But as a 4B woman—one who’s long relied on box braids as a protective style—I’ll admit I’ve neglected my natural hair.

"The blow dryer was a part of my original vision—little did I know that it would take two years to figure out how to do it properly," Ellis Ross shares. "Like so many of us, I had a negative ...

The first space I ever added pattern to was my laundry room. It wasn’t even really a room—more like a ...