Are hair relaxers for black women going the way of the dinosaurs and shell top Adidas? I know it all sounds ridiculous considering the black girl perm has been with us since the day that Garret A.

Human hair is imbued with meaning. It is not uncommon to keep a lock of hair belonging to a deceased loved one or from a child’s first haircut. The way we shape, arrange, and decorate our hair ...

Creamy crack, perms, relaxers — known by many polyonyms, chemical hair straighteners have been a fixture in the Black beauty space since their inception in 1909. But now, with the FDA proposing a ban ...

Perms aren't what they used to be in the '80s. Rather than crunchy, back-combed spirals that will poof out into a frizzy ball, perms are offering easy beach waves that look air dried and salt-sprayed.

My mother was a teenager in the late ’70s when big poofy hair (see Donna Summer and Tina Turner circa 1978) was all the rage. And like many teens, she wanted to fit in, so she asked her mom: “Can I ...

Back in the Eighties no self-respecting fashion victim of either sex would be seen dead without a perm, frosted highlights and a shell-suit. For 20 years the crime against hair fashion embodied by the ...

The hair treatment that gave us mops of "Little Orphan Annie" curls can now be applied to your eyes. Rather than leaving you looking like an unkempt poodle, however, they promise weeks of curled ...