The Associated Press Leilani Martin checks a list on her phone while shopping for supplies that she ran out of while braiding her hair, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Essence Beauty, a beauty supply store ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products are imported from China, which was subject to a combined 145 per cent ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a ...

A braider at Eve’s African Braiding in College Park, Ga., picks up pieces of synthetic braiding hair to feed into client Sadajah Herring’s hair to create knotless braids, May 6, 2025.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices for products many Black women consider essential, squeezing shoppers and stylists even more as they grapple with inflation and higher rents. Much ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a ...

The Black hair industry imports products from China. Here’s what tariffs mean for braids and wigs By Associated Press Published May 31, 2025, 1:13 p.m. ET ...

Much of the synthetic braiding hair, human hair for extensions, wigs and weaves, styling tools, braiding gel and other products is imported from or has packaging from China, which was subject to a ...

The global Black hair care industry was worth about $3.2 billion in 2023, according to market.us, and Black women spend six times more on hair care than other ethnicities.