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The aches persisted in Mariam’s* hands—the instruments she used to work. She tried to ignore them. After all, she had no choice. “I felt the pain when I braided, but I had to continue,” she tells me.

PAWTUCKET – Avery King had dreams of basketball greatness when Jacelyn "Jae" DoCouto befriended him at this city's Boys & Girls Club about 20 years ago. King was just 12 years old. But soon, DoCouto ...

A maypole braider, aka a circular braider, is a type of horn gear braider that makes braided tubes, like one of those woven finger traps or that lovely bit of gutted paracord that’s jazzing up your ...

FAIRLAWN, Ohio—Karg Corp. has unveiled a horizontal braiding machine it said will allow for faster hose production. Karg introduced the machine during the Hose Manufacturers Conference, held Aug.

No matter how you feel about the Kardashians, it’s hard to deny that they keep their kids’ hair on point. The social media darlings are always ready for their closeups with tight braids and edges that ...

A few weeks ago, Randy Espinal, a financial services worker from Central Islip, decided to make a major hair change at K&D African Hair Braiding in Bay Shore. Sporting a conventional haircut he says, ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — When we go to the salon to get our hair done, many of us look forward to getting our hair washed. But according to Michigan law, natural hair culturists who do braiding and locing are ...

If you’re a Black woman trying to get a silk press or God forbid…your hair braided, you are caught up in a time-consuming and mentally taxing experience. Clients are thrown in the chaos of overbooked ...