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Race-Based Hair Discrimination Is Legal In Most Of The U.S. — Here’s How To Help...
Hilary Shepherd
Sep 20, 2022
Unbothered
CURLFEST Roller Set Is Back Bringing The Natural Black Hair Community Together ...
Venesa Coger
Sep 16, 2022
Beauty
Why You Should Ask For A ‘U-Shape’ Haircut
Jacqueline Kilikita
Sep 13, 2022
Unbothered
Sorry, The ‘6- Month Weave’ Won’t Grow Your Natural Hair — Here’s...
In the pursuit of long hair, many will try anything. The pressures placed on Black women and our hair are unreal, and that’s reflected in the social medi
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Nylah Burton
Hair
The Pro-Approved Guide To Fixing A New Hair Color You Hate
Step one: Don't panic.
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Tiffany Tse
Beauty
This Jade Comb Changed The Way I Think About Scalp Care
When Kiku Chaudhuri, one-half of the sister-founded hair-care brand Shaz & Kiks, reads a headline about “hair slugging” with no mention of
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Megan Decker
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Unbothered
Locs & Law School: How Locing My Hair Made Me More Free
Back to school is all about preparation. Students buy school supplies well before their first day, order textbooks, and plan their outfits a week in advanc
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Sydney Clarke
Beauty
Tati Gabrielle’s Natural Hair Played A Key Role In Her Success
Tati Gabrielle changes her hair all the time. Whether it’s playing with the color, length, or style of her natural hair, the only constant is that it
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Claire Hambrick
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Pattern Saved My Pattern — & I’m Never Using Another Hair Brand A...
Every day felt like a bad hair day growing up with curls that got comments like, “Have you tried brushing it out?” I’d be lying if I didn’t say my
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Jasmine Cubillan
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ICYMI, This Cult-Favorite Hair Brand Now Makes Brushes For Your Dog
I take a lot of pride in my thick, healthy brunette waves (made possible by brands like Ceremonia and Crown Affair), but in this house, I know I’m playin
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Karina Hoshikawa
Tried & True
This Is My Favorite Shampoo Bar & Conditioner—& I’ve Tried ...
Deal alert: Use promo code REFINERY for 20% off all full-priced items at Ethique.com until August 31, 2022 in the US and Canada. Offer excludes gift cards,
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Jinnie Lee
Beauty
The Return of the Perm
The word “perm” really seems to rattle some people. For some, it can be a throwback to a time of sizzling your hair to a crisp until it was big and bur
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Amanda Mitchell
Beauty
From Malibu To Williamsburg, Inside Kaia Gerber’s Jetsetter...
After spending a Sunday by the pool at her parents house in Malibu, Kaia Gerber slides her Five-Minute Journal in a pre-packed carryon and catches a red ey
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Megan Decker
Beauty
How To Do TikTok’s ‘Modern Topknot’ On Every Ha...
From the ’90s messy bun to sweeping bangs, hair trends have been going viral on TikTok. Whatever your hair length or texture, you’re bound t
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Jacqueline Kilikita
Beauty
My Complicated Relationship With Faux Locs
As I scrolled through my Explore page searching for hair inspo, only one look spoke to the effortless, get-out-of-bed-and-do-nothing look I was going for:
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Breanna Davis
Unbothered
Shaving My Head Taught Me That My Hair Doesn’t Define Me
Welcome to Fashionably Black!, a style and culture guide for Black people highlighting the cultural moments, pioneers, and conversations we’ve always bee
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Venesa Coger
Beauty
A First-Timer's Guide To All Things Weaves, Wigs, & Hair Extensions
Read this before ordering hair or hitting the salon.
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Shammara Lawrence
Hair
5 Ways To Do Your Hair When It Feels Like A Million Degrees Out
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Megan Decker
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Beauty
I Got ‘Glow Lights’, Summer’s Alternative To Ba...
It’s no secret that the world — including me — is obsessed with achieving a summer glow right now. This year, brightening ingredient vitamin C ha
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Darcy Brown
Tried & True
I Swapped My $15 Hair Routine For A $289 Augustinus Bader Version
You may have spotted Augustinus Bader’s The Cream nestled in the bathroom #shelfies of stars like Hailey Bieber, Naomi Campbell, and Victoria Beckham. (Y
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Jenny Brownlees
Somos Latinx
Our Favorite Latinx-Owned Hair Care Brand Is Now At Sephora — Her...
In case you haven’t heard the news, Ceremonia — our favorite Latinx clean hair-care brand — has made it to Sephora’s aisles, but IRL and on
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Mercedes Viera
Dedicated Feature
Beauty School: How To Do Summer Flawlessly & Sustainably
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Hilary Shepherd
Dedicated Feature
6 Extremely Relatable Summer Beauty Issues — & What To Do About Them
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Hilary Shepherd
Unbothered
Why Black Women Like Me Can’t Braid Our Own Hair & We’re OK With It
I can’t cornrow my own hair. There. I finally said it. When the call came for Black folk everywhere to learn how to do their own hair — mastering the a
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L'Oréal Blackett
Talking Shop
Crown Affair’s Dianna Cohen On Creating An Intentional Hair...
In Refinery29’s Talking Shop series, we’re chatting with owners of up-and-coming small businesses about their experiences launching,
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Karina Hoshikawa
Beauty
How To Make Red Highlights Work On Your Hair
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Megan Decker
Beauty
I’m a Hair Stylist and Beauty Creator And This Is What My B...
Guy Tang is a multi-hyphenate hair stylist from Los Angeles. His hair product brand #mydentity launched in 2017 with a wide range of hair color options to
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Claire Hambrick
Dedicated Feature
From Wash Day Sessions To Makeovers, R29 Unbothered’s Glow Up Is ...
Since 2017, Unbothered — R29’s popular channel dedicated to Black excellence — has given a platform for Black folks from all around the wor
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R29 Unbothered
Unbothered
Baby Hairs: Timeless Or Tired? Celebrity Hair Stylist Shelby Swai...
Fresh off Unbothered’s The Glow Up, the vertical’s first large-scale, in-person event in Atlanta, the hosts of the Go Off, Sis podcast are talking all
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Taiia Smart Young
Dedicated Feature
Braids, Wigs, & Wash Day Routines: 4 Black Women On The Meaning B...
While hair can oftentimes be a reflection of your mood or mindset, for Black people — and Black women in particular — its significance runs much d
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R29 Unbothered
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