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 ...

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What Are the Different Hair Types? Hair comes in four main types: straight, wavy, curly, and coily. Each hair type has its own unique characteristics. The four types are broken down into subtypes (A, ...

Whether your hair type is coily, curly, wavy, straight, or somewhere in between—your strands are beautiful. But, being able to answer the question: What is my hair type? is invaluable for not only ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For years, I struggled with styling my type 2C hair. I had no idea how to give my thick waves definition ...

As WIRED’s resident straightening iron specialist who has tested nearly 30 models for our guide to the Best Hair Straighteners, it probably goes without saying that I have naturally curly hair. Given ...

First things first: There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to caring for curly hair. That’s because, in case you hadn’t noticed, there are many types of curls: loose waves, bouncy ringlets, and zigzag ...

Hair type refers to the natural pattern and texture of your hair. Many people classify hair based on a modified version of the Andre Walker Hair Typing System, developed in the 1990s by Oprah ...

My hair and I have a love-hate relationship. While I enjoy my length and fullness, the untamable frizz and coarse texture are things I can never get past. to the point where I’m constantly blow drying ...