I have curly hair. All my sisters have curly hair. My brothers do too. But what do people with curly hair do? They spend crazy amounts of time, money and energy trying to STRAIGHTEN their hair. That has always been me. I wanted to wear straight styles that would make my hair have some weight and body to it.
I remember as a kid being in the shower and putting my head back to feel my hair on my butt. Hard to believe it was ever that long because my hair is curly and curly hair shrinks. That totally sucks for a girl. I am from a mixed background so my hair is mixed too. It's not exactly kinky enough to really benefit from a relaxer and Lord knows I don't need anything to make it curlier. But in the right environment--cool, no humidity or high winds--my hair takes a kick ass roller set!!
Since I can't live in a bubble surrounding myself in just the right climate to maximize the beauty of my hair I most often live in a world of frizz. Recently though, I've let my hair grow and as always it pretty much stays in a ponytail now that its summertime. However, I have learned of something new to me but clearly has been on the rise for a while.
Natural Hair. Go Curly. There's a movement to embrace your curls. To live your curls and to love them. How bizarre? But then I started doing a little more research. There are thousands of videos on YOUTUBE. From what I've read so far. . .there may be something to this curly thing.
I'll get back to you with an update as I start my journey to The CURLY Revolution.
HA! Going through a similar thing. I'm in the process of growing my hair out and it's in this icky sort of ratty phase. My "friends" have been encouraging me to try flat irons and hair clips and products that I've never been comfortable with to try to tame the sheer bigness of my mop. Having never even picked up a curling iron in my life, I was a little panicky going into the salon (and KMart) to get the necessary equipment. The past two weeks, I've spent 45 minutes a day on my hair to get what amounted to the same big hair, but with an added look of an over-treated, dry rat's nest. I've decided that women are crazy- We get this tiny little span of time to be alive and we waste what must be a sizable percentage of it essentially trying to turn water into wine. As of yesterday, I'm back to 5 minutes a day with the hair dryer (I'm not crazy. I don't feel compelled to look like carrot top!)It looks much better than it has since this fiasco began, and while I'd give a lot for my hair to be less wavy and curly, it really is a beautiful head of hair. Maybe I'll just go blonde and call it good.
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