Kara Jillian Brown is the senior beauty editor of InStyle. She began her career at Well+Good, where she spent five years evolving from editorial intern to news writer to beauty writer. She earned a ...

Braids are the universal tools of the hair world that can handle every occasion, from the classic French braid you wear grocery shopping to the dressy Dutch braid chignon you don at the cocktail party ...

If you haven’t heard, bobs are all the rage this spring—and for protective style devotees, the braided bob is the next move. Perfect timing, if you think about it, as vacation season is around the ...

I just dyed my hair a deep purple and decided to take it full gothic glam. In this video, I style my very short hair using an extension piece to create a dramatic rope braid headpiece with a Wednesday ...

While you can easily achieve a French braid on fresh, clean hair, or few-days-old hair, it can be helpful to start your prep when you wash and dry. Russell says that creating the right texture is ...

Box braids are one of my favorite styles when giving my natural, 4C hair a break from constant manipulation and heat. Box braid hairstyles are literally how they sound—a braided hairstyle with ...

The classic technique is anything but one-note. Sometimes, the perfect hairstyle features imperfection. Case in point: this messily braided look, which gives this style a more disheveled, bedhead ...

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, ...

Braids have long been one of the most dependable protective styles in the natural hair playbook, but when your strands are on the thinner side, the stakes are a little different. What looks great on ...