If you’re like me, you might think that your hair is somewhat of a lost cause. There have been some products to help me save a styled look just a bit, but my natural hair is very much like the book-version of Hermione’s in the Harry Potter series (not Emma Watson’s perfectly styled hair of the movies).
I’ve always got a ton of baby hairs, and even my regular-length hairs fly around with absolutely no control. My hair is curly, so I have to wet it in the mornings if I want it to be anything presentable.
The fact is though, I don’t think my hair has to be perfectly styled to be presentable. I feel similarly about wearing makeup as I do my hair: my natural style is exactly enough. My face doesn’t need to be changed in order to look acceptable, and neither does my hair.
When I think about my own hair, I think about people who have hair like mine. I had pixie length hair for about three years because I didn’t know how to style my hair. At that time, I clung to celebrities that also had short hair and rocked it.
I do the same thing now. I cling to celebrities with curly hair that falls on the frizzy side. Women like Beyonce and Vanessa Hudgens show off their natural hair every now and then, and it reminds us that our image of perfection is a long list of hair and makeup products.
We’re bombarded with messages about having the perfect hair, makeup and body. A lot of these messages are so unrealistic. Given genetics, height, weight and hormone levels, some things just aren’t possible.
When I started to grow my hair out from my pixie style, my hair started to fall out. I had really thin hair for years, and I constantly lost handfuls of it. So when my hair started coming back in healthy and strong, I embraced it and all of its frizziness.
When you have any sort of issue, just remember that someone else faces that issue. Especially with beauty problems, your experiences aren’t solo experiences. You can Google how to solve it or Pinterest styles, but the best solution is learning to embrace whatever it is.
Whether it’s acne, glasses or curly, frizzy hair, growing to love your individualities is the best transformation possible.