“I wish I had curly hair! It’s so cute!” Careful what you wish for, honey. My curly hair has been unapologetically blocking people’s faces in group selfies since day 1. The list of struggles are never ending, but here a few that I deal with on a daily basis:
1. Windy days
They’re the worst. A good hair day are the days that I CHERISH. When we finally acknowledge the good hair day with a few selfies, and go outside for it to all get blown out of place, let's just say I instantly have to find the nearest hair tie and throw that baby up in a pony tail.
2. “Wait, you don’t brush your hair?”
Sorry, but no. Unless you want my hair to look like the frizziest puff ball on planet earth, I suggest you keep all hair brushes at least 10 ft away from my head.
3. Hating when people touch your hair
“Um, can you, I, if you keep, it’s not…it…..ugh.” Hands on curly hair is the equivalent to snow on a snowman…once it happens, it’s ruined.
4. Bangs were never an option
I was very sad not to be able to join the 2007-2008 side bang trend, but I know if I cut any pieces of hair shorter than my shoulder it would be a disaster.
5. Humidity
Don’t even get my started on the H word. I swear, the minute I step outside in the summer my stray hairs just assume that it’s okay to fly wherever they please. Soooo, catch me in a bun or a hat…every single day.
6. Hairspray
Ahhhh. The other H word <3 If you hear the hairspray sound begin, it probably won’t stop for the next minute or 2. And that’s probably still not going to be enough.
7. “Your hair looks so good straight! You should do it more often!”
I don’t know if this is an insult or a compliment, but listen. You see, I would straighten my hair more than every 6 months if it didn’t take me 1 hour+ to do so and if it didn’t happen to rain EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I straighten it..
8. Sleeping with wet hair is a disaster
Curly haired people know damn well that if you dare go to sleep right after a shower, you’ll wake up with curls bent to a 90 degree angle, permanently.
Although a lot of the times curly hair is a grade A pain in my ass and I want to rip it out 9 times out of 10, It’s part of who I am and I’ve grown to love it and not want it any other way. If you’ve got curly hair, grab your mini hairspray, grab your mini dry shampoo, take on the day and OWN IT GIRL!
