Ouidad: The Curl Experts

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Curly-haired kids sometimes have a tough time at the local barbershop or even the kiddies’ salons. Despite the convenience of those establishments, it’s quite likely that the person doing the cutting doesn’t specialize in curly hair. For better or for worse, haircuts for those with curls are totally different from haircuts for straight-haired kiddies!

That’s why Ouidad offers training for stylists to become Ouidad Certified. At these intensive training sessions, Ouidad shows stylists how to Carve & Slice, deep treat and style all kinds of curly, wavy and kinky hair. Check out one of these training sessions in this video:

If you’re lucky enough to live near a salon that has a Ouidad-certified stylist, give it a try! And if you don’t have one near, why not refer your favorite salon to Ouidad for certification? We love adding members to our Certified Salon Network!

Working as a stylist at Ouidad for over twelve years, I’ve seen so many different types of hair.  I’m also a certified salon trainer and have been teaching other stylists Ouidad’s methods such as the Carve & Slice cutting technique for the past five years.  It is a privilege to see that stylists that have been in this business longer than I have are still excited to learn our techniques for curly hair.  To have them come out of our classes with the knowledge of how to cater to curly hair is such a wonderful feeling.  The “students” leave feeling excited and empowered to go home and cut and style their curly hair clients.  They get to see in our classes and hands-on training with models how curly hair can be so beautiful if it’s cut and styled well.  Experiencing this makes my job worthwhile.

Ayanna, Stylist, 57th Street Salon, NYC

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Everything is big in Texas. You don’t have to pay a visit to know that Texas is the largest state in the continental U.S., stretching over a quarter million square miles. Visitors to the Lone Star state are often surprised though, to see just how super-sized things really are—the cities, the plains, the 10-gallon hats—even the hair! Texas women are known for wearing big hair, and for all us curly hair fans, that means big curls too!  That’s the kind of curl confidence that makes Ouidad saddle up and shine the spotlight on Texas!

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Because Texas is bordered in part by the Chihuahuan Desert and the Gulf of Mexico, and has over 200 days of sunshine a year, maintaining curly hair in Texas means having to weather lots of dry heat and sweltering humidity. But that’s no reason for your Texas–sized curls to frizz up or fall flat. Ouidad’s Curl Quencher Gel conditions and holds those otherwise dry, thirsty coils. And our Climate Control Gel shields hair your curls from humidity.

So even Texas sized curls can remain calm and cool, like a few of our favorite Texas celeb’s: Beyoncé from Houston, Jessica Simpson from Abilene and curly guy Matthew McConaughey from Uvalde. So you’re in good company down in the Heart of Texas, and Ouidad will help keep those big curls turning heads all across the country!