Plus, the only thing that can wash them away are sulfates. Silicones help hair feel shiny, but they build up and leave curly hair flat. But, they also strip away oil, leaving curly hair - often already desperate for moisture - even drier. I was too busy worrying about my hair to pay attention in high school science, but here’s the layperson gist: Sulfates give shampoo that fluffy, so-fresh-and-so-clean lather. If you, too, are curly curious, you might appreciate these life-changing things I’ve learned about curly hair: Kids these days don’t even know how good they have it.īut then I dipped my toe into the online curly haired community, and not to sound dramatic, but I can’t think of anything else on the internet that has changed my life so completely (aside from discovering TV recaps during the first season of Veronica Mars, but that’s a different story). I can’t bear to calculate the amount of time I’ve spent running a flat iron over my hair, only to have it curl immediately.Įssentially, I had to straighten my hair uphill both ways in the snow. The only curly hair literature I came across was - if I was lucky - an afterthought paragraph in a four-page glossy spread about the cutest new hairstyles of 2001 (usually featuring a photo of Keri Russell as Felicity). Where was all of this when I was growing up? No Fantastic Sams in the South Louisiana humidity knew what to do with my hair besides blow dry it straight. Did you figure out your curl type? (I’m a 2c.) Did you find the surprisingly robust Reddit community, with its helpful infographics and miles of threads? Are you now following 17 curly haired influencers who offer daily 360 degree curl tours on Instagram Live? Is your Amazon cart full of root clips, protein masks, and Buffs? I dare you to google “ curly hair” and then meet me back here in three hours.
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