The survey revealed that women of color with 4c hair are being subjected to the Afro tax: price discrimination plus lack of availability and variety of hair care services and products. According ...

She added: “As women of colour, we wrap our hair to ... “All of a sudden, it was no longer about Afro-Caribbean type hair, it was all hair types,” Ms Obe said. ”What this product has ...

Animators A.M. Darke and Theodore Kim have created an innovative algorithm aimed at bringing Type 4 hair to animated ...

Black women face an additional obstacle: haircare. Writer Brenda Patrick has been exploring ways to get around the sweaty difficulties of exercising with afro hair. When I started my own fitness ...

Afro-textured hair is stereotyped and stigmatized around the world. Even in places where there are protections against race-based hair discrimination, Black women bear the brunt of the burden when ...

Cuban men and women who embrace their Afro-descended heritage and hair. La Habanna hosted on late August the island's first Afro beauty-aesthetics convention. The trend that has been taking place ...

But in many Black and brown communities, hair has a cultural significance with decades of history. A new wave of Afro-Latina entrepreneurs are embracing their natural hair and creating products ...

Black women are three times more likely to spend ... Of the 45,000 salons in the county, only 314 are registered to cater for afro hair. Even in London, where Black residents make up 29 percent ...

Black women were routinely punished for their ... with her products made specifically for textured African-American hair. And hair styles also helped blur class and racial lines.

Being one of the few hair salons in Eindhoven where they can “work magic” with afro hair, hairdresser Kingston on Kruisstraat has many returning - Bakayoko's hairdresser is busy: 'Few choices for afro ...

FINA has approved a cap designed for afro and big hairstyles to be worn in ... with some young Black women reportedly put off swimming because of hair issues.