With the lunar new year now upon us, there’s no better time than this festival to lean into your full Chinese selves and understand what this season requires of you, and what superstitions you may ...

Hair fall is stressful. Thinning edges, more strands on your pillow, that sad moment when you clean your hairbrush - we’ve all been there. And while the internet is full of “miracle” cures, a lot of ...

Before Kaaviya Sambasivam left for elementary school each morning, her mother performed a ritual that generations of South Asian women had done before. In familiar rhythmic motions, she massaged her ...

A centuries-old Chinese medicinal root is getting new scientific attention as a potential game-changer for common hair loss. Polygonum multiflorum, long believed to restore dark, healthy hair, appears ...

If you thought Rapunzel was resigned to fairy tales then meet the women of Huangluo village in south-west China. Female members of the Yao ethnic group in China's Guangxi province only ever cut their ...

Some South Asian women remember being embarrassed of their families’ hair oiling traditions. Now, beauty brands, bloggers and celebrities are embracing them. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Hair oiling ...

Editor’s note: “Fair Ladies — Digital Representations of Ancient Chinese Women,” a Zhejiang Museum exhibition of more than 1,000 paintings from 32 museums across China, was held first online in 2021 ...

Some in China are rejecting high heels, makeup, diets and other norms centered on appearance that they see as costly and unfair to women. By Olivia Wang Legend Zhu was the conventional ideal of ...