From squirrely to curly!

by Anna Marie
(Omaha, NE, USA)

"now" ;)

In high school, I haaaaaated my hair! It was only acceptable to have straight, smooth hair, and mine was frizzy with a medium curl. I fought and battled, and eventually gave up every morning, in a tight, uncomfortable, unattractive bun at the bottom of my head. No one gave me compliments, ever. In fact, I even got teased.

Well, when I went to college, the curly trend was starting to erupt, and while the girls in my dormitory were all struggling to curl their straight, smooth hair, I had bouncy curls naturally, and finally got to use them for good! Only problem was, they were still really frizzy!

After getting my hair cut several times and letting it grow out, the frizz of adolescence finally left, and I had beautiful, smooth, curly hair - what a dream, right?

It would have been, except my hair was brown. Dull, medium brown - no shine, no color, no nothing, just blechy brown. So, you guessed it, I started to home dye my hair. At first it didn't work, but I tried again and again until I got the color I wanted. Everything went downhill when one day I colored my hair, washed it clean, blowed it dry, straightened it, and immediately went swimming - in a pool that was closed! We broke into the apartment pool where my boyfriend lived, and snuck for a private swim, but the pool had JUST been chlorine-treated, and when I got out of the pool, my hair had been chemically fried, and I couldn't even brush it through.

I cut it all off, short short short - like an inch short! I vowed to never dye it again, and never straighten it again, and now? A couple years later?

Well, I've taken care of my lovely locks and now they're taking care of me. Never again will I heat treat or dye my hair - all natural is all beauty, baby!! :)

AND what's even MORE amazing, is that the last couple months, if I use Garnier shampoo/conditioner in one, I get really curly hair, but if I use Suave for Curly shampoo and conditioner, my hair brushes smooth and straight! Plus now that my locks are healthy, they shine and are a beautiful rich cocoa.

It's so beautiful and healthy now, all because I let my true colors, and true curls shine through!