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If you’ve been looking for a sign that it’s time to shake up your curl routine, here it is. For those of us with textured hair, the thought of adding new products to our trusted regimen can be somewhat terrifying. With so many of our favourite products being the result of dedicated trial and error […]

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With its continuous stay-at-home orders keeping us in a steady holding pattern over the past several months, the pandemic has seen many women of colour with afro-textured hair leave their regular relaxer treatments, weaves and protective hairstyles behind and embrace their natural curls and coils. If you’re new to the natural hair game, crafting a […]

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Hair. It’s a powerful symbol of identity and self-image for many, and how a person chooses to style theirs can say a lot about them. For Black women in particular, this relationship is an incredibly complex one — a subject that’s intertwined with politics, culture and social pressures. In a world long dominated by Western […]

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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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When if comes to curly hair, we’re firm believers that it’s all about embracing and celebrating your natural curves and kinks — whether you’re blessed with natural waves, springy corkscrews or afro-textured coils. The autumn/winter 2020 runways served up an assorted tightness of curly hairstyles at every length, texture and mood. From voluminous curls and […]

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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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A whole new season is coming and that means it’s time for some fresh new hair inspo, so we’ve rounded up our favourite natural hairstyle ideas from the Fall 2020 runways. LaQuan Smith, Carolina Herrera and Badgley Mischka gave us chic cropped curly ‘dos that are sure to inspire your next big chop, while designer […]

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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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In this day and age, wigs have become a staple accessory, especially within Black beauty culture. More than ever before, women—celebs included—wear them proudly and openly praise them for their versatility. Just take it from Montreal-bred, Toronto-based sisters Gail and Leslie Thompson. For Leslie, hairpieces are timeless and chic protectors that save her own fragile […]

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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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