Once upon a time, going natural wasn’t considered to be the norm in the Black hair community. After all, rocking straight hair — via hair relaxers — was known to be a rite of passage for many Black ...

On August 18th, the eighth anniversary of the day I started my locs I decided it was time for the big chop. I had been mulling it over for months, because I was over the two hour drying sessions on ...

When a woman with chemically processed hair decides that she wants to go natural, she may consider doing the big chop. To ‘big chop’ or ‘BC’ is to chop off the majority of one’s hair, which is relaxed ...

Water is natural hair’s best friend and one needs to spray the hair often in order to keep it moist. There is no denying, natural hair has taken the world by storm. Who knew, a few decades back that ...

Hometown Hero is a powerful ESSENCE series spotlighting everyday changemakers uplifting Black communities across the country. These inspiring leaders — organizers, educators, advocates and more — are ...

If you've been following Megan aka UloveMegz, you're probably used to seeing her with long, relaxed hair. Megz's hair tutorials have always been about having your healthiest hair with product ...

When you’re making the decision to return your hair to its natural state, you have two primary options: transitioning or cutting. The latter, known in the natural hair community as the “Big Chop,” is ...

I didn’t know what my natural hair felt or looked like for 20 years. In my mind, I always pictured a 4C, dark chocolate-covered kinky curl with a little bit of a kitchen in the back, where my hair ...