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30 Struggles of Having Curly Hair

It's not easy.

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30 Struggles of Having Curly Hair

Though it may seem glamorous, having curly hair is not easy. Curly hair presents those who have it with various struggles on a daily basis. Here is what it's like having curly hair:

1. Your hair stays wet for at least four hours after you take a shower.

2. Never being able to go on vacation without packing your hair products.

3. Using two bottles of conditioner for every one bottle of shampoo that you use.

4. People always insist on braiding your hair, but that's not really an option when you have super curly hair.

5. The knots.

6. You go through brushes like crazy.

7. A hair tie does not last long before snapping under the pressure.

8. Your hair will get icy in the winter, because your hair literally never dries after taking a shower.

9. The hair salon thinks they can charge you extra for a hair cut, because your hair is "thick".

10. It takes two hairdressers at the salon to blow out your hair. #embarasssing

11. Straightening your hair is a huge time commitment.

12. Brushing your hair when it is dry (if it ever dries) is not an option.

13. Your arm gets sore and you might start sweating when you try brushing the knots out of your hair after taking a shower.

14. People have some sort of odd fascination with wanting to take on the challenge of straightening your hair.

15. People love to ask you how your hair gets so curly. Like do you think I know?

16. Humidity is your worst enemy.

17 Those cute hairstyles you find on Pinterest are probably not possible for your hair.

18. People love to ask why you can't brush your hair when it is dry.

19. Buying all of the products that your curly hair requires is a huge expense.

20. Showering before bed and going to sleep with curly hair might seem like a good idea, but your hair will tell you otherwise when you wake up in the morning.

21. Cutting your hair short means you will most likely end up with an afro.

22. People always want to play with your hair.

23. Once your hair up in a ponytail, there is no going back.

24. Putting your hair up in a ponytail takes forever, because you have to get all the "bumps" out.

25. You never see advertisements where the models have curly hair. And when you do, it's a big deal.

26. You are often compared to Mia from Princess Diaries pre makeover.

27. Straightened hair does not stay straight for long.

28. You can't drive with the windows open.

29. Lorde is your spirit animal, because she's one of the only celebrities that embraces her curly hair.

30. It takes you forever to shower.

Though it may seem like having curly hair is full of struggles, I would not trade it for the world.

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