There are plenty of things I want to try with my hair but I don't out of laziness or fear of irreversible damage. Yarn braids have been on my to do list for a while, because it's such a highly ...

As I looked in the mirror from my salon chair on a recent February afternoon, peeking through the two-strand twists caressing my forehead, I didn’t recognize the woman glancing back at me. I had just ...