By Helena Madonna
It's hard to categorize curly and coily textures under anything other than beautiful. With show-stopping and undeniable star quality embedded in every strand, curly hair textures obtain the moulding power to be transformed into any hair art form- such extravagance shouldn't ever go unnoticed. Curly hair should always be celebrated through all colours, textures and sizes for the power structures that they are. It's a texture that embodies the ability to accentuate presence and personality through different hairstyles and silhouettes, a unique superpower.
Enriched with an abundance of culture, history and power, I'll never grow tired of getting to work with, learn from and continue to be inspired by curly and coily hair. So let's take a little time to scroll through in admiration of some curly hair beauties and pick up a little inspiration along the way...
Rihanna celebrating her gorgeous natural length and texture at the Fenty Hair launch
in June earlier this.
70's soul and 80's hip-hop-raised music goddess Erykah Badu sits in her Brooklyn apartment she calls her own museum.
Sleek caramel curls on Tessa Thompson- Makeup by Keita Moore in 2022.
A sultry, seductive and scarlet feathered Keke Palmer for Playboy magazine in 2023.
Solange for ASOS magazine June 2014.
Azealia Banks for V Magazine 2012- When the hair is the outfit...
Sydney Tamiia Poitier as hypnotic hair flipping bad ass 'Jungle Julia' in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.
A breath-taking Madonna as 'Breathless Mahoney' in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy 1990.
Kelis' in the year 2000 in her video for 'Good Stuff' by David Lachapelle.
There's nothing quite like a flawless Fro Hawk on Issa Rae...
Megan thee Stallion - 2023.
Michelle Pfeiffer's iconic portrayal of Catwoman in Tim Burton's 1992 Batman Returns - the fact that she never got her own spinoff, is one of Hollywood's greatest missed opportunities.
Taylor Russell debuted her new curly pixie do earlier this year via her Instagram story. At this point, aesthetically, she can do no wrong.
Timeless beauty, Indya Moore for Time Magazine 2019.
A modern take on Bonnie and Clyde, Jodie Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya in 2019's Queen & Slim.
Zendaya displaying a masterclass on how style fluffed curls at the 2017 Met Gala.
Blunt break with eternal cool girl Solange in 2023.
The Nicole Kidman copper curls 90's era only gets better with age.
At home with Tessa Thompson in 2021 for InStyle, sporting her casual cooking attire.
Zendaya for the New York City premiere for Dune: Part Two wearing Stephane Rolland Couture.
It's difficult for our obsession with Cowgirl Copper not to be reignited when Keke Palmer showcases it with voluptuous, bouncy curls, round layers and perfect bangs.
Julia Roberts in 1989.
SZA photographed by Blair Caldwell for Complex.
Keke Palmer heroes a square silhouette on her fluffed texture at 2021 Met Gala.
Yara Shahidi showcasing a romantic and harmoniously round silhouette that became known as the Halo
cut, in 2023.
The Janet Jackson red hair The Velvet Rope era from 1997 should be studied in schools
