The same chemicals found in pipes, pesticides and floor tiles are also present in some wigs, braiding hair and hair extensions, a new study published Wednesday in the journal Environment & Health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hairstylist uses hair extensions to braid a client's hair. - NickyLloyd/E+/Getty Images Almost every Black woman or girl has, at ...

The latest Consumer Reports study found human hair is more toxic than synthetic—and one synthetic brand that’s actually the safest overall.

Exactly How Harmful Is Synthetic Hair? With testing beginning in 2024, Consumer Reports compiled 10 of the most popular kanekalon braiding hair extensions —including Hbegant, Magic Fingers, Sassy ...

If you’re a resident of the hair corner of TikTok, chances are you’ve stumbled across a video of a woman showing us her last two strands of hair after removing her first set of “Korean Braiding ...

A recent report about cancerous synthetic hair extensions has sparked a heated conversation, prompting the Black beauty community to question if there are alternatives for protective styles. According ...

Rebundle's, "mircobiome friendly," plant-based braiding hair is providing Black women with clean, irritant free options to look their best. Black-owned beauty startup Rebundle has officially earned ...

Growing up as a Black girl with 4B/4C hair, I often kept my locs wrapped in protective styles to safeguard my natural hair from environmental factors and to maintain the health of my hair. Back then, ...

On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Lacresha Carter drove more than an hour from her home in York, Pa., with her 4-year-old son to Bowie, Md., to get her hair braided. She had come across a TikTok that ...

Almost every Black woman or girl has, at some point, purchased hair extensions for box braids, boho braids, twists or faux locs. For many Black women, these “protective styles” are worn year-round to ...

Growing up as a Black girl with 4B/4C hair, I often kept my locs wrapped in protective styles to safeguard my natural hair from environmental factors and to maintain the health of my hair. Back then, ...