But once I understood the basics of my texture – and began incorporating the right products, like the best shampoos for Afro hair, into my routine – it really helped make hair washing and ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair.

Myth 3: Afro hair doesn’t grow as long. Afro hair can grow long like other types of hair however, its curly texture can make it appear shorter, contributing to the misconception. Research has ...

This is something to bear in mind if you are someone who loves to play around with the versatility of Afro-textured hair, as you won’t have your coily hair texture revert to normal for at least ...

A woman shared a TikTok video with her daughter talking about her natural hair. Online users were in awe of how identical the ...

She is exploring the mystique of Afro hair in a special six-part series ... I revelled in the wonders of my gorgeous new hair texture for about two months, which was around the same time that ...

I have a strong connection to texturism as someone born with naturally Afro-textured hair and so ... I don't even think I had the cognition that my hair texture was being changed.

But, like any double-edged sword, while we openly accept the beauty of our texture, afro hair continues to be bound by a vocabulary hell-bent on taming, controlling and processing its natural state.

The main difference between afro hair and caucasian hair is that ... that black people began to feel pressure to smoothen their hair texture, to conform to European standards of beauty, and ...

Afro hair has a very unique texture, and for centuries it has had social significance too. Touching someone’s hair - especially without permission - can be hugely offensive “Traditionally ...