The Black hair salon has always been a familiar place to me. After struggling to do my hair herself due to my tender-headedness, my mother took me to the beauty salon. I spent my first time at the ...

Black culture is a major influence in the hair care, beauty, and cosmetology industry. Pioneers from all walks of life with a passion for beauty have established dynamic beauty salons across the US.

Black folks —and women in particular — are familiar with the exhausting process of getting our hair braided, or worse, ...

As a Black woman, I can never easily walk into an unknown hair salon and get serviced due to the lack of education around natural textures. This is also the case for Washington-based TikToker Mimi ...

Courtney Haile, the founder of RACE Matters SLO, poses for a picture on March 6, 2023. The organization is opening Texture, a salon that specializes in Black hair care, on June 2, 2023. David ...

Between recurring debates about “£1000 braids” and the sheer absurdity of a “4C hair fee,” how exactly did we get here? Unbothered has been paying close attention to cost disparities across Black hair ...

For Black folks who have recently moved to the San Luis Obispo area, finding a salon that specializes in textured hair can feel impossible, according to R.A.C.E. Matters SLO founder Courtney Haile.