Category: hair

Why I don’t wear my hair curly every day

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Last year around this time I committed to reviving my curls by giving up straightening completely. I actually stuck with this from late December to June, but sadly, my hair ended up in worse shape than when I mostly straightened it. This was, needless to say, the opposite of what I expected! I was pretty […]

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Curly/Wavy Hair Update: I was pretty much wrong about everything again!

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Hello there. I hope you’re finding some way to enjoy this strange 2020 holiday season! So, about a week and a half ago I decided I’d attempt to revive my natural curls. That was a much larger undertaking than I’d anticipated! Fortunately there is a lot of guidance out there for clueless curly-haired people like […]

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Wavy/Curly 2C Hair Confusion

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Hello there and thanks for stopping by. This is a post about my hair and how I’m attempting to get my waves/curls to, well, curl. If you have wavy or curly hair, you’ll likely understand the struggle. Lots of people have referred to finding their curls as a “hair journey.” As over-dramatic as I am, […]

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How to Get Natural Wavy Curls

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This past year, I realized I was straightening and then, ironically, curling, my hair more than usual (you know, to get those smooth, big spiral curls, yeah, no one has that hair naturally). And despite coloring much less, my hair was in worse condition than it had been in for a long while. That’s when I decided to give it a break and see what I could find out about how to restore my long-suppressed curls. 

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