9 best protective hairstyles to flatter every face shape – from flat twist updos to knotless braids

Jacqui recommends leaning into slanted parts to soften the strong lines featured in square-shaped faces. The subtle tweak ...
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This Braiding Salon Is Setting A New Standard For Black Haircare & It’s About Time

By the time Diessou Kante opened JolieDen’s Beauty Bar in 2018, she already knew what she didn’t want. She’d spent years watching her mother braid hair in less-than-ideal conditions, and she was ...
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Books

September 18, 2025 • A new Pynchon! A Tim Curry memoir! A 600-page doorstopper from a reclusive writer (not named Thomas Pynchon)! The fall is stacked with big book releases. Here's what we're ...