THE CLAIM: Black hair does not grow easily. “Good hair” or looser curl patterns are special because they can grow more in length. During the five-year process it took to prepare her second album, SZA ...

And why this sudden appetite for length? “ Long hair has become a kind of modern luxury,” Yates suggests. “It reads as healthy, intentional, and quietly powerful.” Perhaps in an age of pared-back ...

The appreciation and embrace of curly hair — ringlets, spirals, corkscrews, waves, coils — is growing as folks of all ages and backgrounds are relishing their natural hair instead of trying to tame it ...

I tested Bellami’s microlink hair extensions—loved by Kim Kardashian and Christina Aguilera—at its NYC salon to see if they ...