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 ...

Yet a few of the ‘relaxer girls’ revealed they did not actually use the hair relaxers that made them famous, but rather, they straightened and used mousse to achieve their silky and glossy look.

Hair care practices are always evolving. If you’ve been anywhere near beauty TikTok, YouTube, or Twitter lately, you’ve probably come across the term “telaxer.” It’s not a typo or a new chemical ...

When we were younger, and we went to the salon to ‘relax’ our natural hair, we used to look at the young girls on those relaxer boxes with envy. Their hair was so long and sleeky, we hoped using the ...