No one would have predicted the shift but it is happening. More and more women are moving from natural to relaxed hair. A few years ago, the natural hair movement was all the rage and natural girls ...

Nowadays, everywhere you turn you seem to see a new product geared towards natural hair. These products tend to have improved ingredients eliminating mineral oil, petrolatum and sulfates, which have ...

Natural hair gets most of the attention, but plenty of people still do get relaxers. This treatment chemically straightens the hair, typically with sodium hydroxide, which breaks down hydrogen bonds ...

When you relax your hair, it undergoes some controlled damage and as such, it is important to maintain it in a healthy fashion. Natural hair requires pampering, relaxed hair requires even more tender ...

The best leave-in conditioners for relaxed hair, designed to hydrate, strengthen, and enhance shine while keeping your hair smooth and healthy. As someone who recently transitioned from natural to ...

Curious about natural vs. relaxed hair? We surveyed 15 people to learn what’s better in terms of maintenance, style, and societal pressure. The natural vs. relaxed hair debate is basically the Jollof ...

Mika Sipponen, a materials chemist at Stockholm University, went for a swim in a murky lake. Afterwards, he noticed that his hair felt smooth — even without adding any hair product. The brownish water ...

“I think the reason that it’s such an issue is because natural hair still is not accepted as a professional look in the workplace,” says Nidiyah Salahuddin, stylist and salon co-owner of The Mane Loft ...

The dead-straight hairstyles that multiple Black women rocked throughout the ‘00s have slowly but surely been usurped by natural hair. Among millennials in particular there has been a shift as the ...

The kitchen used to be my stepmother’s makeshift salon; it was where I got my first hair relaxer. I was 13 and knew nothing about the process of this hair treatment, all I knew was my hair was finally ...