By the time Diessou Kante opened JolieDen’s Beauty Bar in 2018, she already knew what she didn’t want. She’d spent years ...

Black folks —and women in particular — are familiar with the exhausting process of getting our hair braided, or worse, ...

A beauty writer takes us into her service at Harlem's luxury African braiding shop (and why it's worth the price).

Halo Braid, winner of the 2025 President’s Innovation Challenge Award at the Harvard Innovation Lab, has devised a ...

The Halo Braid, a Black-founded hair braiding robot, has won a startup competition at Harvard for its plans to upgrade the ...

CHICAGO (AP) - A staple of the stylish grade-school set, braids have moved from the playground to the red carpet and now, local salons. Salons from Los Angeles to New York and cities in between are ...

MISSION VALLEY (KGTV) — On Sunday, a Haitian family started living their American dream, opening their very first braiding salon business in Mission Valley called 'Braids & Beyond'. Braids & Beyond is ...

The actors who play the sisterhood of stylists in 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding' sit down for a candid beauty-shop conversation in light of the show's L.A. premiere at Center Theatre Group's Mark ...

In this Aug. 1, 2012 photo, stylist Cliff Freeman braids the hair of Danielle Maddox, 25, at Maxine salon’s Braid Bar in Chicago. Salons from Los Angeles to New York and cities in between are opening ...