If you’re part of the curly-haired community, you may have heard of this thing called the “curl pattern chart” floating around online or from your fellow curly-haired friends. This curl typing system ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Curls aren’t a one-type-fits-all. In reality, they are intricate and can't fit ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? If you have curly hair and you've heard of the hair typing system, there's a ...

Any beauty magazine will tell you that knowing your hair type is a keystone for unlocking the styles you want to achieve. But determining your hair type is more difficult than it looks. It involves a ...

Most people choose hair products based on marketing claims or what works for their friends, but your hair’s specific type and texture determine which products and techniques will actually deliver the ...