Curly hair can be a pain in the butt and it can also be a huge blessing. But there's no in between, and most of the time it sides on the side of being a pain in the butt. Here are 12 things you know to be true if you a girl with naturally curly hair.

1. Washing your hair is such a pain.

It takes so much time to try and make the curl lay right. Is your hair going to cooperate? Will your curls be a little flat or one step under afro? Is this conditioner going to make my hair frizzy? How much conditioner can I really use? Is half a bottle too much?

2. Searching Pinterest for cute hairstyles is a waste of your time.

"The 'curly hair' in these tutorials are from a curling iron." "NO!! You can't brush dry curly hair!!!" "Ugh, my hair never looks that nice when I braid it." "Never mind, I am just going to give in to the beast."

3. How many days can I get away without washing my hair?

People expect curly hair to be messy. Meh, some hairspray will do for today.

4. What is that monster in the mirror when I wake up?

I roll around so much. Such a mess.

5. Commitments to ponytails.

All day long.

6. There is no hairstyle that you can sleep in to make a curly hair look good in the morning.

Not one.

7. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT A PERM?!?!

Why would you ask for this?

8. What is it like to flat iron dry hair and have it be straight?

Trying to flat iron already dried curly hair is ridiculous. Pointless-- unless you're looking for something that looks half crimped.

9. Diffuser on a blow dryer is a must.

Do not even try to use that blow dryer without the diffuser. Maybe skip the blow dryer all together.

10. You are used to having frozen hair in the winter.

Leave the house with wet hair at 8 a.m. and around 9 you are defrosting.

11. You are a pro at messy buns. A pro.

Because that it the one hairstyle that you can almost always rely on.

12. But at the end of the day, you would never change your hair.

Because seriously, the volume can be helpful. So can the thickness.