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.

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.

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.

Behind the chair, it’s not unusual for us to see folks who have gone three to five years without a haircut. This results in reduced length retention, breakage, split ends, which can lead to the need for a drastic big chop. This blog post will explain 3 things to know about corrective cuts.

Behind the chair, it’s not unusual for us to see folks who have gone three to five years without a haircut. This results in reduced length retention, breakage, split ends, which can lead to the need for a drastic big chop. This blog post will explain 3 things to know about corrective cuts.

We often get asked what’s the best way to preserve your wash and go at night while you sleep. Honestly, your nighttime accessory of choice will come down to personal preference and sometimes, your hair length.

As licensed stylists and tight curl educators, if we had a dollar for each time we were asked what the “best” product for something was, we’d have a yacht the size of Beyonce’s, no lie! It’s never a matter of what the “best” or even the worst something is, it all comes down to your desired result. How do you want to show up in the world each day?

Years ago, our co-founder + licensed stylist, Aeleise, took a few months off to test a variety of different products on the market to help develop our now curated product list. For professional stylists, we’re typically looking at quality, well-formulated ingredients, performance and wholesale availability.

In the 7 years that we’ve been present on Al Gore’s Internet, we have watched the growing popularity of styling foams/mousses. While we cannot take credit for the invention of styling foams/mousses, we can without a doubt take full credit for introducing the tight curl + natural hair community to them.

We understand that self acceptance and confidence is an evolution for many and will not magically happen overnight. If you never worn your natural curls in the past, it can be difficult starting to show up in a look that is very unfamiliar to you in the beginning. The top struggles we see naturals experiencing with their natural hair all lead back to mindset.