It’s back to school season and we’ve got 20 hairstyles for curly hair that are easy, kid-approved and so adorable. That’s an entire month’s worth! But what’s even better is that each week’s worth of hairstyles for school is optimized to make mom’s life easier in the morning. Below I’m sharing my system and routine for the busy school year, plus tips to get you through all the back to school hairstyles for curly hair. Let us know which of these first day of school hairstyles you love!
Back to School Hairstyles
For my Type-A moms, you’ll appreciate that this hair routine is to designed specifically to make mornings painless. The quick school hairstyles following my exact regime which I’m listing below will ease your early morning routine. You might be surprised that during the school week, we aren’t actually restyling each day. That would be so much work for curly and natural hair! In fact, the more coarse your curl pattern, then less you should be messing with the hair on a daily basis. This can cause breakage and drying out the curl. For softer curl textures, the hairstyles will start to look messy sooner due to flyaways and frizz.
Check out our back to school hairstyles routine below! Especially if you’re looking for ideas for little girls hair, these easy hairstyles for school are super cute for picture day… or any day of the week!
Hairstyles for Curly Hair
The critical first step to curly hairstyles for school is when making the parts and sectioning the hair. For moms with curly hair kids, quick and easy hairstyles for school need to:
- Keep moisture in and hair protected from drying out.
- Quick hairstyles for school have to progress from one day to the next from a braided hairstyle to a loose hairstyle
- These girls hairstyles for school kids must be comfortable and keep the focus on classwork. They must also keep hair safe from lice outbreaks or curious hands from touching.
Related: A Guide to Lice in Curly Hair
Ideas for Little Girls Hair
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Sunday: This is our big hair day during the school year. On Sundays, we: wash thoroughly – sometimes following our routine for low porosity hair if her hair needs an intense cleaning – and detangle completely. We then condition and do any treatments needed (like using our hair steamer or protein treatments). And THEN we style. Yes, usually I’m styling wet hair on Sundays in order to set the curl pattern and prep our curls for the rest of the week.
Related: FAQ for Low Porosity Hair and for our favorite products Best Products for Low Porosity Hair
Monday and Tuesday: By styling hair on Sunday, we can rock our beautiful, easy to do childrens hairstyle for two days without restyling at all. What this does is set the curl pattern. Sometimes I’ll fix baby hairs at her crown, but usually, I just make sure we’re following our sleeping routine to preserve the curls at night.
Related: How to Sleep with Curly Hair
Wednesday and/or Thursday: At some point mid-week we redo the hairstyle – but not completely!!! Our second back to school hairstyle of the week depends on how we parted the first style. More hair is taken down, out of braids or put up. Sometimes we just restyle the hair into the same braids. Regardless this is day we apply more oil and moisture to the dry hair.
Friday:
How to Style Biracial Curly Hair
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Braid Hairstyles
Back to School Hairstyles for Natural Hair
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