It was 5 a.m. in Los Angeles and I was walking my half-asleep self to the hair and makeup tent so I could be done up to blend into a 1960s-themed state fair movie scene. I was a background actor ...

The women behind the Good Hair Day: Paloma Sandberg (l), Vanessa Daniels, Michaela Moua, Saida Mäki-Penttilä and Akunna Onwen More than 50,000 people with African background live in Finland ...

A new study from BLK’s #FreeYourCrown campaign highlights how women embracing curls, coils, and confidence like never before.

66% of Black women surveyed said they had changed their hair for job interviews to lessen the chances of being passed over because of hair discrimination. Getty Images March 24, 2023, 7:23 AM EDT ...

Black women's hair is intentional, and limitless, and historical, and influential, and deeply political in a world often incapable of recognizing the depths of its wonder.

Last month, Connecticut became one of a growing number of states to make race-based hair discrimination illegal. Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because ...

Black women’s hair is 2.5 times more likely to be perceived as unprofessional, according to a 2023 co-commissioned study by Dove and LinkedIn.The study surveyed 2,990 women of Black, Hispanic ...

A psychological study has found that the amount of hair did not matter for evaluations of Black men's attractiveness and personality, but did for white men.

Hair relaxers may disproportionately expose Black, Hispanic women to harmful chemicals linked to cancer, infertility, studies suggest Published: May. 24, 2023, 8:00 a.m.

Women using chemical hair-straightening products are at a higher risk of uterine cancer than women who reported not using them, a new study by the National Institutes of Health found.Researchers ...

This Salon Works to Understand Black Women’s Hair Each week, the global conglomerate Unilever brings people into a salon to test new products. It’s hoping to get a bigger piece of the long ...

For years, Black women have used synthetic braids to help style their hair. But a recent study by Consumer Reports found that these fake hair strands can contain dangerous chemicals that pose a ...