Lokiboo
January 4th, 2018, 11:23 AM
Hi.
I've never had long hair in my entire life. The longest I've had it is MAYBE BSL, and that was before I had one.
My mom was a hairdresser and I've been frying my hair and dying it since I was 7. It's very fine and curly. I would bleach it, blow fry, and I used my straightener every single day. My hair wouldn't touch my shoulders and was breaking off, dry, and frizzy. I could barely fit it into a ponytail. It was like this up until I was 18 or so (when I found this site, actually, and I'm 23 now).
I took some tips off this site, stopped blow frying completely, and only straightened it for special occasions. I stopped shampooing it every single day and only once or twice a week. My hair finally stopped growing and wasn't as fried anymore! Also, the healthier it got, the more my curls relaxed and stopped trying to fight me.
Then, I moved to a big city and got a job at Hooters. One day, the manager told me that he hated my curls and told me to straighten them... so, I went back to using my straightener every day. I would get in trouble if my hair was curly (thank goodness I don't work there anymore). I got another appearance-based job after that, and whatever confidence I built up about my natural hair was completely gone. I used my curling iron and straightener, and began dying it again.
Then, I modeled for a hair studio and they gave me a bob cut with bangs. I went back to not being able to put my hair in a ponytail.
Went through some bad shiz in 2016 and bleached my hair TWICE and dyed it blue over and over, more times than I can count. It's pretty fried now. Stopped bleaching and dying back in July/August, so I've got a gross green colour with bad roots... hoping that maybe one day it'll look like an ombre? Lol.
Quit using shampoo recently and I'm determined to try to grow it out again. Hopefully one day I'll have long hair. :/
I've never had long hair in my entire life. The longest I've had it is MAYBE BSL, and that was before I had one.
My mom was a hairdresser and I've been frying my hair and dying it since I was 7. It's very fine and curly. I would bleach it, blow fry, and I used my straightener every single day. My hair wouldn't touch my shoulders and was breaking off, dry, and frizzy. I could barely fit it into a ponytail. It was like this up until I was 18 or so (when I found this site, actually, and I'm 23 now).
I took some tips off this site, stopped blow frying completely, and only straightened it for special occasions. I stopped shampooing it every single day and only once or twice a week. My hair finally stopped growing and wasn't as fried anymore! Also, the healthier it got, the more my curls relaxed and stopped trying to fight me.
Then, I moved to a big city and got a job at Hooters. One day, the manager told me that he hated my curls and told me to straighten them... so, I went back to using my straightener every day. I would get in trouble if my hair was curly (thank goodness I don't work there anymore). I got another appearance-based job after that, and whatever confidence I built up about my natural hair was completely gone. I used my curling iron and straightener, and began dying it again.
Then, I modeled for a hair studio and they gave me a bob cut with bangs. I went back to not being able to put my hair in a ponytail.
Went through some bad shiz in 2016 and bleached my hair TWICE and dyed it blue over and over, more times than I can count. It's pretty fried now. Stopped bleaching and dying back in July/August, so I've got a gross green colour with bad roots... hoping that maybe one day it'll look like an ombre? Lol.
Quit using shampoo recently and I'm determined to try to grow it out again. Hopefully one day I'll have long hair. :/