They’re popular in part because they’re supposed to leave your hair in better shape than traditional styles. Here’s what the ...

For about 75 minutes of its 90-minute running time, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” comes across as a vivaciously amusing ...

This story set in a hair salon allows us to meet a wide variety of characters, all well-cast here on Navy Pier.

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is a celebration of Black hair and salons, a kind of sanctuary for Black women where societal ...

When it comes to protective styles, braids will forever be a fan favorite. They can be chic or casual, depending on how you ...

To moisturise your braids, Hair Lounge salon founder Charlotte Mensah recommends using a hair oil to lock in moisture and give any new growth elasticity when the braids start to tug at the roots.

Tony-winning play, now at Chicago Shakespeare, builds empathy for salon artists making their way in America by helping women ...

London-based hair and beauty journalist Sue Omar is hell-bent on celebrating the black woman's crowning glory: her hair. She is exploring the mystique of Afro hair in a special six-part series for ...

Jocelyn Bioh's “Jaja's African Hair Braiding” delivers more than it promises. At first, the 90-minute portrait of a day in ...

Braids, beads, crimps and curls is the best way to describe the action that takes place at Braided, a Crown Heights hair ...

Buoyed by a successful Broadway run, the play about a bustling beauty salon opens this week at Chicago Shakespeare.