The only thing constant is change. After eight years, the February release is the final issue of Curl magazine. I first had the idea for this magazine in high school, and 20 years later, you all helped make it real — first through Kickstarter, then by continuing to show up issue after issue. You subscribed,
Publisher’s Letter: The Final Issue of Curl Magazine Read More »
Image generated using Adobe Firefly As it becomes more common to use artificial intelligence (AI) for everything from tweaking the photos for your dating app profile to generating the art for mainstream movie posters, we had to wonder — how will a computer’s capacity to replicate curls affect the way we look at them ourselves? […]
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Hair grows relatively slowly — an average of a quarter inch to half inch per month, or about 6 inches per year. In a world in which we expect everything to happen quickly (thanks, Amazon Prime), waiting for your curls to grow can seem unbearable. But you can do it with some support, flexibility, a good attitude, and a whole lot of patience.
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We created identical dating profiles on Hinge, Bumble, and Tinder for “Anna,” a traveling nurse who enjoys coffee, yoga, and dogs. Everything about her two profiles was the same, except the hair.
Dating With Curls? We Tested Curly vs. Straight Dating App Profiles Read More »
How do you define your maximum hair potential? Can you put it into words? Do you have a realistic inspo pic? Or is it just a vague idea that you want your hair to be “better” somehow? When you look up #hairgoals on social media, you’ll find thousands of posts displaying women with long, silky, […]
How to Set and Meet Your Curly Hair Goals Read More »
Her loving nana, a desire to love her hair, and a new pandemic hobby — swimming in the sea off Scotland — led Susan Mackay to an ocean of knowledge about better protecting
our planet.
Making Waves: Where Curls Meet The Sea Read More »
Caring for this texture, and yourself, means changing the way we talk about loose waves
Building a balanced routine with chronic illness or disability
Adaptive Curl Care: Living With Disabilities And Chronic Illness Read More »
If you have tight curls or work with them, you should know Aeleise Ollarvia. As a curl educator and visual artist, Aeleise uses science and simplicity to give women and stylists the knowledge they need to create and maintain beautiful, healthy natural hair. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew […]
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