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Master Curly Hair Expert Stylist and American Board Certified Master Haircolorist Exam Judge Melanie Nickels, founder of Raw Curls, The Curl Institute, The Raw Hair Organic Salon, and co-host of the award-winning Curly Hair Q&A Show podcast now takes her "show on the road" and comes to YOU! It's your chance to get a REAL curly cut by a REAL professionally-trained, 29 year behind-the-chair curly hair master stylist In YOUR neighborhood!

09/11/2026

We've got dozens of emails and messages all saying basically the same thing:

"When are you releasing the 2026 Curl Bus Tour schedule?!"

And, frankly, we've been silent about it.

Now, as we are getting close to the 4th quarter of 2026, and have not yet made even ONE stop on The Curl Bus Tour, we are ready to talk about it.

It's been incredibly disappointing, as those of you who follow us can probably imagine.
We had planned almost six solid months on the road in 2026, from Maine to California, Florida to Arizona to Wisconsin, to upper Michigan to Texas.

But it all boiled down to one thing:
Fuel prices.

We just couldn't afford the expense of hitting the road again like we did in 2025.

Don't get me wrong - 2025 was EXPENSIVE. Fuel was by no means "cheap".
But we swallowed hard, and did it anyway.

We gave away well over $100,000 in FREE curly hair products & services to women across the U.S. in 2025 on The Curl Bus tour.
It was fun, but also rewarding watching the impact we had on the lives of Curly Girls of all demographics and "situations" (for lack of a better word).

We hoped we could at least off-set some of the expense with the Curl Community supporting the vision & mission of what The Curl Bus Tour was trying to do, by visiting our other website.

But that never happened. It just didn't materialize as we thought it might. For whatever reason, that's irrelevant. It didn't happen.

So, as we got within a month of hitting the road in 2026, and watching fuel prices go up and up and up, with no sign of stabilizing or going down, we just couldn't make the math work.
It was too big of a risk to even start. We just couldn't afford it.

Thus, we cancelled everything. The whole 2026 tour.
And it sucks.
When you know you are doing the right thing, and you see the lives being impacted, it's really hard to stomach having to say, "We can't do it anymore", and then live with that reality.

What does the future hold for The Curl Bus in 2027?
I don't know yet.
What I DO know is this:
If it's still $650.00 for a tank of fuel, at 4-5 mpg (do the math), there will be no curl bus tour again in 2027, unless we get some serious help & support.

If you would like to see The Curl Bus back on the road in 2027, the easiest way you can help to make that happen is to go over to www.rawcurls.com and buy something.
Anything.
For yourself.
As a gift for a friend.
Whatever. Buy something. That would make a difference.

In the next couple weeks, we will be going "Live" here to discuss more of all this, and you can ask questions and whatnot. And maybe we'll have more news at that point. Should be the beginning of October at some point. Just watch for a post here with an update.

Thanks for your support. This whole project leaves me without words. It was such an endeavor putting it all together and making it what it is, it would be shame to watch it disappear.

Let's hope not.

06/15/2026

Dropping off goodies in The Curl Bus at the Raw Curls Chicago warehouse today. Hmm…🤔

05/24/2026

The Curl Bus is in Safety Harbor, Florida today and tomorrow - doing our yearly "Shakedown Cruise" to make sure everything is working and that we got everything fixed from 2025 over the winter (LOTS of stuff breaks and LOTS of stuff needs maintenance)

Did you notice the new "Mini Curl" tow vehicle??
We had lots of struggles last year with our tow dolly and the other car as far as towing, the weight, not being able to back it up, flat tires, etc. it was just a pain every single trip. So we upgraded a little, and this trip was the test. Getting in-and-out of places is always a struggle, and this seems to have solved that. Yay!

This coming week we will be going LIVE with an update on the 2026 schedule.

As you can probably guess, it's been a struggle this year trying to schedule routes & stops due to the increased costs that we are all seeing. By this time last year, we had already made 2 or 3 tour stops. So far this year in 2026, we haven't done any.

But we will update you this week. Watch for the post where we will announce when the LIVE will be right here on the page.

03/19/2026

Big News!
Next week, TWO big announcements coming:

1 - We will be releasing our initial tour stop schedule for 2026. And we might add more as the spring & summer get closer.

2 - We will be announcing the date & time of our Live SALE! Our 2025 tour cost us a lot more money than we expected, so we've decided to do an online Live Sale to raise what we need for the 2026 Curl Bus Tour (and the number we need to raise in order to fix what we need fixed, to and get us going with fuel, maintenance, fees, etc. is about $21,000 - so plan on being there. Remember:
No money = No Curl Bus Tour in 2026).

As you know, when we release dates and locations, we book out FAST - so it's important get in contact with us when we release the schedule and DON'T wait.

We will make an announcement here in the next few days!

01/29/2026

This is exactly what it's like! lol
Usually it's a Buc-cee's, or a rest area that doesn't allow overnight parking :/ where we'll get "The knock".

The hardest part about being on the road in The Curl Bus is finding spots to spend the night where we can get our whole rig to fit (65 feet long in total with the trailer).

We usually can't just "stop at a campground" - because you normally need reservations, and we often don't know where we are going to stop. It's hard.

But worse is getting woke up out of a sound sleep at 3am by "the knock" of some rent-a-cop telling us to get lost.

01/01/2026

Looking forward to a Great Year!

12/31/2025

Nice, quiet overnight here in the Cracker Barrel parking lot, and a nice breakfast to start the day.
Nice not having to stay at a truck stop once in a while 😊
Now headed to Valdosta by the end of the day (hopefully). Birmingham and Atlanta traffic always sucks.

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from all of us here at The Curl Bus - from our luxurious accommodations this morning at...the Loves Truck Stop in Valdosta, GA 😉

We're headed to Arkansas today for a couple days of R&R (no curly cuts this trip) then back to SWFL to start the new year.
We will likely have a tour stop to announce for the last weekend of January so stay tuned 😉 😎

12/24/2025

The Curl Bus is on the road again.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! It's so fun to share hair accessories with your dog. Have a BEAUTIFUL Holiday!!

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