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With the arrival of Netflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, we’ve been once again swept up into a Bridgerton fantasy — one in which the tale of Queen Charlotte’s ascension to the throne is accompanied by all the enchanting elements of pomp, pageantry, and risqué romance that we love about the original series. Only this time, the […]

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For the past six years, a big, glorious afro had been my signature hairstyle. It really felt like a statement-making reclamation of my Black pride and beauty after years of listening to narrow and toxic beauty ideals and applying chemical relaxer to help permanently straighten my coils as a direct result. And while much of […]

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No days off. It’s a motto that rings true for many, from professional athletes to honour roll students and entrepreneurs. It’s also the case for those of us with curly hair. It’s no secret that maintaining healthy, curly hair is indeed a time-consuming, full-time job, and neglecting your curls for even a single day can […]

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We’ve said it once, twice and we’ll keep on reiterating it: Styling curls and achieving ample definition truly begins once you step into the shower – not when you get out. This is why being picky about the selecting the right shampoo and conditioner that work in tandem to leave you with a head full […]

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When hairstylist Sarah Sango joined Lush’s UK-based Hair Lab, a testing ground for new haircare innovations and reformulations, as an R&D and Black haircare specialist two years ago, her personal mandate became to make sure her company had products that addressed the needs of type 3 (curly) and type 4 (coily) hair. “I just felt […]

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I can remember the horrible — and illuminating — experience so vividly. I was in my teens living in my hometown in central Alberta, and my mom had booked me into a local hair salon for a trim. Back then, I was addicted to chemical relaxers — something I continued to religiously apply to my […]

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Behold, a collection of screenshot-worthy street style moments from Fashion Month FW 2020 that put the beauty of textured hair on full display.

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How natural hair specialist Nancy Falaise is teaching young Canadian Black girls to love their respective hair textures.

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If you’re blessed with curls, then it’s important to know that pristine spirals, corkscrews and afros are born on wash day. That’s right, the shampoo and conditioner arsenal you select dictates how well your curls will form with styling products and hold up throughout the weeks in between washes, so the importance of picking nourishing […]

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With isolation and social-distancing still part of our new normal in continuing to combat the spreading of the coronavirus, and once-barred salons only now slowly reopening, many of us have had to re-evaluate and switch up our go-to beauty regimens over the past several months, from nails to brows and, of course, hair. If pre-Covid […]

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Life under lockdown has inspired many people—celebs included—to change up their looks all on their own. Truth John, a Toronto-based model, is one of those social distancing transformations. Truth has been spending her quarantine life on the island of Saint Kitts for the past several months, and at the beginning of April, she said goodbye […]

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Pro-recommended products to give your curls and coils some TLC while in lockdown.

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