Anonymous wrote:Her hair is hideous.

You’re a peach.

Her hair is hideous.

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Anonymous wrote:She says she outgrew her frizz but when or who does that actually happen to? The straightening seems permanent though so what could she have done?

I assume she gets Brazillian Blowouts, she certainly has the money for it.

By “outgrew frizz” she means she doesn’t air dry her hair anymore

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Anonymous wrote:I have hair like that. There is no way to get it that straight except with a lot of work blow drying it every day but as soon as you go out it frizzes OR a treatment like Keratin. With a Keratin treatment, its much easier to blow dry and maintain. I hardly doubt she's doing it naturally. Her parents, given the media should have paid for someone to help her with her hair.

I agree that this is not just a natural change and that she’s probably blowing it out each day. That’s what I do too. But I can understand that either her parents didn’t want to imply that there was something “wrong” with her curly hair or that in adolescence she didn’t want anyone drawing more attention to it. Kids are so painfully self conscious. I hated my hair until a hairdresser blew it out for me before my junior prom. I didn’t even realize that was something you could do (and neither did my mom). We were pretty low maintenance in terms of that kind of thing.

Yes. I have a daughter heading into her tween/teens and it is really hard to know whether I should give advice on appearances and or I should not. I don't want to imply that something is wrong with her looks; society does enough of that to women so we can "fix" every aspect of ourselves, why should parents pile on?

Anonymous wrote:She says she outgrew her frizz but when or who does that actually happen to? The straightening seems permanent though so what could she have done?

I assume she gets Brazillian Blowouts, she certainly has the money for it.

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Anonymous wrote:DUH SHE PROBABLY GOT A REVLON THINGY

Yes! She reads DCUM and we all loved it and bought one! Why not Chelsea! Go Girl!

Honestly, this thing allowed me to have morning workouts before work. In and out of the shower at the gym and locker room in under 30 mins

50-something curly girl here. It is all about the products and learning how to manage your curls. Chelsea has decided she likes straight for now, so what, her hair, her chouce.

For those of you with straight hair and curly-haired daughters, please take them to a curly girl salon and have them teach her how to properly care for her curls. Curly hair tends to need way more moisture. EG, if my husband or son didn't wash their hair for a couple of days, it would be greasy and gross. If me or DD don't wash our hair for a couple of days, it looks great!
Some suggestions: Shampoos and conditioners without sulfates. And towels are a no-no, unless it is a micro-fiber towel.
Either buy one (mine is from REI and nice sized, as my I am currently wearing it long). Never use a brush on curly hair - finger comb in the shower only. I wash 2-3 times a week and condition every day.

Good curly girl salons include Oasis in Rockville and Fiddleheads in DC. Someone in VA can chime in with suggestions as well.

Isn’t this common? Look at Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Kidman, Julie Roberts. I assume they either do blow outs or have had a straighten treatment like Brazilian blowout/keratin.

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Anonymous wrote:I have hair like that. There is no way to get it that straight except with a lot of work blow drying it every day but as soon as you go out it frizzes OR a treatment like Keratin. With a Keratin treatment, its much easier to blow dry and maintain. I hardly doubt she's doing it naturally. Her parents, given the media should have paid for someone to help her with her hair.

I agree that this is not just a natural change and that she’s probably blowing it out each day. That’s what I do too. But I can understand that either her parents didn’t want to imply that there was something “wrong” with her curly hair or that in adolescence she didn’t want anyone drawing more attention to it. Kids are so painfully self conscious. I hated my hair until a hairdresser blew it out for me before my junior prom. I didn’t even realize that was something you could do (and neither did my mom). We were pretty low maintenance in terms of that kind of thing.

+1

Also remember it was 25 years before instagram beauty influencers, you tube gurus, globalisation of beauty treatments and that kind of info was not available to everyone or almost anyone even. It was just a different time in the early 90s. Yes even the first family of the US probably didn't have access to the options and all the products that exist now

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Anonymous wrote:DUH SHE PROBABLY GOT A REVLON THINGY

LMAO!!

Ha ha! I have hair similar to Chelsea's, and wore it curly all the time. I used a lot of gel back in the day...
Now I use the Revlon thingy and I'm good to go for 3-4 days at a time. With my curls I would be lucky to get 2 good days before I would have to wear my hair up or wash/style it again.
I do wear it curly now and then - esp in the summer since my hair is almost up anyway. Nice to have options.

She got a Brazilian blowout to straighten hair--it's very common.

I had super thick, wavy and frizzy hair as a kid and teen. It calmed down a TON in my 20s and post kids it’s practically straight unless it’s very humid out, in which case it curls especially around my forehead and neck. It’s also thinned significantly since I’ve had kids. Like I have half as much hair as I used to have. I used to get it thinned every time I got it cut, otherwise it was a huge pouffy mess, but now my hair is pretty average. My oldest Dd had blonde ringlets as a toddler and young child and now has incredible, thick, perfectly wavy blonde hair but amazingly she has very little frizz. Her hair is enviable. I hope she keeps it!
I’m a few years younger than Chelsea and knew her growing up remember being horrified by the media attention she got. She was incredibly resilient although I expect it hurt her badly. I was bullied around the same time at the place where we crossed paths and she was always very kind to me.

Anonymous wrote:You are picking on a kid.

Yep, she’s still a kid. Forever. Lol.

Anonymous wrote:I have hair like that. There is no way to get it that straight except with a lot of work blow drying it every day but as soon as you go out it frizzes OR a treatment like Keratin. With a Keratin treatment, its much easier to blow dry and maintain. I hardly doubt she's doing it naturally. Her parents, given the media should have paid for someone to help her with her hair.

I agree that this is not just a natural change and that she’s probably blowing it out each day. That’s what I do too. But I can understand that either her parents didn’t want to imply that there was something “wrong” with her curly hair or that in adolescence she didn’t want anyone drawing more attention to it. Kids are so painfully self conscious. I hated my hair until a hairdresser blew it out for me before my junior prom. I didn’t even realize that was something you could do (and neither did my mom). We were pretty low maintenance in terms of that kind of thing.

You are picking on a kid.