The chorusing clack of curling irons and the deep hum of hooded hair dryers were familiar sounds throughout my childhood. I'd regularly accompany my mother on her bi-weekly visit to the hair salon, ...

Each week, the global conglomerate Unilever brings people into a salon to test new products. It’s hoping to get a bigger piece of the long undervalued but growing Black beauty market. By Jordyn Holman ...

Shamso Ahmed, the owner of Shamso Hair Studio and Spa in Boston. Ahmed’s studio, which opened last month, is the first women’s-only salon in Massachusetts ...

They’ve been linked to reproductive disorders and cancers. Why are they still being marketed so aggressively to Black women? A woman at a salon having relaxer applied to her hair.Credit...Naila ...