Plenty of us have been wearing braided hairstyles like cornrows and box braids for as long as we can remember, and as much as we love a classic braided style without all the bells and whistles, we do ...

Protective hairstyles — hairstyles that protect the shaft and ends of the hair — are a big part of the natural hair community. Among wigs, weaves, dreadlocs, twists, and braids, box braids (braids ...

The idea is that most of your natural hair is tucked away, often in a braided hairstyle or under a wig or weave — and even if you decide not to use extra hair as a buffer in your braids, your hair is ...