This is a seriously messed up story. A woman in Georgia claims that when she went to a salon for a blowout, the stylist secretly mixed relaxer into her shampoo — to make the blowout easier – and ...

This is a seriously messed up story. A woman in Georgia claims that when she went to a salon for a blowout, the stylist secretly mixed relaxer into her shampoo — to make the blowout easier – and ...

Just For Me, Creme of Nature, Dark & Lovely: For Black women, these relaxer brands likely bring up memories of chemical aromas, pressed roots and a girlhood coiffure nostalgia. And while the ...

If chemical relaxers are done improperly, there are a host of side effects, not the least of which includes hair being caused to fall out. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to one woman, in ...

Maria Loren Ackies remembers the first time she went to the salon to get her hair professionally straightened. “I was 14 and I was so excited,” Ackies, 49, of West Hempstead, recalled. But her mood ...

The kitchen used to be my stepmother’s makeshift salon; it was where I got my first hair relaxer. I was 13 and knew nothing about the process of this hair treatment, all I knew was my hair was finally ...

Revlon Inc. is grappling with a growing number of allegations that some of its hair products cause cancer as the cosmetics company looks to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Thousands of consumers are ...

Zerran Reform 2.0. The name sounds like a Pilates class, but it's a new salon-only vegan hair relaxer. Certainly sounds healthier than formaldehyde-laced straighteners, but does it deliver? The ...

Relaxing your own roots is notoriously difficult to get right and can be damaging to the hair. But you do have options. By Crystal Martin Much of the conversation surrounding black hair in recent ...