As much as girls with straight hair say they understand, there are just some things that only curly-haired girls will get. Brushing your hair brings frizz, we all dread the triangle hair of doom and although sometimes we have great hair days (wow are those rare), most of the time we look like we got into a fight with a lion or something. It's an instant love-hate relationship with our crazy curls, but it's all worth it in the end (especially when we look like Beyoncé personally kissed our curls). So, here are 11 things that only curly haired girls understand.
1. Straightening your hair is a pain.
If you decide to straighten your hair, you need to be up at least two hours earlier than normal. And if you are showering it's even more time. In fact, straightening your hair is practically a full day thing. But as soon as you step outside, your hard work will all be ruined by Mother Nature. Typical.
2. You live in frizz city.
Summer is the worst. As soon as you step out of the house, all your perfect curls will turn into a a crazy mop on your head. Perfect hair? Yeah right, it's supposed to rain, not happening. Did you happen to touch it too much? Oh oops, frizz.
3. Tangles. Tangles everywhere.
Conditioner and detangling spray are always on hand. And we can't forget about the people that think they are helpful by saying, "Why don't you brush it?" To which your answer should be, "I did and I lost my brush, wallet, and family in my hair. Thanks for nothing."
4. "I like your hair better when it's straight"
Yeah, well I like you better when your mouth is shut and your rude comments (and rude self) are at least 50 feet away from me. Thank you!
5. Only parts of your hair are beautifully curly
You know what I'm talking about, unless you are blessed with Beyoncé-like curls (and I'm so jealous if you are) nobody has perfect curls. Part of it is straight or wavy while part of it looks like it came straight from Shirley Temple's head. Where is my beautiful happy medium?! Why does only the underside look flawless?!
6. You can never recreate your perfect curls from the day before
Because your hair has a mind of its own, products don't work all of a sudden and the weather is crazy. Waking up in the morning brings a whole new adventure —your hair is different every time. Good luck. Only a few hair masters can get their curls looking perfect every single time (please teach me how).
7. Your hair is drier than the Sahara
Curly hair tends to be dry, but I'm not talking "put in some conditioner, it'll be fine" kind of dry, I'm talking about the kind of dry hair that sucks up every single ounce of moisture and crackles in the sun. The kind of dry hair that takes half a bottle of conditioner to get decently soft.
8. Washing your hair is rare
Since curly hair is dry, washing it too often is really bad for it. Every time you decide to wash your hair, it's basically a holiday. You take time off, pamper yourself and your hair and enjoy that scalp rub. You go girl, you wash that hair.
9. How do people run their fingers through their hair so effortlessly?
Seriously, if I did that, I'd pull out a chunk of my hair. Oh yeah, and we shed a lot, too.
10. So. Many. Products.
Without product, your hair is not at prime curl level. I'm talking conditioners, creams, mousse, wax, gels and serums galore.11. But at the end of the day, you wouldn't trade your curls for anything
You always hear, "I wish my hair was curly, mine is so boring." Well, you should just learn to embrace whatever you got, I'm sure it's beautiful.
Embrace the curl!
