Who doesn’t love that post-salon hair glow? But regular visits to the salon can be time-consuming and expensive. Luckily, you ...

When you relax your hair, it undergoes some controlled damage and as such, it is important to maintain it in a healthy fashion. Natural hair requires pampering, relaxed hair requires even more ...

Like many Black girls, I had a complicated relationship with my hair growing up. For the majority of my childhood, I never ...

I can recall the day I got my first hair relaxer like it was yesterday. At the tender age of 13, it was also the first time I’d ever stepped foot into an Afro Hair salon to get my tresses tamed ...

“It's just the improper use and application of the relaxer.” Growing up she and other Black girls and women did not always go to a salon, instead many received kitchen hair services. "My mother didn't ...

Here’s what you need to know about the potential dangers associated with relaxing treatments. Chemical hair relaxers typically contain sodium hydroxide (lye) or calcium hydroxide (no-lye ...

"I have been directing my natural hair clients more towards a safer option ... The alternatives can cost much more than a box of relaxer which typically retails at $10. Story said the alternative ...

"I think I was 19 or something. And literally most of my hair on my left and right temple... gone. I'd used a relaxer that had burned all the way through." Tiwa Jenyo, founder of The Trap House ...