We often hear from many individuals that visiting the salon costs too much. We’ve heard more times than we can count that some stylists charge more money if you have natural hair—especially dense natural hair. The concept of “affordability” is subjective and people will pay for what they find value in. What you’re finding may be “too expensive” for you may simply be out of your budget range and that’s totally fine.

There’s a lot of misconceptions and fear within the natural hair community when it comes to heat styling natural hair. Heat is not inherently bad and honestly it’s needed to achieve certain hair styles.

Lord knows the Internet streets have caused many members of the natural hair community to become absolutely terrified of using heat on their natural hair, in fear of heat damage. We’re sure you’ve seen a ton of different “heatless” methods floating around the interwebs in an attempt to avoid heat damage.

When many people think of heat damage, they’re most likely thinking of damage from flat ironing or blow drying at high temperatures. However, all heat is not created equal! No matter what tool that you use, it is only as good as its user.

You must have the knowledge to know how to properly use the correct heat source to achieve your desired result. In this blog post, we’re going to break down the differences between direct and indirect heat sources.

During fall season, we find that many naturals tend to want to blow their hair out or get silk presses. And over at Black Girl Curls, we love a nice switch up!

Contrary to popular belief, heat is not a bad word or something that should be avoided at all costs. Heat styling can be done safely when have a solid hare care routine and you’re knowledgeable on how to go about it. This blog post will outline 3 tips for a successful blow out on natural hair.

At many different periods in our lives we have had to go on the hunt for the perfect hair stylists. Whether we’ve relocated, wanted something different or new, maybe our stylist retired or just doesn’t offer a service we’re interested in. We have all found ourselves in this rather precarious position of locating a pro that could meet or exceed our needs.

We often get asked how naturalistas should get their hair cut. Our answer is simply the way that you like to wear it! Curly cuts don’t have ownership of haircuts that leave the hair in worse shape than it came in. This blog post will explain six things you should know about curly cuts.

It’s a simple but mind-blowing concept when we tell our salon and digital clients they don’t need more products, they need more education about products, from formulation to application. Hair care and styling success is rarely about what products you’re using.

As licensed cosmetologists + tight curl educators, we’ve noticed that henna has many members of the natural hair community in a chokehold. Henna does not lead to healthy natural hair, as it often leads to more damage than good. This blog post will explain 3 reasons why we do not recommend henna for natural hair.

Truth be told, there’s many misconceptions on Beyonce’s internet when it comes to natural hair care. As licensed tight curl educators and stylists, we can’t even begin to count the number of clients we’ve had come into the salon who would sit down and begin complaining about their hair and end with “I’m doing everything right but my hair is still dry/ tangled/breaking/struggling.”

In this free mini guide, we provide helpful tips to help you on those long and dreadful wash days. Simply fill out the form below to get your free download!

We recently sat down with NPR’S LIFE KIT podcast intern, Vanessa Handy, to chat through important things you should know how your natural hair, from cleansing to styling, and how to implement ease into your day-to-day routine.

Back in 2018, Aishia shared a video of a client with raw castor oil and shea butter build up on her hair. We’re always looking for a good visual representation of why we ask our salon and digital clients to discontinue their use of raw castor oil, raw coconut oil, raw shea butter and eco styler.

We met Kameelah in December 2021 after we sent out a model call for tight curlies + naturals that lived in Chicago. Kameelah did a big chop in 2019 and has been completely natural since then. Prior to her salon visit with Aishia, she mentioned that she was a busy college student who was a devoted twist out girl who loved the volume and softness she got from them.

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 before the pandemic in 2019, and was unable to get back to a barber for cuts when COVID began.

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.

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.

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 used on your natural hair?

Hair color is an art and science. In the right hands color can be a masterpiece and in the wrong hands color can be a disaster. We want you all to be informed consumers when seeking out hair color services.

If you avidly work out, how often you work out per week and the intensity level of your workout will help you determine how often your hair needs to be cleansed to properly remove products, sweat and debris from your hair..