For 2025, instead of trying to maintain bone-straight results, Black women across social ... all of whom had distinctively ...

And while straight hair for Black women has always been politicized, recently; the silk press has gotten literally political. From the moment Vice President Kamala Harris took that infamous “We ...

There’s so much beauty in the versatility of Black hair. A silk press ... process used on higher textures to leave hair bone-straight with a silk finish and high shine,” celebrity hairstylist ...

Venus Williams has swapped her signature braids for a silk press. She shared a photo of her sleek, straight black hair on social media, with the caption: “Ciao for now to my braids.” ...

As a Black woman, my relationship with ... The lowest coarse hair setting was hot enough to get my hair straight. The ceramic plates add the “silk” to the press without making my hair feel ...

a New York City-based natural hairstylist specializing in silk press and color. She goes in for trims and a wash and set every six to eight weeks for straight and bouncy hair. In between ...

I clenched my teeth, bearing the searing pain in my scalp because that was what it would take to get the silky, straight ... stop my hair from being the topic of conversation. A non-Black ...