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 ...

Mount Airy-based writer Hilary Beard dropped everything to help George E. Johnson write his autobiography. Like many Black ...

Johnson, best known for being the founder of Johnson Products Company (JPC) in 1954, which manufactured premium Black hair ...

Whether you wear weaves, rock braids, have a relaxer or are a self-proclaimed naturalista, discover 20 of the best afro hair products, tried and tested by yours truly. When it comes to laying ...

"We want to do everything to make our hair beautiful, and by using relaxers, that was a way for my hair to be beautiful to me." Young lives in Douglasville, Georgia. She is among the millions of Black ...

Flewellen’s Hair Salon has been a staple in Oak Cliff for more than 50 years. Flewellen offers chemical hair relaxers to her clients but not without warning.

DALLAS — Thousands of women across the country have sued major hair relaxer manufacturers and brand companies, claiming that chemical straightening products have led to uterine cancer and other ...

"Then I got the big chop which got rid of all the old relaxed hair, and I've got my natural hair now, so I'm just embracing that. "I never wanted to be like, 'Oh, because I've got Afro-Caribbean ...

The video starts with @gwaiconny showing off her thick afro that she struggled to comb and taking out a Sta-Sof-Fro blow-out relaxer to show to the camera. She puts the creme on her hair and ...