Curious about natural vs. relaxed hair? We surveyed 15 people to learn what’s better in terms of maintenance, style, and societal pressure. The natural vs. relaxed hair debate is basically the Jollof ...

Over the past couple of years, natural hair has been the big trend among African-American women. Many have gone through the drastic cutting of the hair, also known as the “big chop,” while some have ...

Just think of those knots Brandy used to rock in the 90’s, yup those are Bantu knots. This style is one that consists of continuously wrapping your hair in a twisting formation around its self (like ...

Keeping your hair Natural or relaxed is definitely a choice you have to make on your own. Hair is hair. Almost everyone sees Natural hair as beautiful, and the fact that we as Africans can get to grow ...

Natural vs. relaxed “hair wars” has been an ongoing issue within our community, but is it really necessary? We asked you to weigh in on our social media channels to get your opinion on the age-old ...

For years, relaxed hair was the predominant style of choice among Black women. At one point, unless you were a child, it was very unusual not to have relaxed hair. Times have changed and over the past ...

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 ...