Before We Get Started: What’s a Silk Press? A silk press is a straightening technique used primarily on natural hair without the use of a relaxer or other chemical treatments. After blow-drying hair, ...

After going natural 7 years ago I was desperate to figure out the texture of my hair and style my kinks and coils. I mean, I literally had poker-straight hair from the age of 12 to 23, so I had no ...

This winter has felt endless. For months now, we've dealt with frigid temperatures and ridiculously dry air. The silver lining? It means that silk press season is still here. A styling technique ...

It's bob season! As the weather gets warmer, hair keeps getting shorter! Keke Palmer just debuted an ultra short bob and gave us the perfect spring hairstyle inspo we needed. In a series of selfies ...

Back in the day, Black folks understood that taming your tresses took work. Sometimes, you avoided water; other times, a silk press was the only salvation. There’s a moment almost every Black woman ...

In this reported feature, associate editor Aiyana Ishmael dives into the long history of the silk press hairstyle and how it's shaped young women years after its first introduction to the Black ...

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After officially calling it quits with my love-hate relationship with relaxed hair, I longed for the days when I could run my fingers through my silky-soft hair. As much as I love having my hair ...