Flexi rod sets are foam curlers that are flexible enough to bend around your hair and secure its position. However, your technique is everything when it comes down to flexi rod sets. This blog post will provide five tips for using flexi rods on blown out, natural hair.

Now that the weather is getting cooler, we know that many naturals like to wear their hair in a variety of stretched styles, such as blow outs, rod sets, flat twists and more. This blog post will explore three easy tips for stretching your natural hair.

Listen, when it comes to our hair, we want to be able to entrust our strands to a caring and dedicated pro that will make all of our realistic expectations come true. Although the red flags of choosing a hair stylist are heard loud and clear, we want to point out 5 green flags to note when vetting a licensed professional.

Amongst the natural hair community, we often hear that many tight curlies + naturals cannot get curl definition that lasts longer than a few days. As a professional tight curl education company, we’re here to offer you 3 easy tips to help you achieve optimal curl definition when styling your wash and go.

“Wait, it’s possible to over cleanse your hair?” Yes, you can over cleanse your hair and believe or not it happens quite often. We have heard from curlies even using clarifying shampoo weekly and bi-weekly in their hair routine. Alternatively, we have come across tight curlies + naturals who are using strong shampoos that are not well suited for their fine hair strands. This blog post will outline 3 steps that you can take if you have fallen victim to over cleansing your natural hair.

Building a positive relationship with your child’s hair starts the same way as your relationship with your hair. Learning the child’s essential elements and crafting a good dose of patience with the routine that will be suited to your particular child. This blog post will offer four tips on how you can inspire your child to fall in love with their own natural hair.

Within the tight curl + natural social media spaces, there seems to be some lingering questions regarding leave-in conditioners. Black Girl Curls would like to shed some light on leave-in conditioners to help provide clarity on where this product may fit into your hair care routine.

As many of you may know—Prime Day is quickly approaching (July 11-12). We often get asked what are the “best” products to use for natural hair. We’re excited to share that Black Girl Curls officially has an Amazon Storefront where you can shop recommended hair products, tools, accessories and more.

In 2015, we wrote an article titled “10 Things Hair Stylists Want You to Stop Doing Right Now” that literally broke the Internet. In January 2016, we created a challenge to address the “how” to get started. What sounded crazy at the top as led to thousands of naturals around the world fall in love with their natural hair.

Working with the tiniest humans in our lives can be full of challenges, especially when it involves the cleansing, conditioning and styling of their natural hair. This blog post will outline five steps that you can take for your next wash day to make cleansing a breeze—both for you and your child.

We’ve been debunking quite a few popular natural hair myths over in our social spaces that have received quite the response. As licensed stylists and tight curl educators, we wanted to share a few more myths that the natural hair community had absolutely wrong.

Conditioner reduces the swelling, shuts the cuticle down and leaves a layer of protection on the hair. Shampoo should always be followed up by a rinse out conditioner. This blog post will explain 3 ways that you can use your conditioner during your hair care routine.

Bridgeet, a tight curly + natural, recently shared her detailed Wash Hour routine. We shared her video on our professional Instagram channel and we have been blown away by the amount of positive feedback and love the natural hair community has poured into her video. C’mon tight curl representation! We truly love to see it and it warms our hearts as educators when you all nail down your hair care routines.

Although many tight curlies + naturals may not want to hear this, we cannot control the weather conditions. The weather is going to weather as simple as that and humid conditions will unfortunately have an impact on your hair. This blog post will explain why humidity, dew point and humectants matter for natural hair.

Products that are marketed as “curl refreshers” and spray bottles filled with water do nothing and can actually disturb your set. By wetting the hair, you are taking a style out of its set and making it wet again. This can promote additional frizz, “crunchy” curls and less longevity.

In this free mini guide, we explain the difference between direct and indirect heat, how to properly prep your hair before heat styling and more.

In this free mini guide, we explain what licensed cosmetologists actually use to evaluate your hair, known as the Essential Elements.

In this free mini guide, we explain what is a curly cut, who it is for, and how to choose a haircut that best suits you.

In this free mini guide, we address five reasons why your natural hair is dry and how to remedy it.

In this free mini guide, we provide the real facts behind how the detox started and the benefits it provides for your tight curl + natural hair.