Being born with curly hair is both a blessing and a curse. There are so many styles to choose from and you can wear your hair natural and wild or you can wear it straight and silky. However, the hassle of making sure that the frizz does not overtake your whole head or the task of getting up early in the morning to take care of your lion's mane gets to be too much sometimes.

I used to be the type to straighten my hair only because it was easier to manage. I could just wrap it up at night and let it loose and go on about whatever I had to do that day. The down side of it was that it was damaged my natural curls and caused me to visit the hairdresser as if it was my second home. Now, I have learned to love and take care of my curls.

Through my tests and experience with learning to handle my hair doing whatever it wants, here are a few tips I have learned when it comes to everything that is curls.

1. Moisture is your friend.

2. The brush and small-toothed comb is not.

3. Deep condition every week and your hair will thank you.

4. Foaming Lotion + Oil = Curl Heaven

5. If you decide to use heat, diffuse, diffuse, diffuse!

6. Trims every couple of months is key to your curls on fleek.

7. Only use about a dime size amount of shampoo and about two quarter size amount of conditioner.

8. Sleeping with a silk scarf or silk pillow case will help to avoid the bed head catastrophe.

9. When humidity strikes, do not fret but cover up those curls.

10. Embrace your curls and the volume!

I hope that this helps for you natural beauties and, if all else fails, go to a professional stylist who knows about curls so that they can help you on a one-on-one basis.