styling natural hair

Nov 08

old-school hair products for growing long natural hair

3 Best Old-School Hair Products Worth Revisiting for Growing Long Natural Hair

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

Somewhere along the way, we started acting like our hair couldn't grow unless the bottle cost $38. Meanwhile, DAX has been sitting on the bottom shelf minding its business for decades. And Mane 'n Tail? Still here. S-Curl? Also still here. Some of these products have been around longer than the natural-hair movement as we know it. Before the influencer…

Oct 17

3 Best Rain Hats for Natural Hair When You Refuse to Lose Another Twist-Out to the Weather

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

The hair finally dried. The twists came down beautifully. Then we opened the front door.

Oct 16

wash-and-go one product only for natural hair

3 Best Products for a One-Product Wash-and-Go When You’re Tired of Layering Everything

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

Leave-in. Cream. Oil. Gel. Foam. At this point, are we doing our hair or opening a beauty supply? Is it all really necessary? Weren't you born with it? Act like it. That's a whole crown on your head and it actually doesn't cost thousands of dollars to keep up. Also, finding the ONE product that does it all doesn't have…

Oct 13

3 Best Products for a Wash-and-Go That Looks Great Wet and Puffy Dry

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

Wet hair be luxurious lol. Everything is clumped. Everything is shiny. Soul glowing. Heavy with the weight of glory. We think we have finally cracked the code. Then it dries. The water evaporates, and the clumps of curls break up, looking like, "sorry to this man" lol. They know not each other, at best. At worst, they knot up, the…

Aug 21

4C Hair: The Complete Guide to Growth, Moisture, Styling & Healthy Length

By Nikki Walton Natural Hair, Curly Nikki No Comments

If you have 4C hair, someone has probably told you at least once that your hair is “hard to manage.” That's awful and I'm sorry. 4C hair isn't difficult or challenging. It's specific. It's captivating. It's versatile. It's... CROWN. Those tiny coils can shrink so dramatically that hair you thought was chin-length suddenly stretches halfway down your back. It can…

styling natural hair

3 Best Old-School Hair Products Worth Revisiting for Growing Long Natural Hair

3 Best Rain Hats for Natural Hair When You Refuse to Lose Another Twist-Out to the Weather

3 Best Products for a One-Product Wash-and-Go When You’re Tired of Layering Everything

3 Best Products for a Wash-and-Go That Looks Great Wet and Puffy Dry

4C Hair: The Complete Guide to Growth, Moisture, Styling & Healthy Length

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