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Barber Confessions: 5 Ways You’re Messing Up Your Hair
Having consistently good hair days (and routinely flattering haircuts) is entirely in your control. Just as your barber, who has probably seen every hair…...
February 12, 2021 • 4 min read
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How Much Hair Loss is Normal?
December 24, 2020 • 2 min read
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10 Hair Stylists Share Their Best Kept Secrets
December 22, 2020 • 3 min read
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How to Make Your Braids Last
December 18, 2020 • 2 min read
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Hair Care Tips for Men with Thinning Hair
December 3, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Style Men’s Curly Hair: Tips and Hairstyles
November 25, 2020 • 3 min read
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How to Protect Fine Hair From Heat Damage While Adding Volume
November 13, 2020 • 4 min read
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This Beauty Editor’s In-Salon Tips on How to Get the Curls You Want
November 11, 2020 • 6 min read

How Our Friends and Prose Family are Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month
September 15, 2020 • 49 sec read

2020 Fall Hair Color Trends Photo/Boomerang Open Call
August 31, 2020 • 50 sec read

A Big Life Change Calls for a Haircut, Here Are Some of Ours
August 7, 2020 • 3 min read

Curls and Coils Photo/Video Open Call
June 3, 2020 • 51 sec read

Karen and Emily Celebrate Their Differences and Talk Self-Acceptance
May 6, 2020 • 7 min read
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Tips for Creating Striking Photo and Video Content for Prose
April 30, 2020 • 2 min read
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All Hairstyles Photo/Video Open Call
April 30, 2020 • 52 sec read