To say I was excited searching the best wigs for black women is a total understatement. As someone with (sometimes unruly) curls, I've struggled with my hair for years. Dyeing, frying ...

For many Black Americans, especially women, affording their hair care also means confronting unfavorable beauty standards.

And there are several parallels when it comes to black women wearing wigs. To find out more, we turned to hair historian Afiya Mbilishaka, Ph.D., and dermatologist Crystal Ugochi Aguh, M.D. "Black ...

Coils to Locs' is representing for Black women in the medical wig industry. Dianne Austin and Pamela Shaddock started “Coils to Locs” to fill the medical wig industry void. After Austin ...

Mary Imevbore bought her first wig online in 2017 when she was attending Williams College. Like many Black women, she had decided to “go natural” years ago, forgoing damaging hair ...

So goes the Chloe x Halle song, Do It. And those lyrics signify just how normalised wig-wearing is for Black women. Growing up it was normal to see your mum, aunts and even grandmas wearing one.

But for those women who do want to wear a wig, they should have options. Also, with the shift of black women going natural, we know that this shift has been happening. As a Black women ...

For her, it’s about helping to rebuild confidence and self-love for Black women whose hair is often a point of shame or discomfort. The Lace Wig Install challenge, which takes place every six ...

Many brands attempted to meet these needs, but most were too synthetic and would stiffen at the merest hint of rain, or their wig styles and curl patterns ... to reimagine the shopping experience for ...