Porpoise’s Crazy Hair

This journal is going to deal with the constant battles of my hair.

My hair history: I was born with yellow blonde thin naturally straight hair. My hair darkened to dirty blonde and grew thicker as I grew older. It remained straight and non-frizzy through 6th grade. I hated my hair then. My hair didn't even have a slight wave. I thought my hair was so boring. I envied girls with naturally curly and wavy hair. But in 7th grade my hair gradually got frizzier. I finally started wearing it up because I was so ashamed of the frizz. That summer my hair became fairly wavy. I started straightening it mainly because my mom was ashamed of it. My hair grew wavier and wavier over the next few years. I grew more and more frustrated with it. I began to envy those with naturally straight hair. Finally, I chopped my hair off senior year. I had it layered and I learned to blow dry it with a diffuser to bring out the curl. I love it now! So much easier to handle. I also found a wonderful site called www.naturallycurly.com I found many people in the same boat as me and I learned to love what I got.

I just got my hair trimmed earlier today. It's been over two years since I first chopped it off. I still diffuse it and I still love it.

I still have days where I am frustrated, but those days are rare.

I am starting this journal to document the wildness of my hair and I what I do to it.

Second day hair.  I just wake up and brush it out. Probably not the best way to deal with my kind of hair, but oh well. My hair was a lot bigger this morning and harder to comb. It's always hard to comb the first day after I get it cut. What wasn't usual was that I had more volume than I expected. Naturally, I have a lot of body and volume to my hair, but this was too much. It didn't look right. I brushed it really hard and my hair finally calmed down. My hair finally looks normal today. I really need to start experimenting with my hair so I can get the most curl out of it.

This morning, I spritzed water on my hair to get the curls going again. I diffused it for not even five minutes and then sprayed it with hairspray. It looked awesome. My hair has gotten all frizzy now. It probably needs so more spritzing to look good. I have had an awesome day. I really do think that curly hair rocks instead of sucks!

My hair looked great today! I washed it and diffused it. It waved nicely. I felt a little guilty about throwing gel in it and diffusing... But it still looks pretty good now!

Let my hair dry naturally today. I dried beautifully in curls and waves. In fact today it dried more curly than usual. I still can't decide on my hair type. Am I a 2c or a 3a?

Washed my hair today for school. Waves were really messy today and didn't form as well. It looked much better after I diffused it dry.

Haven't updated in quite some time!

I got my hair cut about three weeks ago. It really needed a trim! I got the layers redone too. Layers are a must if you have really thick hair like me. My waves and curls are much bouncier now. I love it. I am going to wash it today and let it dry naturally.