Black Hair Types

What Are the Different Hair Types? Hair comes in four main types: straight, wavy, curly, and coily. Each hair type has its own unique characteristics. The four types are broken down into subtypes (A, ...

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The latest in a decades-old movement among those in the Black community to embrace natural hair reached the halls of state government last month when the House of Representatives passed its version of ...

When it comes to good hair days, knowledge isn’t just power—it’s the entire routine. Essence Salon just dropped a deep-dive guide on how different hair types should really be treated, and honestly, it ...

Cosmopolitan: Hair Types 101: How to Identify and Style Straight, Wavy, Curly, or Coily Hair

Hair Types 101: How to Identify and Style Straight, Wavy, Curly, or Coily Hair

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MSN: Curly Hair Types: A Guide to Finding Yours, and Why It Actually Helps

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Curly Hair Types: A Guide to Finding Yours, and Why It Actually Helps

A visual reference library of black hairstyles compiled by online digital designer Carmahn McCalla launched last month.

CNN: ‘What Black hair product is safe?’ Lead and carcinogens are found in hair extensions used by Black women

Almost every Black woman or girl has, at some point, purchased hair extensions for box braids, boho braids, twists or faux locs. For many Black women, these “protective styles” are worn year-round to ...

‘What Black hair product is safe?’ Lead and carcinogens are found in hair extensions used by Black women

Following backlash from a Vogue article, the Black community calls out how renaming Black hairstyles promotes cultural and historic erasure.

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