Curly hair comes in all different waves, loops and kinks. Many see curls as a blessing while others see it as a curse. We curlicues can't just run a brush through our hair or do a quick straighten to get ready in the morning. It takes time, lots of time, and product to tame the manes we have been blessed with. Here are just a few struggles we curly-haired girls go through all too often:
1. Brushing your hair is a whole other challenge.
In those rare moments when you do brush your curly locks, it is a painful 10 minutes of ripping, pulling and shedding resulting in a less than flattering puff ball that kind of looks like a Pomeranian.
2. In order to curl your hair, you have to straighten it first.
Because if you just go straight for the wand, it will actually make your hair straighter.
3. If it rains or is humid, your straight hair is no more.
Yes, you just spent 30plus minutes straightening your hair, but the weather had other plans.
4. Frizz.
You have to use at least one gel or other product to make your hair less frizzy and more put together.
5. You shed... a lot.
Sometimes when you brush your hair you wonder how you have any hair left on your head. You could probably make at least one wig out of all the hair that has collected in your shower, on your hair brush and formed little balls on your rug.
6. When you straighten your hair, people will always ask you if you straightened your hair.
"Did you straighten your hair?" "No, I just woke up and it was like this. I don't know how this happened, I didn't spend 45 minutes burning the ends of my hair off to get it like this though"
7. The amount of conditioner you use is shocking but necessary.
You have never used a quarter-sized glob of conditioner in your entire life.
8. Lil' baby dreadlocks.
You reach back to put on a necklace or unzip your dress and your hand gets caught on something, oh wait, that is just a tiny knot in your hair that you will need to spend the next 10 minutes pulling apart. "Lil' baby dreadlocks" as I like to call them are your worst nightmare and most common occurrence.
9. A good hair day is really good... but a bad hair day is really bad.
When you wake up after washing your hair and it turns out fabulous, it is not only a small miracle, it also means you will have a day as great as your hair looks. More often than not though, you wake up looking a little something like this and spend a good portion of your morning figuring out how to tame this beast so you can leave the house.
10. People often ask you how your got your hair like that.
Despite all the struggles of every day curly life, you love your curls and are thankful that they give you a little extra spice.
