President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices for products many Black women consider essential, squeezing shoppers ...

For many Black women, braids, wigs, and weaves are more than just a hairstyle. They’re a cultural expression, protective care ...

Many Black women have hair types and workplace-favored styles that require careful attention, and they can spend hundreds of dollars at salons each month on extensions, weaves, wigs and braids.

Black women are starting to pay more for their hair care because of the Trump administration’s tariffs on goods imported from ...

Not having braided hair “creates more of a hassle for everything,” said Sims, who counts herself among the tens of millions of women that regularly spend on the Black hair care industry.