Nadine’s Hair Braiding in Bowie, Maryland, has seen its business skyrocket because of the owner’s fresh ideas, along with help from a viral TikTok video. Nadine Djuiko, an immigrant from Cameroon, cut ...

Halo Braid, a machine learning–powered braiding device by Harvard alumna Yinka Ogunbiyi, won Harvard Business School’s ...

Shana Everson, a Black entrepreneur behind the braiding business, "Braided by Shana," has taken the internet by storm with her unique hair art. She garnered millions of international views online.

One year ago, Sonia Ekemon, 41, led the fight to make it legal for Idahoans to braid hair without a cosmetology license. After the law passed in March 2022, Ekemon launched one of Idaho’s first hair ...

BraidsLab combines geolocation, AI-based style recommendations, and verified vendor profiles to connect clients with hair braiders across the U.S. BraidsLab helps simplify the braiding journey, for ...

Among the stupid ideas burdening health care in this country are "certificate of need" laws that require government permission to open new medical facilities or expand existing ones. Such laws are ...

Nadine Djuiko braids extensions into a client’s hair with one hand and answers her phone with the other, while switching between speaking French and English as she talks to staff and customers. She’s ...

Mesyah, 10, said when she first got her hair braided as a little girl, she loved how it made her feel free and like herself. But since entering a more diverse school district in the city of Troy with ...

But here’s the good news: A single set of braids using traditional kanekalon hair installed every once in a while likely won’t land you in the doctor’s office; however, absorption can be ...

Louisiana hair braiders and a New Orleans lawmaker say they plan to keep fighting to remove the state's burdensome licensing requirements after a bill died in committee during the recent legislative ...