I want them to embrace the truth that my naturally curly hair and their naturally straight hair both come from our shared roots. The fact that their skin is fair while their own cousins' skin may ...

She continued: “I remember seeing those Fair & Lovely [lightening] creams ... thing — it’s about normalizing dark skin and curly hair for girls who need to see that normalized.” ...

Staring in the mirror, trying to tame her hair, Fatma Yasser wondered if her natural curls were, in fact, “too wild,” as her ...

But my favorite was whenever someone would tell me that my skin was ... As a curly-haired girl with my fair share of salon trauma, it was amazing to get reassurance that my hair is not only ...

I’ve battled my fair share of painful ingrown ... Ingrown hairs form when the coarse strands of curly hair fold inwards and puncture the skin. Beard oil makes the hairs softer, while also ...

Each hair strand grows from its own hair follicle that extends deep into the skin. Curly hair forms due to asymmetry of both the hair follicle and the keratin in the hair. Follicles that produce ...