We often hear from many individuals that visiting the salon costs too much. We’ve heard more times than we can count that some stylists charge more money if you have natural hair—especially dense natural hair. The concept of “affordability” is subjective and people will pay for what they find value in. What you’re finding may be “too expensive” for you may simply be out of your budget range and that’s totally fine.

There’s a lot of misconceptions and fear within the natural hair community when it comes to heat styling natural hair. Heat is not inherently bad and honestly it’s needed to achieve certain hair styles.

Lord knows the Internet streets have caused many members of the natural hair community to become absolutely terrified of using heat on their natural hair, in fear of heat damage. We’re sure you’ve seen a ton of different “heatless” methods floating around the interwebs in an attempt to avoid heat damage.

When many people think of heat damage, they’re most likely thinking of damage from flat ironing or blow drying at high temperatures. However, all heat is not created equal! No matter what tool that you use, it is only as good as its user.

You must have the knowledge to know how to properly use the correct heat source to achieve your desired result. In this blog post, we’re going to break down the differences between direct and indirect heat sources.

During fall season, we find that many naturals tend to want to blow their hair out or get silk presses. And over at Black Girl Curls, we love a nice switch up!

Contrary to popular belief, heat is not a bad word or something that should be avoided at all costs. Heat styling can be done safely when have a solid hare care routine and you’re knowledgeable on how to go about it. This blog post will outline 3 tips for a successful blow out on natural hair.

At many different periods in our lives we have had to go on the hunt for the perfect hair stylists. Whether we’ve relocated, wanted something different or new, maybe our stylist retired or just doesn’t offer a service we’re interested in. We have all found ourselves in this rather precarious position of locating a pro that could meet or exceed our needs.

We often get asked how naturalistas should get their hair cut. Our answer is simply the way that you like to wear it! Curly cuts don’t have ownership of haircuts that leave the hair in worse shape than it came in. This blog post will explain six things you should know about curly cuts.

It’s a simple but mind-blowing concept when we tell our salon and digital clients they don’t need more products, they need more education about products, from formulation to application. Hair care and styling success is rarely about what products you’re using.

As licensed cosmetologists + tight curl educators, we’ve noticed that henna has many members of the natural hair community in a chokehold. Henna does not lead to healthy natural hair, as it often leads to more damage than good. This blog post will explain 3 reasons why we do not recommend henna for natural hair.

Truth be told, there’s many misconceptions on Beyonce’s internet when it comes to natural hair care. As licensed tight curl educators and stylists, we can’t even begin to count the number of clients we’ve had come into the salon who would sit down and begin complaining about their hair and end with “I’m doing everything right but my hair is still dry/ tangled/breaking/struggling.”

In this free mini guide, we provide helpful tips to help you on those long and dreadful wash days. Simply fill out the form below to get your free download!

We recently sat down with NPR’S LIFE KIT podcast intern, Vanessa Handy, to chat through important things you should know how your natural hair, from cleansing to styling, and how to implement ease into your day-to-day routine.

Back in 2018, Aishia shared a video of a client with raw castor oil and shea butter build up on her hair. We’re always looking for a good visual representation of why we ask our salon and digital clients to discontinue their use of raw castor oil, raw coconut oil, raw shea butter and eco styler.

We met Kameelah in December 2021 after we sent out a model call for tight curlies + naturals that lived in Chicago. Kameelah did a big chop in 2019 and has been completely natural since then. Prior to her salon visit with Aishia, she mentioned that she was a busy college student who was a devoted twist out girl who loved the volume and softness she got from them.

We met Jalisa in December 2021 after we sent out a model call for tight curlies + naturals that lived in Chicago. At this point, Jalisa had done everything to her, from wearing locs for 8 years to short hair, and just wanted something simple to care for. Jalisa cut her hair super short before the pandemic in 2019, and was unable to get back to a barber for cuts when COVID began.

The top five struggles we see women experiencing with their natural hair all lead back to mindset. Mindset is defined as the established set of attitudes held by someone. What we think about our hair and the voices that we allow to live rent free in our heads impact us so much more than a product or styling technique.

We met Nikky in December 2021 after we sent out a model call for tight curlies + naturals that lived in Chicago. Nikky has been natural since 2016. She hadn’t had a relaxer throughout college, however decided to get one for her graduation. She was relaxed for 2 years then in 2016, decided to big chop and start over with being natural.

We met Kristina in July 2022 after we sent out a model call for tight curlies + naturals that lived in Chicago. Being natural for over 9 years, Kristina like many of others had attended Youtube University for many years and picked up hair care practices that weren’t the most beneficial for her hair.

The #30DayHairDetox also referred to as the #NoOilsNoButters challenge in the Internet streets was originally created by licensed cosmetologists + tight curl educators Aeleise and Aishia.

We are not necessarily advocates of natural hair as much as we are advocates of you deciding how you want to show up in the world whether it’s rocking locs, a relaxer, wigs/weaves, etc.