I'm pretty lazy when it comes to hair, so any style that appears to be more difficult than it actually is, is always a winner in my book. That's where the four-strand braid comes in. It's much like ...

Despite having natural chocolate-brown hair that I love, I still follow more hair colorists on Instagram than actual people I know. I live vicariously through the bright rainbow-haired people that ...

Braids are the universal tools of the hair world that can handle every occasion, from the classic French braid you wear grocery shopping to the dressy Dutch braid chignon you don at the cocktail party ...

ASK any black woman about her earliest hair memories, and she’ll more than likely recall incidents where the kinky mass was tugged and pulled by a parent insistent on getting all and every knot out.

Ashley Nicole is the braid specialist at Escape, a South End salon known for its "special occasion" hairstyles. She graduated in 2000 from the Cosmetology School in Chicago, her home town, then ...

When it comes to making a bold beauty statement, few can rival perennial trendsetter Kim Kardashian. Case in point? The icon is renowned for her signature cascading dark mane, but has been known to ...

Rock a party with a structured faux hawk! Tease bangs, pin them into a pouf, and reverse French-braid the rest. Just cross the two outer sections under the middle section, rather than over. Braid ...

The three-strand braid is one way to level up your hairstyle, but there's only one way to kick it up a notch: the french braid. This over-under plait has been woven throughout history — from ancient ...