For many Black Americans, especially women, affording their hair care also means confronting unfavorable beauty standards.

But Biles’ dominance hasn’t stopped critics from telling her to "gel up" and "pin up" her hair, or commenting ... I’ve seen those images of a black woman in a swimming pool and a white ...

My mother was a teenager in the late ’70s when big poofy hair ... turned-salon, but it did allow her to feel beautiful, so to her, it was worth it. Viktoriia Miroshnikova//Getty Images This ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — In Black communities, hair salons represent so much more than a place to get a quick trim. For a lot of us, salons and the stylists within them represent a space of solace–a ...

The Black women I met in the salon as a child reflected that splendid truth back at me — the transformational power of their hair existing as just one movement in the expansive symphony of Black ...

As a Black woman, I can never easily walk into an unknown hair salon and get serviced due to the lack of education around natural textures. This is also the case for Washington-based TikToker Mimi ...

Amateur stylists set up in both kitchens and Black hair salons have long been crucial to Black communities, where customers have sought solace and capable hands. “African American salons have ...

Located on 180 Pearl St., Diversity Hair Salon is one of Vermont's few hair salons owned and operated by Black women that specializes in Black hair. Owner and stylist Jacqueline Gibson has been ...