Since going natural, my hair is healthier than ever. It's longer than ever, thicker than ever — I love it. But it's not as easy to maintain, nor do words describe the process thoroughly enough. So let me show you using gifs and still images.

Let's take wash day for example. Yes, wash DAY. It'll normally take you between three to six hours to do it, which leaves you exhausted.

Wash day consists of:

1.

2.

(30 minutes to an hour)

3.

4. Get your little products...

Nah it's more like this...

5. Dry your hair...

Under regular circumstances, you wouldn't blow dry it. So imagine it being like this, except with a soft t-shirt.

6. Start the long, tedious process that is your hairstyle :

Try to get out that last little bit of your favorite product...

Venture into a few different hairstyle settings...

Sleep...

and end up with these...

or these...

With which, you get extremely frustrated and your day feels like it's on a continuous downward spiral.

Then the breakdown happens while your friend tells you it's not that bad...

But these things can always be easily fixed. You'll learn to huff and puff it out.