Braids have a long, rich, storied history that intertwines both practicality and cultural status. The French braid, in particular, dates back thousands of years to North Africa and ancient Greece, but ...

I will never forget the first time I saw Fulani braids. I was obsessed for a plethora of reasons: their versatility, the unique patterns they created with hair, the beautiful tricolor combinations ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tiana Randall is a writer whose work intersects style and sports. “Zoe Kravitz’s braids are an epidemic,” says one TikTok user in ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is doing his best to make sure no Conservative government takes power in British Columbia. In the national project crapshoot, NDP Premier David Eby has scored four big ...

While you can easily achieve a French braid on fresh, clean hair, or few-days-old hair, it can be helpful to start your prep when you wash and dry. Russell says that creating the right texture is ...

For those of us with afro-textured hair, protective styles—like boho braids and locs—are an investment in our hair health. Due to the delicacy of our coils, regular hydration, detangling, scalp ...

Braid styles are forever — the classics will always be the classics. But every once in a while, everybody is obsessed with one specific style, and all the braiders are flooded with the same set of ...

Add length, volume, and color with ease. While Boho braids give summery, island gyal energy, they’re a hairstyle you can wear all year long. They're a great protective style that offer amazing volume ...

Bohemian or boho braids are the style seen as the loose and wavy curls in box braids. There are synthetic, human hair blend and 100 percent human hair boho braids. A curl activator or fabric softener ...

In “Freedom Braids” and “The Magic Callaloo,” young girls follow cornrowed maps to escape slavery. From “Freedom Braids.”Credit...Oboh Moses Supported by By Sabrina Orah Mark Sabrina Orah Mark is the ...

Bora Bora braids have taken the curly and coily textured haircare industry—and the internet—by storm. Coined by the popular New Jersey hairstylist Omobolanle Ajao, the tongue-in-cheek name nods to the ...