Women with naturally curly, frizzy, wavy or tightly curled hair

[swkstudent]

do you feel pressure to straighten your hair all the time? How often do you just wear your natural hair?

[ancmetro]

 
     I use special hair rinses to keep my hair straight because the weather really messes it up. I think it is the humidity. I prefer to have my hair straight...avoiding a bad hair day!

[ernica96]

Until a year and a half ago I had a perm but I took it out (had to regrow my hair back out) so with few exceptions when my hair is braided, I leave it out naturally all the time ...even an afro sometimes 

[tdecet]

I have natural wavy hair, and I wear it that way all the time,  I never have tried to straighten mine at all. 

[virigarcia]

My hair is really frizzy, once i style it i cannot touch it no more or it becomes worse.

[swkstudent]

Until a year and a half ago I had a perm but I took it out (had to regrow my hair back out) so with few exceptions when my hair is braided, I leave it out naturally all the time ...even an afro sometimes 

Same here.

[swkstudent]

My hair is really frizzy, once i style it i cannot touch it no more or it becomes worse.

What kind of products do you use to control it?

[champak97]

My hair is wavy and I have never straightened it, and always leave it in its natural form.

[mawhite63]

What kind of products do you use to control it?

Almost anything that is sulfate free works well for me.

I always HATED my curly hair and did straighten it once when I was a teenager. When it started to grow back in, the naturally curly roots looked ridiculous.

A long time back I read "Curly Girl" by Lorraine Massey and it really made a huge difference. If you haven't read it, you may want to check it out. Most libraries have it, and I know you can get used copies on Amazon for as little as $0.10. I found a salon that did Deva Cuts and I won't have my hair cut any other way. I only get my hair cut once a year now, and the cut is so amazing, as it grows in it still looks great.

After I started with the Deva Cuts I used the DevaCurl shampoo, conditioner and gel for a long time, but they're pretty expensive. I started experimenting with other sulfate-free products and finally settled on the L'Oreal Paris EverStrong Hydrate shampoos and conditioners, and I still buy the DevaCurl gel.

Hope this helps!

[jenniferhoder]

My hair used to be really curly, but it's more wavy now. I usually straighten my hair a few times a week and try and wear it more "natural" to avoid all the "damage" of blowdrying and straightening....
I have found a few products that work to avoid the frizzies- but not that many things actually work!

[jenniferhoder]

My hair used to be really curly, but it's more wavy now. I usually straighten my hair a few times a week and try and wear it more "natural" to avoid all the "damage" of blowdrying and straightening....
I have found a few products that work to avoid the frizzies- but not that many things actually work!

[jseiden]

PLEASE, LADIES BE THANKFUL FOR NATURAL HAIR THAT IS CURLY AND OR WAVY. I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE THAT! MY  HAIR IS STRAIGHT BABY FINE AND YOU CAN NOT DO MUCH WITH IT

[lorettahknox]

I don't think you mean this but look at African American women who go through chemical straightening several times a year because society demands it of them to hold down a decent job. We are made to feel as if something is wrong with us if we don't uphold a standard that has nothing to do with our culture. To me that is a form of mental abuse. It makes little children think that they are less than beautiful. I think it's hateful.

[reiddb]

I LOVE my curly hair!!!  I straightened it once and my hair was so thin my ears poked through and my husband said, "Please don't ever do that again!"  I just find hair products that work great and love my quick, easy curly hair!  Enjoy it!!!