Yahoo Lifestyle presents the natural hair stories of five individuals who learned through adversity how to embrace and celebrate their curls, kinks, braids, and locs with pride.

Explore Maryam Hampton's guide on creating stunning faux locs with Marley hair, featuring step-by-step instructions, ...

Discover how to create stunning faux locs using Marley hair in this step-by-step tutorial by Maryam Hampton. Learn the ...

Thinking of rocking your natural hair, locs, or braids on your wedding day? Here are the best bridal hairstyles that celebrate your texture. When it comes to the conversation about what hairstyle to ...

No one styles locs quite like Halle Bailey. Take a look at her most stunning hairstyles that serve endless loc inspiration. Halle Bailey has been locked since childhood, and through the years, her ...

When I first decided to loc my hair, I thought it would be a simple beauty choice. I was tired of the endless styling: the products, the heat, and the pressure to always keep my hair “done.” There’s ...

It is just after noon inside Your Natural Image hair salon in South Kansas City, Missouri, on a Thursday in July. The 16-year-old Cornelius Mitchell has just come from under the dryer. Mitchell, a ...

Cornelius Mitchell gets his locs retwisted by Your Natural Image stylist Mishelle Rice. The so-called Crown Act was signed by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on July 9. Missouri became the 28th state to pass ...

Growing up, my relationship with my hair was anything but simple. I was raised in a Dominican household where curly hair wasn't seen as beautiful; it was seen as something to fix, smooth out, and ...

The most common reasons for removing locs are the desire for a new hairstyle or scalp health concerns (like buildup or dermatitis). You can remove locs by cutting them out or combing them out.