Every naturalista knows that getting box braids is a great way to give your hair a break and protect it from all the pulling, twisting and combing you’d otherwise have to do to keep it nice and tangle ...

When it comes to protective styles — hairstyles that guard roots and ends from manipulation and environmental elements — box braids are some of the most popular. You can wear them long, short, in a ...

When we need a fresh dose of hairstyle inspiration (or just want to look at pretty photos), we head to hair guru Sarah Potempa's Instagram. You might know the celebrity hairstylist for her genius ...

There’s no better time than now to braid your hair. Not only are box braids and cornrows easy hairstyles to achieve while quarantined, but the protective dos can also carry you into the summer season ...

Although there's something amazing about relaxed beachy waves during the summer, let's be real here — wearing your hair down when it's 90 degrees outside is not exactly the most pleasant thing in the ...

Beyond making life easy, box braids are a stylish way to ease up on daily manipulation of your natural hair. Rihanna, like many others, gets this. The Fenty Beauty founder, who recently celebrated the ...

How many times have you tried to swap your go-to curly hairstyle with somethin’ ~new~ only to end up piling the whole thing into a messy bun (again)? I get it-styling curly hair takes time and ...

One editor shares her experience with Box Braid extensions. Jackie Fields What is it: Box braid hair extensions Who Tried it: PEOPLE magazine Writer-Reporter Jackie Fields Why she did it: About a year ...

Yara Shadidi's latest hairstyle has just gone to the top of my 'to-try' list. It may just be my style of the summer. The actor's curly braid pony is the answer to a hair problem that I can't be the ...