February 20, 2020

Sy Sperling, Founder of the Hair Club for Men (and Also a Client), Dies at 78

Sy Sperling, a businessman who helped bring the hair-loss industry into the mainstream with ubiquitous, self-effacing ads, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Boca Raton, […]
December 26, 2019

Scrunchies for Your Crush

Here’s the news from winter break: Scrunchies have become a desired item for junior-high schoolboys. Today’s tween girls are offering their scrunchies — the fabric-poofed hair […]
October 19, 2019

The Real Queen of Wellness

BURBANK, Calif. — Tracee Ellis Ross, an actress on “Black-ish,” executive producer on the spinoff “Mixed-ish” and, as of last month, beauty entrepreneur, wanted to talk […]
December 29, 2017

9 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2018

Advertisement Damien Rosa, 14 (center), and his buddies at Sneaker Con.CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times Sneaker Con, a gathering of shoe fanatics founded in […]
November 22, 2017

Skin Deep: His Eye Makeup Is Way Better Than Yours

Advertisement Would you be inclined to buy makeup because a 10-year-old boy is showing you how to create a look on Instagram? If we’re talking about […]
September 19, 2017

On Beauty: The Extra-Long Hair Trend, Decoded

On Beauty By MINJU PAK In the ’80s in Southern California, there was only one channel with Korean-language programming: It aired for a few hours only […]
September 5, 2017

Skin Deep: How Arielle Noa Charnas Preps for the Front Row, and Around the Clock

Skin Deep By BEE SHAPIRO With a style that appears effortless, Arielle Noa Charnas, 30, of the blog and Instagram account Something Navy, has been hailed […]
July 19, 2017

At Curlfest, a Celebration of Natural Hair and Black Beauty

As I stood before a slightly foggy bathroom mirror a few weeks ago, my fingers gingerly grasped a few strands of freshly washed hair. Extending my […]
July 13, 2017

Meechy Monroe, a YouTube Star for Her Natural Hair Lessons, Dies at 32

Meechy Monroe, who achieved YouTube fame with hairstyle tutorials that empowered black women to embrace the so-called natural hair movement and forgo harsh chemicals, died June […]
April 17, 2017

Me Time: This ‘Witch’ Casts Spells With Scissors and Sage

Me Time By MARISA MELTZER The cliché goes, when you’re frustrated, you chop off your hair. I had the frustrated part down: Winter is cold and […]