When it comes to styling locs and faux locs into some of the most creative and dynamic styles you’ve ever seen, no one’s doing it better than hairstylist Sherelle Holder. Her salon, Karibbean Kinks, ...

September 20, 2025, marks four years since I loc'd my hair. To this day, it's one of the best decisions I've ever made. For years, my self-worth was tied to my hair. I missed school and work when it ...

Like many Black women, I grew up wearing protective styles to give my natural or processed hair a break. When I was young, I was devoted to braids — cornrows and box braids in particular. As an adult, ...

The way people buy into society’s beauty standards has always been bizarre to me. There is nothing logical about forming an opinion about someone based on physical appearance. However, this has been ...

In a world that too often tells Black women how to exist—how to speak, how to dress, how to wear our hair—those of us who walk boldly with locs are choosing to take up space, unapologetically. Black ...

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The Air Force has loosened the rules on locs and other hairstyles favored by black women. (GettyImages) The Air Force on Friday released new dress regulations that for the first time allow female ...