Curly Hair :)

Ok...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes JOk...so for about 4 maybe 5 months I have been wearing my hair natural...I have only had a perm once and I was really young it did horrible on my hair. I am biracial (half black half Italian) both of my parents have curly hair so I have been told I don’t know my biological father. My mom has been relaxer free forrrrrr 6 years on and off at first then completely for 4 years. I have had a perm a couple of times I lied ( annnd I just asked my mom who is here with me doing her thing on her laptop across the living room) When I was in the 6th and 7 th grade I had straightened my hair everyday... in the 8^th I was more curly than I was straight I hated my hair but the reason I wore it curly was because we had gotten puppies and they decided they like to chew on random abnormal things like cords ,blinds ,bed sheets ,and walls and doors -__-.

Any way I had to deal and I HATED my hair because I always looked like what I referred to as a mushroom. People said it was only pretty when wet so I kept running to the bathroom every hour or so to wet dampen soak etc my hair. It wasn’t until the summer of my 8^th grade year (I think) I wanted a change before I went to high school so I got layers my aunt is a beautician and she does my hair all the time when my mom stopped my 5^th grade year after lice the 2^nd time (which she put both my and my sisters hair in ponytails and CHOPPED TEARS AND HAIR WHERE EVRYYYYWHERE) worst childhood memory ever..

Anyway I remember this Hispanic girl I talked to all the time her name was lincey and I wanted her hair sooo badly it stopped mid back all in layers it was sooooo pretty and the layers were very prominent but blended (no joke think about stairs but not blocky) so I told my aunt layers I didn’t know curly hair was supposed to be in layers anyway so it won’t look like giant pyramid when it dries.

So new cut flat hair I refused to go through what I did in 8^th grade with wetting my effin hair every chance I got… so the cycle of straightening everyday began again all the way through to my 10^th grade year… with my hair being curly a few times through the year yet again no joke like 1 week out of the whole year. I got tired of flat ironing everyday so 10^th grade I kept it straight for a week washed it Saturday flat ironed it the same day.. I got used to that routine and THEN I got tired of dry, burnt smelling same length hair.SOOOO in my junior year I started to wear it curly and it was long enough natural to put into a high bun so I did that as well I'm a hair twirler so at first I would always take it down for about 15 mins a class to play with because It calmed me ( Around the end of my freshman and my whole 10^th grade year I was self-harming)  when I began feeling anxious or nervous in anyway even just bored. More split ends came my way and finally my senior year I went half and half. Now that I have graduated I realized I want my long curly hair back….oh an extra fact through my 11^th and 12^th grade years within 6-8 months I had dyed my hair 6 times… sad I know I treated my hair terrible.

Anyway I started to see other curly girls and got inspired… by 4 wonderful women in particular and they are Andrea Lewis and Shannon Boodram  ( I hope I'm spelling things right) AKA Thosegirlsarewild on youtube and .com for their website. Annnd Shanti and Antoinette also known as Aroundthewaycurls and .com for their website as well. They used to be acurlsbf but had a name change.

Ok after watching a few vids and reading tips I was like why shouldn’t I go curly? I mean I can name reasons why I couldn’t..and in the end I asked myself why? Why? Why?!......and myself came up with this…WELL…WHY THE HELL NOT?!

SOOOO I stopped touching the flat iron and realized too little too late…I have MAJOR heat damage… I mean the left top side of my head is straight.. and now that its growing properly ive got wave now and the top isssss…just crazy curly my hair is growing I have proof because so are my nails…(I used to be a frequent nail biter too oh  habits) the thing is.. is that my hair isn’t showing length….and I'm having trouble with getting it trimmed…which is certainly needed…I can ask my aunt but soon she will be starting a new job and I might need someone who specializes in curly hair… any suggestions comments questions you know what to do… But I think the point of this post was to ask people.. Is there something wrong with being natural? Why is it so hard for other cultures to approve of curly hair? Do we need approval? Why cant more of us go natural? Is curly hair beautiful?  I used to ask these questions frequently and it like why should I care what people think my hair is my hair I REFUSE to harm it to “look good” in societies eyes Jv