I’ve got some news to share: I’m no longer a natural girl. After more than a decade of embracing my coily texture, I had to make a decision that was more fitting to my lifestyle—getting a relaxer.

When you relax your hair, it undergoes some controlled damage and as such, it is important to maintain it in a healthy fashion. Natural hair requires pampering, relaxed hair requires even more tender ...

Caring for textured, curly, coily, kinky hair differs from flat, straight hair care routines. You need different products and have entirely different routines. That’s all to say that caring for ...

Love the smooth, straight look of chemically relaxed hair but hate dealing with constant breakage and dryness? You’re definitely not alone in this struggle. Relaxed hair is basically high-maintenance ...

Washing your hair can sometimes seem like nothing more than a time-sucking chore. "Shampooing removes sebum or oil that normally coats the hair shaft," Dr. Brendan Camp, a dermatologist at New York’s ...

If you're anything like me, hair washing, though it provides a satisfying result, is nothing but a chore. I love the feeling of clean hair (who doesn't?), but the very act of washing and drying, as ...

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