Busayo Olupona has vivid memories of emigrating to Davis, California, from Nigeria with her family when she was 12 years old, down to the way she wore her hair. “I had circular bantu knots tightly ...

Heat damage has to be a naturalista’s greatest fear — besides breakage, of course. If you have tight or kinky curls, you’ve probably relied on a blow dryer, diffuser or flat iron to retain length or ...

I first got my hair chemically relaxed when I was 12 years old, after begging my mother to let me do so for at least two years. Surrounded by friends with long, swishy hair at school and constantly ...