Braided hairstyles are all over social media these days, and if you're like us, you might be tempted to try one or two out. But the only thing holding us back from fashioning our hair into a braid?

Few things compare to the feel of newly done braids — the shine, the bounce, that squeaky-tight scalp, it's the hair equivalent of stepping out of a limo in slow motion. As a textured-hair girly, I ...

Braids have a long, rich, storied history that intertwines both practicality and cultural status. The French braid, in particular, dates back thousands of years to North Africa and ancient Greece, but ...