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Black Hair & The "Big Chop": Unpacking The Layers

by R29 Unbothered

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Read this before ordering hair or hitting the salon.

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Unlearning Eurocentric Beauty Ideals Helped Me Finally Embrace My...

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Naomi Osaka Debuts Fire-Red Hair At Tokyo’s Opening Ceremonies

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Beauty
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In 2019, California became the first state to pass The CROWN Act to make natural hair discrimination illegal. Since then, the bill has gained much-needed m
by aimee simeon

Beauty
Sza Shows Off Her Natural Hair & Fans Want The Deets On Her Routine
Like any other physical transformation, the natural hair journey is a deeply personal, revealing, and rewarding one for most people — even your favorite
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Beauty
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Anyone with platinum blonde hair will tell you: The color is a commitment. So, if a day of double-process dyeing at the salon isn’t in the cards for
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Natural Hairstyles
A Year Of Doing Our Own Hair In Our Own Homes
To some, Tessica Brown’s perma-sleek mistake was just another punchline that launched a million Gorilla Glue Girl memes, but the fact that a Black woman
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