You might be fatigued from watching how-to hair tutorials. And we don’t blame you if you’re tired of explanations on how to DIY. Quarantine kind of does that to you. Yet Alicia Keys’s chunky rope ...

I spend most of my time resembling a cross between a poodle and a stick of candyfloss. It's not by choice; because of my mixed African/English heritage, I have very finely textured, but very tightly ...

"I was taking inspiration from the old Hollywood era of timeless elegance", says celebrity hairstylist, Anna Cofone. "The graphic shape included a slicked back ponytail with the addition of rope ...

This article originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of SELF. For more from the issue, subscribe to SELF and download the digital edition. Sleek, chic, cool—this rope braid is a triple threat.