Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the many popular protective styles, faux locs are a crowd favorite. Mimicking the look of traditional locs, they provide all ...

Look, no matter how many dope loc-styling videos I watch, I’ll never get them myself. Don’t get me wrong—I think the protective style is absolutely beautiful, but the whole forever thing? Yeah, not ...

Protective styles come in lots of different forms. There are box braids, designer cornrows, and bantu knots, for starters. While those are all stunning (and extremely summer-appropriate) hairstyles, ...

Growing up, my relationship with my hair was anything but simple. I was raised in a Dominican household where curly hair wasn't seen as beautiful; it was seen as something to fix, smooth out, and ...

When it comes to getting faux anything, you want it to look as real as possible. The same goes for your faux locs—they should appear to be growing out of your head and to have taken years of grooming ...

When it comes to styling locs and faux locs into some of the most creative and dynamic styles you’ve ever seen, no one’s doing it better than hairstylist Sherelle Holder. Her salon, Karibbean Kinks, ...

In March of 2020, I started using rice water to grow out my hair. Over a year later, I’ve maintained some serious hang time. With the spring season in full bloom, I decided to get a jump start on my ...

Like many Black women, I grew up wearing protective styles to give my natural or processed hair a break. When I was young, I was devoted to braids — cornrows and box braids in particular. As an adult, ...