What to know before booking a frizz-smoothing or permanent straightening treatment.

The return of relaxers has resulted in the resurgence of another popular chemical treatment from the early aughts: texturizers. One of the main differences between texturizers and relaxers is the time ...

For decades, chemical relaxers—creams applied to tightly curled and coiled hair to permanently straighten its texture—were a ...

Ever since Beyoncé strutted her stuff in the "Flawless" music video with perfectly tousled, messy-but-chic waves, chanting the lyrics, “I woke up like this,” the only thing that’s been on my mind is, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It happened to me: my favorite dry texture spray was discontinued. The canister I bought nearly three years ago took its final ...

The Black women in my family have been straightening their hair for as long as I can remember. Because of this, straight hair was all I knew. Without it, I rarely felt confident or beautiful.