Discover how to achieve stunning roller set curls on natural hair with this step-by-step tutorial! Learn expert hair preparation, effective sectioning, and the best product application for maximum ...

More than a bedtime ritual or cute hair accessory, silk bonnets have long been used to protect textured hair overnight. With a history rooted in Black beauty traditions, they’ve been growing in ...

LAKELAND – Until 2022, the area was nothing more than an old rail yard that served Florida’s phosphate and citrus industries and eventually became a massive, abandoned industrial site. But three years ...

How do you wear your hair to bed or for a nap? Well, bonnets are an option and aren’t just for characters from “Little House on the Prairie” or Holly Hobbie. Consumer Reports put a bunch to the test ...

Historically, Black women’s hair has been underserved and Love Kinks has been attempting to change that narrative for almost a decade. Sinovuyo Mondliwa founded the natural haircare range Love Kinks ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. It all began in March, at a Friday-night showing of the thriller Black Bag, in which an auburn-wigged ...

AFRO CEO and Publisher Frances Murphy Draper argues that while comfort and convenience explain why many women—especially Black women—wear pajamas and bonnets in public, the practice undermines ...

These are the pros and cons of silk or satin for your hair and skin, plus top product picks from bonnets to pillowcases. For as long as I can remember, there has always been a debate on whether or not ...

Your bonnet is lying to you—it’s not really silk. “Many brands are using satin mixes,” founder of Lina Lennox Angela Muth tells ESSENCE. “They call it silk as a marketing term, but when it truly comes ...

Breakage, tangling, frizziness — as much as I love sleep, sometimes the damage it does to my hair almost makes it feel like a chore. However, over the years I’ve learned that with the right products ...