The Two-Week Rule Is a Floor, Not a Ceiling
Dermatologists say to wash textured hair at least every two to three weeks. Most of us read that as permission to wait longer, and the scalp is where that misreading shows up.
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The Gel Is Not the Problem. The Preservative Is.
Braiders have argued about gel for years. The clinical evidence points somewhere unexpected, and the strongest data in the whole debate is not about the polymer at all.
Your Hair Is Growing. That Is Not the Same Thing as Getting Longer.
Growth happens at the scalp. Length happens at the ends. The research on African hair says most of us are losing the second one while the first works exactly as it should.
Your Hair Is Doing Something Straight Hair Cannot Do
Frizz is usually explained as damage or as a failure of your products. The measurement says it is a property of curly fiber that straight fiber does not have, and researchers have only recently caught it.
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The Freedom Issue
A love letter to your coils, kinks and curls, set free for summer.
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- She Wore Her Braids Anyway
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What's In Your Cabinet
Real routines from real women. No sponsorships, no filters — just honest shelf tours and what actually works.
The Girlies Speak
Community voices, unfiltered quotes, and mini interviews with the women who inspire this magazine.
Beauty, But Smarter
Ingredient breakdowns, myth-busting, and the science behind what you put on your skin and hair.
Crown & Culture
The history, politics, and generational legacy of natural styles — because our hair has always been a statement.
The Story I Went Looking for Was Not the Story I Found
I set out to write about the pink tax. The number everyone repeats did not hold up, and the cost that did have evidence behind it was not the one at the register.
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