There's no doubt curly hair has become the hottest trend of 2021 - and we're here for it! In fact, can you believe that close to 50% of the population have naturally curly hair. If you have natural curls, now is your time to embrace the volume and refine your technique.
We've worked with our Technical Director to bring you our best advice on how to embrace your curl and get the best results from your home maintenance and styling regime.
Firstly, it’s important to wash and cleanse your hair from any leftover product and silicon that may be weighing your hair down. Using the Cleansing Conditioner by Kerastase will help cleanse and deeply treat curls in a single application perfectly paired with the Masque Curl Ideal by Kerastase for beautiful defined bouncy curls.
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Once hair is prepped and ready for styling, it’s important to understand which type of curl you have, whether it’s wavy, curly or coily. This will help determine which product is best to use in your hair. We are going to style our
Step 2: Combine one pump of Fix Max Gel by Tecni.ART with Intense Curl Cream by Moroccanoil in your hands before applying straight into the ends of the hair and working your way up to the roots. Be a little generous with the amount of product you use as you will be sponging a lot of this out before finishing the look.
Making sure not to miss any areas, especially the underneath at the back of the nape, around the ears and in the fringe as well.
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Step 3: Getting Ready To Brush - The brush will help distribute the product more evenly throughout the hair and also remove any knots in the hair before it dries and you’re unable to brush them out.
The brush is also doing a very important thing, it’s creating what we like to call ‘curl clumps’. Curl Clumps are sprung together to form a better formation and when drying the curl clumps dry far less frizzy.
Step 4: Now that we have knot free hair and our curls are sitting in the right formation, use a microfiber towel (or anything that is cotton, i.e. an old T-shirt, pillowcase) to sponge off some of the product. Do this in a gentle scrunch formation rather than a vigorous movement.
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Step 5: Ready For Diffusing - Go through in an upwards motion, moving the diffuser around very gently. You don’t want to break up the curl clumps as you really want to keep them formed. Use your hands as little as possible, really trying to keep them formed as they are.
Tip: Diffuse on a low heat and a low airflow! The higher the airflow the more frizz you are going to cause, the higher the heat the more damage you’re going to cause to the hair.
Step 6: Creating Volume - Now flipping your head in the opposite direction we are going to start creating the volume we’re hoping for. Still be as gentle as possible with the hair until 100% dry.
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Step 7: Finishing Touches - Once the hair is 100% dry you can start to add in any additional curls you feel might be needed for that perfect finish. Using a conical wand, take any individual curls that may have a little bit of frizz or haven’t quite formed in the perfect formation, especially around the front, the top layer or the fridge area and gently work them around the wand.
Tip: Only tong wherever you find is necessary, and only hold for less than 5 seconds. You don’t want to be adding any extra heat than what is needed.
Discount code cannot be applied to the cart. Restrictions may apply or the cart may not contain the correct items to use this discount.Many of you know that it’s been a journey for me in learning to love and embrace my curly hair. We live in a society that values perfectly coiffed hair without a single strand out of place and well…that just isn’t an option with curly hair.
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For many years I straightened my hair thinking I looked more beautiful and would be more respected with straight hair. The former could not be more untrue. I feel way more myself and way more beautiful with my curly hair. The latter is still a work in progress. I do think we have a cultural bias towards straight, perfectly manicured hair and part of this is perpetuated by people with curly hair thinking they have to straighten it. I was in that camp for many years. It took me years to embrace my curly hair let one how to style curly hair.
There are so few role models with curly hair who really embrace what they have and talk about actually loving their curly hair. I realized early on that if I couldn’t find those role models I at least had the opportunity to become one for somebody else. And that’s what the last two years have been for me. “How do you style your curly hair?” is now one of the most common questions I get.
I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time now but I’ve also been trying to learn and absorb as much as I can about curly hair because the answer isn’t so simple. Hair exists on a spectrum from pin straight to kinky curls. No person has the exact same hair as you. You have to account for hair porosity and texture. Curls also have their own designation and what you use for type 2a curls looks different from type 4c. Yes, there are different types of curls and figuring out how to style curly hair can be a very individual thing. BUT there are certain curly hair tips that anyone can benefit from.
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So today’s post isn’t just about how to style curly hair naturally, it’s also about educating and empowering YOU to understand and embrace the type of curly hair style that you have so you can make the best decisions for it. Of course, I’m biased towards the products I use but I also recognize that what I use may not work for you, and vice versa. I’m also working against our North American preference for ultra-clean, perfectly styled hair and how you feel about that is up to you. In the end, I hope you can learn to be excited about what you have whether it’s curly, wavy, straight or anything in between. Self-love is about loving all of you, even the things you can change. Okay let’s jump in…
As I mentioned above, no two curls are alike. Similarly, your curls can and will change throughout your lifetime. Some of this you control like heat and chemical exposure and some of this you don’t, like hormonal changes and pregnancy. Identifying the types of curls or waves you have now is the most important metric for figuring out how to get naturally curly hair. So what are the different types of curly hair?
Curly hair exists on a spectrum of texture from 2-4 and a-c. Someone with 2a “curls” has loose waves whereas someone with 4c curls has extremely tight coils. I have 3a-3b curls (depending on the day). You can figure out your curl texture HERE. More on how to style curly hair for each texture below.
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Besides texture, there are a few other metrics that help you better understand your curly hair and how to style curly hair. One of the metrics that has had the largest impact for me has been hair porosity. Porosity is defined as your hair’s ability to absorb or retain moisture. Low porosity hair takes a long time to absorb moisture and can take hours to even days for hair to dry. Products tend to sit on hair rather than be absorbed. High porosity hair can easily absorb moisture to a point where you almost can’t use enough oils but because the cuticles are so open it can also easily lose moisture. Curls tend to be frizzier and on the drier side but can also dry quite quickly. You can also have medium porosity hair, which is what I have. None are better or worse than the other, it’s just a matter of knowing what you have and how to work with it. There are several different ways to determine your porosity included HERE.
Hair density refers to the thickness or coarseness of your hair. It’s basically how many strands you have on your head. Here’s how to test your hair density: part your hair in the center and let the strands fall to either side. Without pushing or forcing your hair, how much of your scalp can you see? If you can’t see any you have high hair density, if you can see a lot of your scalp you have low hair density and if you can see just a little bit, you have medium hair density (which is what I have).
I truly believe that when it comes to picking products, knowing your hair porosity and density is more important than
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