Kara Jillian Brown is the senior beauty editor of InStyle. She began her career at Well+Good, where she spent five years evolving from editorial intern to news writer to beauty writer. She earned a ...

If you haven’t heard, bobs are all the rage this spring—and for protective style devotees, the braided bob is the next move. Perfect timing, if you think about it, as vacation season is around the ...

While you can easily achieve a French braid on fresh, clean hair, or few-days-old hair, it can be helpful to start your prep when you wash and dry. Russell says that creating the right texture is ...

Box braids are one of my favorite styles when giving my natural, 4C hair a break from constant manipulation and heat. Box braid hairstyles are literally how they sound—a braided hairstyle with ...

Why Do People Braid Hair? Many people choose braids as their go-to hairstyle because they’re stylish and low maintenance. They also protect your hair from daily styling, breakage, and the elements, ...

The classic technique is anything but one-note. Sometimes, the perfect hairstyle features imperfection. Case in point: this messily braided look, which gives this style a more disheveled, bedhead ...

Using a few packs of the best braiding hair in your next style can not only enhance your overall look, but is also a tried-and-true way to protect hair from being damaged by the elements, excess heat, ...

Braids have long been one of the most dependable protective styles in the natural hair playbook, but when your strands are on the thinner side, the stakes are a little different. What looks great on ...

Florals in spring are like braids in summer: groundbreaking. But there’s a reason the simple hairstyle pops back into popularity the second the temps are so high; the thought of hair flowing down your ...

Braids are a great way to take care of your coily tresses while still looking chic. They lock your stands away for a few weeks of I-woke-up-like-this bliss. If you want the ultimate low-maintenance ...