Hair


[Image description: Woman with natural afro smiling.] Via teenvogue.com

I chose to go natural after 11 years of relaxing my hair – here’s how it went

Ebony Purks
haircut

Three women share their haircut gone wrong horror stories

Haddiqua Siddiqui
[Image Description: A woman with her arms raised and armpit hair on display dressed in a yellow african print dress.] via Artist Esie

Body Hair and Femininity: The Lavender Project by Queen Esther

Danai Nesta Kupemba

[Image Description: A young black girl with a curly wig and red sunglasses.] via Ayo Ogunseinde from Unsplash

21 things that’ll make Black women who wear wigs say “me!”

Danai Nesta Kupemba
Beyonce wearing a pink bandana and silver hoop earrings.

The history of the bandana and why it remains such an iconic accessory

Maggie Mahoney
Girl with black hair and bangs.

Read this before you decide to get quarantine bangs

Maggie Mahoney

Natural South Asian beauty products like henna, turmeric, coconut oil in bowls along with aloe vera and tulsi.

10 Desi beauty secrets you’ve already got in your kitchen

Mrinalini Sundar
Collage featuring images from the best Lookbook articles of 2019 and the hashtag #BestofTheTempest19.

Best of The Tempest 2019: 20 Lookbook articles that made us feel seen, heard and celebrated

Yannise Jean
[Image description: A woman stands outside, wearing a coat.] via Unsplash

Every time I visit the salon, the West African braiders weave my culture into my hair

Modupe Adio

5 easy DIY steps to getting your most gorgeous brows ever

Mashal Waqar
{[Image description: A woman with brown hair stands and looks off to one side.] Photo by Drew Coffman on Unsplash

If you’re dealing with hair loss, don’t worry – you aren’t the only one

Amrita Chakraborty
A woman with silver dreadlocks is looking slightly to the right and smiling.

Society stigmatizes gray hair, but these women are embracing their gray locks

Alice Draper