This is my story of how the curly girl method saved my wavy curly hair and transformed mostly frizzy 2B waves into defined and healthy 2C and 3A curls. Within the span of one year, following the curly girl method transformed my frizzy, stringy waves into defined ringlets. Below you can see my curly hair…
Frizzy curly hair seems to be a huge issue many are dealing with. Since having this blog, most of the questions I get from readers are about frizz. I see it in the curly hair groups as well and on social media. Some people are new to the curly girl method and obviously just need…
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Your one-stop-shop for all things curly hair! Hi curl friend! Welcome to my Curly Hair Vault, your top resource to help you with your curly hair journey. I grew up with what I thought was just puffy frizzy hair. For years I cleansed, dried, and styled like most people do, not realizing I was ruining…
Right now many are feeling like they don’t even want to deal with their hair, as we push through this ‘illness that shall not be named’ all around the world. Sometimes we just don’t feel like fussing with our hair, and that’s ok. So what do you do then? People ask me all the time…
Having dry skin, I’ve tested out many different natural body lotions, oils, and butters and while there are many nice ones, there are definitely a few that I always reach for. A good moisturizer to me is one that absorbs quickly, lasts a long time, has a nice scent that isn’t overpowering, and of course…
I’m actually about 3 years into doing the curly girl method but I have not shared what changed in the second year and what I learned. Progress with the curly girl method is not always linear. Sometimes, I’ll be having amazing weeks then bam I have a few crappy back-to-back wash days. During my second…
Recently I have had many asking me how they can tell if a product is truly “clean” or not. This is such a tricky topic because “clean” is subjective. What one person deems “toxic” to them might be fine for you. Also, the dose makes the poison. So sometimes just because an ingredient is in…
For the month of February, I partnered with Miranda of @rootedinbeauty on Instagram to try out 4 hair styling products and compare our results. We both have very similar hair: fine, low to medium density, 2c3a curl pattern, and we tend to like the same products. For this reason, I thought it would be a…
Being a curly girl isn’t always easy. Growing up in a society that values straight, smooth hair, we were trained at a young age that our curls aren’t enough. Today I am sharing How I Learned To Love My Curly Hair. We were called names on the playground, left out of the “cool kids” club…
It’s been nearly 3 years that I have been following the curly girl method and I am so happy that there are so many brands and products available now that are clean and nontoxic. There are even a couple of organic curly hair products and lines that work really well! Why is this so important…
A few weeks ago, I asked my Instagram followers about their favorite curly girl products in my stories. I got hundreds of responses and decided to compile them all here for you, so you can see which products work well for many people versus just for me. (If you’re not following me on Instagram yet,…