I am really blessed. I have super dense, super thick, wavy hair that grows very fast. Many years ago, I figured out a short haircut that is layered. I have to pay the hairdresser extra because she has to really thin out my hair for my style and it takes a long time to cut my hair.

That is the only cost for me - getting my hair cut every three weeks. Other than that, I can just wash and go in the morning and my hair looks styled. If I get it styled at the salon, then my hair looks super glossy due to the hot iron. But, I do not get that done too often.

I’ve gotten my curly routine down to one styling product and a preferred brush, so yes, I do now. When it was 6-7 products and I couldn’t do it while traveling or reliably walk outside in the summer, no.

On one hand I love my hair. Really thick 3a/3b curls. I get complimented on it often when it's styled. On the other hand, it's such a pain to style, and I'm a low maintenance person who doesn't like dealing with it, so consider it a PITA. I wouldn't change it since it's such a part of my identity, but I leave it pulled back and un-styled more often than not.

I don't like that having it look good requires me to plan my life around it. Either I straighten it (which takes 1+ hour) and it lasts a while, but I need to adjust my work outs (can't swim, go out in drizzle, or get too sweaty) - or I let it be curly but need to adjust my sex life (shower right before bed and wrap it up a certain way to look good the next day). It takes hours to air dry and is a tangled mess after 24 hours curly.

Mine is between 2B (top layers) and 3A (bottom layers) wavy/curly. Some days it looks OK, but I don't really like it. I toss it in a ponytail and ignore it more than half the time.

Anonymous wrote:I think “natural” means no products. So if embracing your natural curls means using product, it’s not natural.

Nobody's curls look tidy without, e.g., a leave in or oil, and people have been adding oil to their curls for thousands of years. Do you find conditioner unnatural too?

If your hair curls without heat or rollers, you have natural curls.

I think “natural” means no products. So if embracing your natural curls means using product, it’s not natural.

I do love my hair. It’s fine but ringlets on the end. It requires moisture though. Maybe in previous centuries I would have only washed it once a week and it would look good.

I liked my hair before perimenopause. As is typical, it is thinner and more wiry now. The only good thing is that the wave shows more.

No. Mine is curly and needs a lot of prouct to look good - not crunchy, but I don't like touching it.
If I don't put in product (or if I let it dry in a bun) I like the way it feels, but it looks bad.

My DD got her dad's stick straight hair, the lucky duck.

I had straight thick hair until I went into perimenopause- now I have thick unevenly curly hair and I don't know what to do with it. It is a mess and would like my straight hair back

Wanted straight hair like everyone else when I was growing up. Now, embrace my curls

Same OP! I have long curly hair. I wore it straight (or in a bun) every single day in my teens until about mid 20s. After my second child I just didn’t have the time to blow it out and straighten it regularly. So I started wearing it curly more and more and experimenting with different products and specific haircuts for curly hair. By my 30s, I was wearing it curly all the time. I’m 40 now and cannot recall when I’ve straightened my hair last. It’s been YEARS. I love my curls. I get so so many compliments on my hair. Though to be fair, I always did. When I blew it out it was very bouncy and sleek like Kate Middleton’s. But I will never go back to straight hair. Now that I’m 40, it gives my face some much needed volume and makes me look younger, I think

No, its a curly frizzy difficult mess.

Mine is stick straight. When it's humid, and many complain about their hair starting to frizz, my curling iron curls are starting to fall.

Why do you find accepting your natural hair texture lol?

I'm just curious to hear how people feel about their hair. I have finally started to embrace my curly hair in my 30s, lol.