Richualist founder builds a hair tool for textured curls
Dawn Myers created Richualist after noticing that most beauty hardware was designed to straighten or alter naturally curly hair. Its product Mint combines detangling, conditioning, gelling, and styling in one stroke using refillable pods and warming technology. Myers says the tool can cut styling time to seven to 10 minutes and reduce shedding and breakage by up to 70%, and Richualist is part of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Startup Battlefield 200.
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[paragraph] Need no extra. Ensure no source phrasing copied. Let's refine EXPANDED to be original. Need "Dawn Myers" maybe. "Myers’s" okay. "Shark Tank" maybe source. We can mention "a TV pitch show" but factual? Material says Shark Tank. Could mention "a televised pitch for a curly-hair product". That's okay. "Ace Hardware and CVS" maybe source. We can say "hardware and pharmacy stores" not exact. "Dow" okay. "TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Startup Battlefield 200" exact proper noun. Fine. Need total under 120. Let's count final. EXPANDED: Myers’s idea took shape about eight years ago after a televised curly-hair pitch led her to study existing styling devices. Many tools were made to straighten or chemically alter textured hair, leaving wash-day needs largely unaddressed. She sketched a concept, built an early prototype from hardware and pharmacy-store parts, and later collaborated with Dow, which had started a textured-hair unit. Richualist’s Mint combines detangling, conditioning, g