Are hair relaxers for black women going the way of the dinosaurs and shell top Adidas? I know it all sounds ridiculous considering the black girl perm has been with us since the day that Garret A.

A dance crew of 45 women flash-mobbed their way through San Diego this month, shimmying and twerking to Rihanna, dressed as ajummas, a lighthearted stereotype of middle-age South Korean women who ...

Few things are more fun than walking out of the salon with a fresh perm. You finally have those beautiful, curly strands that you’ve always wanted. But they don’t stay that way forever, so you must ...

During a recent appearance at South Carolina State University, rapper David Banner stunned the audience when he made the statement that “Blacks Don’t Love Themselves.” In a question-and-answer session ...

OnMilwaukee's senior writer Molly Snyder got a perm without having to time-travel back to 1987. Here's how it turned out. I got a perm – as in a permanent wave for my hair – without having to ...

The happening ‘do is a testament to the major upgrades perms have gone through since their poufy early days. Shorthand for “permanent texture,” the technology has advanced to something so different, ...

Sometimes the ongoing debate about natural hair vs. permed or weaved hair is too much to stomach. Not only is it tired, it’s unproductive and divisive. Really, how is the dialogue about hair advancing ...