Rilig
December 7th, 2011, 07:27 AM
So I've been waiting for my account to be moderated, and it finally has! Yay!
Anyway, here's my hair story: I've had medium-long hair all of my life, at about my shoulder blades. My mom has a beautician's licence, so she has always cut my hair. My hair was frizzy, bland, and wavy during middle and high school. My mom never really liked my hair (''Curly or straight! Pick one!''), and tried perming it and chemically straightening it in middle school. She tried to get me to use products, but I never liked them.
Finally, in August of 2010, I got my friend, Kitty, to backcomb my hair and give me dreadlocks. I was away at college for the next year, so it was as good a time as any to try something new. I kept them for nearly 1.5 years, but then in Early November, my mom and I decided to comb them out. They just weren't my thing. It took most of the month, but my hair is now loose. Surprisingly, though, after being confined in dreads for so long, my hair is curly now. :confused: I like it, and my hair is in nice condition from the natural hair care I used while I had dreads. (But it gets poofy if I use a hairdryer. Don't like the thing anyway :bigtongue: )
tl;dr - bland, wavy, frizzy hair + dreads and natural hair care - dreads = curly, awesome hair!
I found LHC when I was looking for tips on combing out my dreadlocks, although the post I found was unrelated. I lurked, but now I'm actually here!
Anyway, here's my hair story: I've had medium-long hair all of my life, at about my shoulder blades. My mom has a beautician's licence, so she has always cut my hair. My hair was frizzy, bland, and wavy during middle and high school. My mom never really liked my hair (''Curly or straight! Pick one!''), and tried perming it and chemically straightening it in middle school. She tried to get me to use products, but I never liked them.
Finally, in August of 2010, I got my friend, Kitty, to backcomb my hair and give me dreadlocks. I was away at college for the next year, so it was as good a time as any to try something new. I kept them for nearly 1.5 years, but then in Early November, my mom and I decided to comb them out. They just weren't my thing. It took most of the month, but my hair is now loose. Surprisingly, though, after being confined in dreads for so long, my hair is curly now. :confused: I like it, and my hair is in nice condition from the natural hair care I used while I had dreads. (But it gets poofy if I use a hairdryer. Don't like the thing anyway :bigtongue: )
tl;dr - bland, wavy, frizzy hair + dreads and natural hair care - dreads = curly, awesome hair!
I found LHC when I was looking for tips on combing out my dreadlocks, although the post I found was unrelated. I lurked, but now I'm actually here!