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Caring for Fine Curls & Waves

Fine-haired curlies and wavies are often forgotten or misled about how to care for their hair, especially when it comes to expectations to follow traditional methods.  Some products are too...

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Jess' Hair Color Process

Finding (and applying) the perfect hair color can be a tricky process.   “Which color am I trying to achieve? Does the color I picked work with the hair that...

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Curly Guide to Summer Moisture

Summer is here, and you know what that means – beach trips, pool days, and sun-soaked adventures! But with all that fun comes the dreaded summer hair woes: frizz, dryness,...

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How & When to Clarify

It’s time to clarify – or is it? It can be hard to know when or how to use Clarifying Shampoo on curly hair. For some of us, another step...

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NEW Clarifying Shampoo Available Now

Jessicurl Launches New Clarifying Shampoo, First New Product in Four Years Filling a gap in the curly haircare routine & market for those with scent sensitivities   ARCATA, Ca., June...

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Curly Chronicles: Kellie Belvedere

Meet Kellie Belvedere.  Kellie was a dear friend and stylist to Jess (she called her Jessie). Their love of curls brought them together and unsurprisingly Jess left a mark on...

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Is It Frizz or Curls?

Have you ever wondered why you aren’t getting the healthy, shiny, smooth, and happy results that other straight-haired people seem to get so effortlessly?  Perhaps it’s time to embrace that...

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Traveling With Curls

The days are getting longer and the sun is starting to thaw us from our sweater-laden winter. As our social calendars start to fill again we are reintroduced to that...

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Learning to Like Your Whole Self

How often does a song stop you in your tracks? These moments of lyrics reverberating through the soul are both special & rare.   But how does this relate to...

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Tips for Curlies Who Workout

Your workout deserves your full attention and you don’t need to worry about your hair getting in the way. While we can’t guide you on the best way to get...

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Curly Chronicles: Jordana Estner

As our 10 year anniversary approached in 2012, what feels like ages ago now, Jess reflected openly and lovingly on our blog with the people that supported her near the...

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Porosity. What the heck is it & why does it matter?

Your hair is a living organism and has the ability to tell you exactly what it needs to perform at its peak, you just need to know what to look...

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Best of 2023 & 2024... So Far

2023 saw so many more people shouting from the mountain tops, “This is who I am, I love my curls and I don’t care who knows it!” There is just...

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Caring for Winter Curls

Your curls need you now more than ever so let’s get a little bit sciency and a little bit proactive about fortifying your curls to eliminate hair damage in these harsher...

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Brave - More Than Just a Movie

Ten years into making Jessicurl products in order to encourage our community of Curlies to embrace their curls, Pixar championed the “stand up and be brave” movement while inadvertently channeling the precise...