A decade of using the Oster Fast Feed hair clipper has proven it reliable enough for at-home haircuts and powerful enough for serious barbers.

(“Dad always buzzes my hair on bright red,” for example ... to take things down to a smooth finish. One device for buzz cuts, long hair, and bald guys—perfection.

I t arrived the year I turned 30.My first gray hair, fluttering above my temple like a flag planted by an advancing army.I plucked it, examined it, and let it fall to the carpet. This was no ...

But here I go: My daughter does an excellent job. And my hair looks great. She also just turned 9. She’s a talented kid, no doubt—artistic, stylish, and vastly cooler than me. But her ...

Like many Black girls, I had a complicated relationship with my hair growing up. For the majority of my childhood, I never really knew what my natural curls looked like. Once I was old enough to ...

But I’m not invisible.Credit: Merilyn Beretta Walking the sugar-white sand, I was irritated at my hair whipping around my face in the wind. I scraped it back into a ponytail and mentioned to my ...

While you are at it, why not refresh your hair? A haircut is among the quickest — and most drastic — changes in appearance that someone can make. No wonder they can induce so much anxiety.

Growing up, they were for holidays, as the style meant that instead of fretting over how frizzy my hair would get, I could jump in the pool with no worries. Braids are still what I turn to now ...