...