I like sleeping. I also like my curls. What’s the best way to combine both and not wake up with a disaster sitting on your head? What kind of problems do your curls run into overnight? Breakage from friction on the pillowcase, especially if your hair is dry. By the way, if you can’t remember the last time you washed your pillowcase, do that soon. Flatness from the weight of your head. Drying out from contact with air and bedding. Loss of curl definition from friction and move

Your scalp might be oily, but most curly hair is naturally quite dry. The skin on your scalp produces an oil called sebum, and this helps to moisturize your hair and protect the roots, but you can have too much of a good thing. So, we have to find a way not to stop or get rid of sebum, we have to find a way to manage it for the best curl health and effects. Sebum starts at the roots and works its way down the strands of hair over time. But, sebum takes longer to travel down c

If you get one thing out of this post, let it be not to rub at your curls with a towel or blast them directly with heat. Why is that? It’s because your curly hairs love each other. They don’t want to be separated. When your locks are rubbed with a towel, the friction separates them, destroying definition, blurring their shape, and creating frizz. Curly hair is often fine and fragile as well, and towel-drying is too harsh. Using hot air to dry your curls is also too harsh, dry

Loving Your Curls Sometimes, in order to understand what to do, I have to know what not to do. Today, I want to look at some big no-no's when it comes to curl care. First, resolve that you are going to treat yourself well and embrace your curls. One of the worst things you can do to curls in the first place is to fight them, to try and manage them by any means necessary. Your curls aren’t a bad thing. They aren’t messy in and of themselves, and they’re not unprofessional. Bea