Check out some of the cool braided hairstyles for black women to try out. Ugochukwu Uzoka, CEO of Adodeux Studio, gives us the best methods to keep braided hairstyles looking great. Braid ...

How and why did the kind-hearted, smart and green Elphaba Thropp become such a nasty, powerful, dare we say wicked witch of ...

It’s no surprise that braids hold a special place for Black women. Braids are convenient, versatile, and, most importantly, protective when it becomes too laborious to figure out another hairstyle.

Cynthia Erivo explains why she chose for her "Wicked" character to have micro-braids, using the hairstyle to honor Black ...

Cynthia asked the director, Jon M. Chu, if they could “reimagine” Elphaba’s traditionally long, wavy hair as micro braids in ...

Cynthia Erivo had one request when it came to Elphaba’s hair.

Not only would it honor her, it would also honor Black women and give them something to connect with. “I asked if we could reimagine that hair as micro braids because I knew you’d still have ...

black women can't wear their natural hair out. They have to wear weave. "They have to press their hair so that it's straight, because to wear an afro or to wear braids or to wear locks is seen as ...

In a new interview with Variety, Cynthia Erivo shared how Elphaba in the Wicked film came to have the distinctive and ...