There are protective styles, and then there's the protective style: box braids. The two are basically synonymous at this point, as box braids are not only protective but also incredibly convenient and ...

Protective hairstyles — hairstyles that protect the shaft and ends of the hair — are a big part of the natural hair community. Among wigs, weaves, dreadlocs, twists, and braids, box braids (braids ...

Experts share their tried-and-true maintenance tips to avoid fuzzy and frizzy braids.

Protective style season will be here before we know it, and there's no look in the spring and summer months that's more fitting for the season than box braids. Convenient and easy to maintain, box ...

Long, short, hot pink, or natural, box braids are a classic that just won't quit. Regarding the style's recently renewed popularity, Annagjid "Kee" Taylor points to the flow of cultural shifts. "The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Box braids are currently a trendy protective hairstyle for Black women. If you’ve tried out this hairstyle before and wondered, ...

On Tuesday, the Shade Room posted a photo of a doll with brown skin wearing a head full of box braids, smoky eye makeup, and ...

There are two types of women: Those who love to play in their hair, and those who just want to be done with it already. Somehow, box braids work for both. If you're in the first group, you can try ...

Box braids are far from new (who could forget Janet Jackson's iconic Poetic Justice look in the '90s?), but within the past year or so they've been popping up more frequently on celebrities such as ...

When everything else in the world fails you—the weather, your job, the flavor of your morning coffee—there is one reliable constant that'll always pull through: box braids. This timeless, flexible ...

Box braids is the classic style that’s a must-have all-year-round — but particularly, during the summer. That’s why, every year around this time our Instagram feeds begin to fill with countless celebs ...