If you’re trying to live your best hair life, protective styles can help you do just that. From keeping hair away from excessive heat and pulling you’re allowing it to be able to grow and stay healthy ...

Braids have long been a stylistic staple in the Black community, admired for their practicality, beauty and adaptability.

Protective hairstyles are a great way to keep natural hair healthy and provide you with so many options to change up your look. Box braids are a classic go-to — there are endless ways to style them.

This go-to protective style is great for your natural strands. Box braids have been a go-to look for women of color for decades, and now many are happily turning to a knotless version of the look.

One editor shares her experience with Box Braid extensions. Jackie Fields What is it: Box braid hair extensions Who Tried it: PEOPLE magazine Writer-Reporter Jackie Fields Why she did it: About a year ...

I’m absolutely obsessed with box braids. Like, once we can go to hair salons again, that’s probably one of the first looks I’ll get done. (But honestly, depending on how long this lasts, I might try ...

It's time to go back to school, meaning time to reunite with friends, get back to learning new things, and . . . wake up really early. If you're less than enthused about that last activity, we have ...

If you’re trying to live your best hair life, protective styles can help you do just that. From keeping hair away from excessive heat and pulling you’re allowing it to be able to grow and stay healthy ...