Posted on Jul 26, 2018

30 Stunning Hair Looks We Saw At The Summer Festival Made For Black Girls, By Black Girls

"I don't need anymore hair inspo," said no one EVER!!!

by Patrice Peck

BuzzFeed Staff

Every summer, the world's most beautiful heads of hair gather at CURLFEST to celebrate natural beauty in all its kinky, curly, coily, and loc'd glory. Here's just a taste of the many, many GORGEOUS looks we saw at this year's festival:

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Shout out to The Curly Girl Collective for another LIFE-CHANGING festival!!!

1. Baby's breath shall henceforth be known as 'fro flowers. All those in favor say, "YASSS!!!"

2. (Bantu knots + box braids) x poppin' melanin = EVERYTHING.

3. How dare she casually steal my breath away with that hair and those freckles?! I'd be mad if I weren't so awestruck!

4. There's so much I could say, but her Black Girl Magic earrings say it all.

5. I simply aspire to be as chic as her loc top knot...

6. ...And as fly as this tricked out bun.

7. This perfect Afro must be protected at all costs and I volunteer as tribute.

8. Not gonna lie...if homegirl offered me some forbidden fruit I'd be like "Pleaseandthankyouuu!"

9. Faux locs, faux flowers, REAL PRETTY!!!

10. If you're reading this, come check on me cuz I'm prolly still here staring at my laptop screen.

11. I didn't think it was possible to love sunflowers more...

12. ... But here we are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

13. HALPPP! These cropped coils are giving me pixie cut fever!

14. If I were a butterfly, I'd wanna chill in her fabulous curls too.

15. Lemme find out God's also a bomb-ass hairdresser!!!

16. I dunno what we did to deserve this slay but thank you anyways, sis!!!

17. This future hair icon's clearly taking mental notes: "#1 Big hair, don't care..."

18. She's proudly repping for the big chop crew and as a former member, I'm ALLLLLL the way here for it.

19. I dare you to look at these cascading curls and not go "Damnnnn!"

20. This pic proves irrefutable truths: 1) Natural hair is the absolute BOMB and 2) black girls invented the color yellow.

21. TFW they said your hair couldn't fit in the frame, but y'all did it anyways!

22. May your future be as bold and bright as her sickening fluorescent tresses.

23. Raise your hand if you're obsessed this fiery situation...

24. RAISES HAND

25. Ofc we're ALSO here for a styled look, like this magnificent updo.

26. Said it before, and will say it again: natural hair doesn't need twist-outs to look beautiful...

27. ...And cornrows are and will ALWAYS be for black women.

28. UMMMM Storm who?!?

29. The bad news? CURLFEST 2018 has come and gone.

30. The good news: we've only got 'bout a year until the next one. CURLFEST 2019, we readyyyy!!!

Looking for some more style inspo? Check out these 50 Curlfest hairstyles that'll mos def make you say "Yasss!!!"