
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 beforeread more
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 aread more
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 bigread more
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. Inread more
What Is the #30DayHairDetox? 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. It’s a complete mindset shift on how we perceive and treat our natural hair. We are challenging you to go 30 days without raw shearead more
Our hair is the only accessory that’s front and center in everything we do. As an accessory, it’s our prerogative to dress it up or down as much as we desire. We are not necessarily advocates of natural hair as much as we are advocates of you deciding how you want to show up inread more
The myth of 4C hair will not die no matter how many times we fight the air. So many comments of “my 4C could never” or “that won’t work on my 4C hair” but we never have a straightforward explanation of what exactly 4C means. What we have assumed it to mean by the inquiriesread more
If you’ve followed Black Girl Curls for a while on social media or invested in one of our paid resource options like our Wash Your Damn Hair Digital Book or our SeeSomeCurls Visual Library, how many times have you been chased down in your local Target or grocery store with people asking what you usedread more
We’re Aeleise + Aishia, licensed cosmetologists + tight curl educators helping to get ya’ll curls and minds salon ready. We know the internet can be super overwhelming with tons of misinformation regarding how to care for your natural hair. In this free mini guide we address five common hair myths we hear both in theread more
We’re Aeleise + Aishia, licensed cosmetologists and tight curl educators helping to get ya’ll curls and minds salon ready. We want to help tight curlies + naturals like you turn your long and dreadful wash days into wash hour. In the salon and digitally, we’ve helped thousands of naturals all over the world cut downread more
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