Warmer temperatures bring family BBQ’s, beachside vacations, and outdoor parties. Having all that fun in the heat and humidity can also bring a hair disaster, especially for curly hair. It’s bad enough we have to deal with shrinkage and losing curl definition without the humidity having it turn into a frizzy mess once we step out the door. That’s where...
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Welcome back to our newest Gossip Curls series Curl Confessions! I was very excited to have our expert curly hair stylist from the Curly Hair Institute, Nicky present us with her knowledge of tighter, coarser, kinky curls. Our viewers sent us some fantastic questions that I am certain you will all be interested in getting the answers too. Nicky offers so...
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After a long, long winter of tucking our hair away into hoods, hats and headbands, spring is finally here – time to unleash our curls! Here are four new ways curly hairstyles that will showcase the beautiful spring in your curls! 1. Go to HairstyleOne of my new favourite hair accessories is this braided headband. You can find it at most hair...
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Written by Master of Curls, Jonathan Torch How to maintain the curls so your child’s style lasts longer: The longer your child’s style lasts is based on quite a few factors. These include, but are not limited to, how their hair is originally cut or styled, how they slept on it, what the weather conditions and how much they are...
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Welcome back to the Second Season of Gossip Curls Curl Confessions Video Series! This season we are especially excited, as each curly hair stylists from the Curly Hair Institute will be demonstrating the solutions and tips to all our viewers’ most unanswered curl questions. After the First Curl Confession Video Season, we had a flood of emails, tweets and Facebook messages with...
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I remember being a kid in the 90’s and while watching some of my favorite shows like Saved by the Bell, The Cosby Show and Full House. If you grew up in the 80’s or 90’s you are familiar with the fact that wearing your hair curly back then usually meant a big frizzy mess. Looking back, I am rather...
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When she first started working with Jonathan Torch at the Curly Hair Institute 16 years ago, Hiwot had (gasp!) straight hair! Of course now she rocks her lovely Ethiopian curls that reflect her creative open-mindedness. I had the chance to sit and exchange some gossip with this quiet, easy going curl expert, who loves to dabble in hair color whenever...
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Sometimes I feel like our straight hair counterparts have it easy compared to us curly gals. When it comes to straight hair, accessories like blow dryers, flat irons, teasing comb, hairspray, bobby pins and gives them pin straight perfection. Having naturally curly hair is a completely different story, though: We have very specific accessories that can make or break our style, or...
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To understand different curl patterns, types, textures and lengths, you need different tools, products and overall understanding of how each and every curl is, or can, different. The man who understands this the most is Jonathan Torch, owner of the Curly Hair Institute in Toronto, Canada. Patrizia has colour treated rich brown hair with a loose to medium curl pattern...
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Hey Curlfriends! I have Ely Guspie from the Curly Hair Institute in Toronto Canada here with me today… and we are all about the gossip! As a regular curly girl, we all know that it can be tough trying to get the right information from a stylist that isn’t as familiar with the curly industry. That is why we jumped...
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