Curly hair is both a blessing and a curse. Beautiful as it is, it can also be difficult to style, frizz up in the summer, and require costly products — to say nothing of finding the right styling ...

When talking about hair that isn't straight, people and brands tend to lump curly hair into its own big category, assuming that all coils, kinks, curls, and waves can have a one-size-fits-all approach ...

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Curl type is often lesson number one for someone getting to grips with their hair texture, It's all based on categorising hair by curl pattern. "It helps make it easier for people who are new to curls ...

Identifying your curl pattern helps build a foundation for better care and styling. The best way to determine your true curl type is when hair is wet or damp, not stretched or blown out. Types 1–4 ...

Your hair is unique, and understanding your particular hair texture is key to caring for it effectively. The hair type chart, which you can use to find the natural pattern of your strands, is a good ...

What Are the Different Hair Types? Hair comes in four main types: straight, wavy, curly, and coily. Each hair type has its own unique characteristics. The four types are broken down into subtypes (A, ...

Some natural hair girlies out here might hate me for saying this, but it might be time to move past our obsession with the classification of our curl type. The curl pattern chart was a decent starting ...

Andre Walker, an Emmy award winning stylist best known for his work with Oprah, created a hair chart that would be a base for how most women of color identify their hair texture. Walker’s hair chart ...