Curly Hair

Long curly hair is heavy. Not just on your head, but in the shower, under the dryer, and on the pillow at night. Plenty of curly women stay long anyway, because the last time they went short it puffed out into a triangle and took a year to grow back. That triangle is not your…

Flat on top, huge at the bottom. If your curls grow out into a wide triangle by week three, the problem isn’t your hair type. It’s the cut. Most curly triangles come from one thing: hair cut all to one length, usually wet and pulled straight. Curls are heavy. When every strand is the same…

Curly hair worn fully down looks great for about an hour. Then the humidity hits, the curls at your face start sticking to your lip balm, and the back turns into one big puff that keeps catching on your bag strap. Pulling it all up feels like a waste of a good curl day. Half…

Most curly hair fights start in the shower. You brush it while it is wet, rub it hard with a bath towel, blast it with the dryer on high, and then wonder why it looks twice as big by lunch. The usual fix is to flat iron it, scrape it into a tight bun, or…