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4 Life-Changing Short Hairstyles Every Woman Over 50 Should Try To Look 10 Years Younger

Discover why women over 50 should try new short hair styles such as a layered pixie cut or a curly bob for a younger-looking appearance, on SheFinds.

How to Talk To Your Barber

Insider tips to ensure you get the haircut you actually wanted when you walked in the door.

Hairdresser shares why we should be shampooing our hair twice

Apparently we've been doing it wrong all this time...

4 Reasons Why You Should Cut Your Hair

O&M's Creative Director Janelle Chaplin gives us four reasons why short is in, and long is out.

How Much Should You Tip Your Hairdresser?

Have a hair appointment soon? Make sure you know the proper tipping etiquette for hairdressers, such as if a tip is expected and how much to tip.

Pinterest Braids: Hairstyles You’ll Freak Out Over

7 Top Tips to Maintain Your Box Braids

Here's what has kept my braids looking fresh and new—no matter how long it may have been since they were first installed.

Build Your Stack: Affirming the Diversity of Black Hair

This post was written by NCTE member Tiffany A. Flowers. It is part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively on …

How to Get an Easy, Elevated Side Braid for Every Occasion

I've already started practicing this one for Fashion Week.

A CHAT FROM LONDON: African-French have done us proud, but what

A CHAT FROM LONDON: African-French have done us proud, but what does this mean?

Why these African Americans are going 'back home'

Ghana has declared 2019 the "Year of Return" and is encouraging the African diaspora to visit the country, but why are some deciding to make it their new home?

African-Americans on why they settled back on the continent

You could not call it a movement, nor even a trend, but a number of African-Americans have returned to their continent of origin and are glad that they did so.

15 Reasons African Countries Aren't 'Shitholes'

The African continent boasts several of the world's fastest growing economies.

African innovations that could change the world

Welcome, to the bleeding-edge of African innovation: VR, 3D printing, AI. The continent isn't just driving technological change for Africa, but for the world.

How to Decolonize South African Physics

South African researchers explain why and how their country’s physics should be untethered from its colonial past.

How the African elephant's cracked skin keeps it cool

Faced with the hot and dry savannah, the African elephant evolved a creative solution.

Does writing in African Languages have a future?

TIA’s Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire argues that there is proof that writing in African languages on the continent has a bright future, despite the fact that the more known African writers write in English, French and other non-indigenous languages