Walk into any beauty aisle today and you’ll find an explosion of colors, textures, and stories. But it wasn’t always like this. Not too long ago, beauty shelves—and the faces behind the brands—were a ...

Natural hair refers to hair that has not undergone any chemical straightening or texturizing treatments. Black women, historically subjected to societal pressures to conform to Eurocentric beauty ...

Starting the natural hair journey can be the start of accepting Black beauty By Mr. Digital Fingers Nov 28, 2023 11:28 am Shutterstock.com / PeopleImages.com - Yuri A ...

The campaign encourages Black women to show off their natural hair in any setting. BLK wants you to “Free Your Crown” in an innovative campaign to celebrate Black women and natural hairstyles.

Mbaye, a pioneering beauty brand created for Black women that celebrated natural beauty and diverse skin tones.

Through their success, we recognize the resilience, creativity, and influence of Black women in the beauty space. Here are 10 Black woman-owned beauty brands to get us started.

There are few beauty regimens more invigorating than wash day. The routine, or “ritual,” as the filmmaker Lindsay Opoku-Acheampong puts it, is one that countless Black women perform weekly ...

Black women hid their tresses with relaxers and wigs to appear more “presentable.” The natural hair movement has made great strides since then, but it took many brave women to transform the ...

Throughout the early years of Black television and cinema, the majority of women wore their hair in relaxed or straight styles, with natural curls being a rare sighting up until recently and ...

Published in the journal Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty, the study's findings were based on interviews with 39 Black women and a research method called photo elicitation, in which the ...

These women are just a few powerhouses who have paved the way for the women behind them—making room for more new and small-owned beauty brands. That said, to keep these brands alive, we must ...