Relaxers for hair have long been a beauty staple, but what exactly does it mean to have relaxed hair? In simple terms, relaxed hair refers to hair that has been chemically straightened using the same ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. In the black community, long natural hair evokes marvel. For ...

Here are some tips to maintaining voluminous relaxed hair. Even if your hair is relaxed, you'd still want it to be full [Emilycottontop] Even if you are relaxing your hair, you would still love it to ...

So now that we've heard what the science suggests about the risk of hair relaxers, maybe you've decided to stop using them. To help us figure out how to do that, we're joined now by April Kayganich.

The natural vs. relaxed hair debate is basically the Jollof Wars of beauty. It’s one of those topics that will always get people talking. Some swear by their natural curls, loving the freedom and ...

Love the smooth, straight look of chemically relaxed hair but hate dealing with constant breakage and dryness? You’re definitely not alone in this struggle. Relaxed hair is basically high-maintenance ...

Everyone can recall a traumatic hairdressers story, right? I mean, I have a few; a wonky haircut that made me scared of getting even a trim. A blow-dry at a European salon that was giving nothing but ...

If you don’t know by now, the internal structure of our hair is far more susceptible to breakage than any other hair type. Therefore, it must be treated with care and nourished to grow long and strong ...

Carrie Jones is a hairstylist at Urban Image and recently went back to natural hair, no longer relaxing it. The Wichita Eagle For nearly as long as she can remember, Josephine Hamilton warred against ...

If you weren’t thinking about transitioning to natural hair before COVID-19 hit, the past few months of 2020 might have been a big wake-up call for you. With hairstylists in uncertain limbo around the ...

Calling all naturalistas! Do you have urgent tress questions? If so, you’re in luck. Every Thursday, natural hair blogger extraordinaire CurlyNikki will be solving your curly hair conundrums! Submit ...