Hey, I decided after long pondering on should I straighten my hair? I wanted to see my length after 2 1/2 years natural. I cut my ends and this is the results. Please be careful with straightening your hair, heat damage is real and I avoided it with my hair.…

Forget the old-school stereotypes, like black skin's always oily. There's little about African-American skin that is safely assumed, except that it can be super sensitive — its pigmentation, called melanin, may rebel against the wrong products by developing a discoloration that can stick around for months or years. Take these…

We’ve all heard and seen shining examples of the age-old adage, “black don’t crack.” Thanks to good genes, lots of ultraviolet ray-shielding melanin, natural oils and some say the grace of God — many black folk enjoy a youthful appearance way past the age others start to experience winkles, age…