It's not a weave.

It's not a weave.

One of the most used conversation starters among women is about hair.

"I love the color!"

"Are these your real curls?"

"Oh, it's gotten so long!"

"Should I snip it all off?"

This picture was taken from an old journal entry.

It has been edited for private reasons.

Also please ignore the wonky eye. I have no idea how that happened.

It seems that every compliment I ever get is on my hair. I swear I could dress up in the most expensive Gucci attire, wave around 1,000,000 big ones, and drive around in a Bentley and someone will still say "Look at her hair! Is it fake?"

Well I could answer your question right away. No. I have never worn any hair extensions and have never worn a wig (except for that one party but we don't have to talk about that here).


Everything you see is what I have to wrestle with every morning. I've had these locks since pre-school. There was a time when my mom brushed through them and , when they became to much to handle, chopped them off all together. It looked like something straight out of a gender-bending drama!

EPP!! 

My routine is simple,
- Shower at night with curly hair shampoo and conditioner

- Towel dry - NEVER EVER EVER BLOW DRY

- Throw hair into messy bun on top of head (if it's too low on the neck your hair will be flat on the top when it's finished drying. Either look is nice if you know how to work with your volume. I usually stick with it on top though.)

- Let down when damp.

- BED TIME! 

- Wake up and cry in the mirror at how it looks.

- Water in the palms and finger comb a little in the spots that are dry or flat.

- Once it drys the curls are set!

Sometimes there are bad days and sometimes there are great days. Then there are those days in between where I will role out of bed, take a peak in the mirror, and just crawl back under the covers.

For example,

THAT is what happens when I take a shower and jump right into bed afterwards. I wake up singing "It's a hard knock life" and start looking for my long lost parents.

If my sleeping habits weren't terrifying enough! I have this habit of going to bed in full sleep wear and waking up in my frilly tighty-whities. Imagine a half naked bed-head monster crawling down the stairs and demanding her Red Rose tea. (I'm so sorry future husband)

So, just for fun, I decided to uncurl my curls. That's right.... I straightened the little ones and now that it's like this I feel so so SO WEIRD!

Here, take these pictures I don't even want them! *hides in guilt

^BEFORE^

Morning Hair

Sink Water and Greasy Hands.

^AFTER^

Approx. 45 minutes.

No Chemicals. 

Now you could really see that even though I spent nearly an hour straightening I still didn't end up with pin- straight hair. I'm fine with it though. I'm not going to lie, I hate hair that is so straight that my high school math teacher could start an axis on a strand of it.

Here are some things I learned today.

1. I will never get to brush my hair. I don't brush it when it's curly and when I brush it while it's straight the comb will break. (TRUE)

2. My natural hair color looks like a cheap dollar store dye job. I never knew I had natural Auburn high-lights!!

EW man.

3. As you can see in the picture above, 45 minutes isn't enough.

4. Straighten it all you want. In five minuets the curls will start to take control once again.

In the process of it all I was actually extremely uncomfortable. Even more uncomfortable then when I got my hair cut earlier this year. I almost cried !

It really doesn't feel like me. It feels like I'm someone else!

There was a point when I leaned in closer to the mirror to put mascara on and nearly scared myself to death. It looked like someone else was looking through the mirror at me! I even prepared to head-butt the mirror intruder until I saw it was a beautiful Italian girl. 

A lot of people don't realize this because my natural hair hides it in a strange way but I have extremely thin hair. All together it's as light as feather. If someone chopped it all off I bet I wouldn't even notice until I looked in the mirror so straightening it shouldn't have been a problem.

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A lot of question have come up now that my hair is like this. Straight haired girls and those who straighten their hair often--- I need your help on this!

How the HECK do you pull your hair up? It took me five times to get my hair into a semi-descent ponytail without all of the bumps and ugly frizzy baby hairs popping out of nowhere.

Does your scalp supposed to itch like a son of a *****? Because if it is then I guess I'm doing it right.

What do you do when it rains? Or when it's too humid? Or in the snow? Or in any weather....

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Welp.... this has been a new experience. I'm going to go jump in the shower because I'm so uncomfortable!