Trendy hairstyles will never stop cycling through the Black beauty industry, sew-ins are no exceptions.
During the early 2010s, sew-ins became popular and were widely shown on Black reality television shows such as VH1’s Flavor of Love as well as its Love and Hip Hop franchise. Unfortunately, although sew-ins often aid in growth, many women were damaging their leave-out while trying to force their curls to blend with straighter, wavier textures. This issue created a need for a new trend.
The coming decade would reinvent the lace front and influence a rising interest in wigs or bundles accompanied by a lace frontal or closure to provide a more natural look.
Now, as sew-ins are making their way back into the trendy topics amongst Black beauties in the hair care community, many stylists and companies are looking to take the ‘natural look’ a step further.
Reviews of curly flip over sew-ins began flooding the algorithms of beauty aficionados everywhere, seemingly out of nowhere. Many content creators who were enamored by the style emphasized their love for the ability to blend their natural curls in without heat.
Beauties interested in getting a curly flip over sew-in installation can expect their stylist to braid down their crown in a traditional beehive pattern while leaving out the perimeter and blend their natural curls into bundles resembling real 4c kinky coily hair amongst other textures.
Here are eight hair extension companies that sell quality curly bundles for your next curly sew-in appointment.
HerGivenHair
HerGivenHair is a company that was ahead of its time when it was created in 2015. The company’s mission to help natural women “change their looks without feeling like they’re changing themselves” is everything a curly sew-in stands for. HerGivenHair sells bundles that match Type 3 and Type 4 curls as well as kinky blow-out bundles for those who prefer a straighter, sleeker look. The company also offers texture guides and samples for anyone hesitant about investing.
Heat Free Hair
Ngozi Opara, the founder of HeatFree Hair, believes “being natural is more than a movement, it’s a lifestyle.” HeatFree Hair was created from the desire to embrace the beautiful kinks and curls people with natural textures were born with. Heat Free Hair has four main collections that cater to different textures: Kinks (Type 4B-4C), Kurls (Type 3C-4A), Koils (Type 3B-3C) and Blowouts for those looking for silky-straight yaki bundles.
ISee Hair
Most Tik Tok creators and users in the beauty space have heard of the ali-expess-esque hair company, ISee Hair. ISee Hair has gone viral for its innovative buildable block wigs, with a video created by Maxie, known as @therealmaxieeeee on Tik Tok, averaging over 1 million views since it was posted in August. However, the company’s kinky curly, afro curly and kinky straight textured wigs and bundles are becoming the company’s next hot commodity.
Hair De La Crème
Hair De Le Crème is the brainchild of a beauty youtuber named Tommie, who decided to manifest her years of knowledge gained through hair reviews and tutorials into a luxury virgin human hair extensions line. However, luxury isn’t the brand’s only selling point. According to the brand’s website, they “don’t use fancy origins to lure [customers] into buying exotic hair, [instead they] focus on the texture and long lasting quality in each bundle.” Hair De La Crème’s Nubian Goddess Curl Collection comes with three different natural textured bundles: tropical curl, kinky curl and loose curl. Bundles from Hair De Le Crème can last between 6 to 12 months with proper care.
Curls Queen
New-York based CurlsQueen is committed to helping women attain self-love through enhancing natural beauty by way of hair extensions. CurlsQueen is also among the few hair care brands that highlights the importance of reducing the environmental footprint left behind by the Black beauty industry and ensures customers their hair is eco-conscious, vegan and cruelty free. Beauties interested in CurlsQueen’s natural textured extensions can expect to find different textures that range “from yaki to coarse and curl patterns from Type 3A to Type 4C.”
Indique Hair
Longevity is the first word that comes to mind when Indique Hair enters the hair extension conversation. After being founded in 2007, Indique Hair has reliably developed and distributed high-quality hair throughout the world. Indique’s bounce collection offers bundles that kink and curl to blend into the most natural look. Textures include coil curls, relaxed straight, blow-out, natural roots, beach wave, deep wave and organic curl.
Valdeen Hair
Valdeen Hair is a small but mighty Black-owned hair care brand that caters to women of all ages and every texture. Valdeen offers two types of bundles: luxe and Black. However, the luxury quality can be felt in every strand. Although the company specializes in its popular Burmese Curly, beauties looking to invest in other textures can shop the brand’s burmese loose curly and kinky straight bundles or clip-ins.
WeQueen
Affordability is the driving factor behind WeQueen Hair’s viral success on TikTok. After 10 years in the beauty industry, the company has stood strong on its dedication to making extensions accessible for Black women’s beauty enthusiasts everywhere. Though the company’s selection of kinky coily bundles are limited, it is arguably some of the most affordable on the market.
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