Listen to Solange Knowles when she says, “this here is mine.” Her hair is awesome and so is yours. It’s not free real estate and should have the same rights as straight hair.

Someone with straight hair can usually fall asleep with wet hair and just brush it when they wake up. But when you have curly hair, you never know what you’ll wake up to.

Finding a curly updo that works is no easy task. You can’t control exactly what your hair will do any it seems like anyone who does curly styles has naturally straight hair.

Wearing a hat can be bad for anyone’s hair. But when you have curly hair, you can come out with a tangled mess of matted rat’s nests. Ya’ll know what I mean.

When you see other people run their fingers through their silky tresses, you get a little jealous. If only life were that simple. But it isn’t, and you don’t even touch your own hair.

If you could make a ponytail holder last more than two days, that would be great. You’ve probably tried a dozen different specialty hair ties and none of them seem to last.

If you haven’t found bobby pins in your hair hours after taking your hair down, do you really have curly hair? These things can be life savers but they can also ruin your night.

No one wants that gel or mousse crunch. It’s totally 2002 and should be left there. It was all fun and games before but now soft spirals are the way to go.

Taking a shower will reset your hair. But when it’s been a couple days since you’ve washed your hair, then you kind of need to do it, right? Even if you are having such a good hair day.

Straightening your hair takes hours. It always seems like such a good idea at the time but once you’re about a quarter of the way there, you realize what a huge mistake it was.

Everyone has a slight fear of stylists, but when you have curly hair, it’s way worse. When you ask them if they cut curly hair and they say, “hair is hair,” you know they aren’t the one.

You might be able to get away with diffusing your hair if you put protectant on it before hand. But even that takes an hour. If you let it air dry then you have to wait all day. Then it’s time for another shower.

When your hair does dry, it’s completely different than when it’s wet. It looks darker, longer, and smoother. But give it a few hours to ligthen up and poof, poof, poof.

Cutting your own bangs is never a good idea. But when you have curly hair, it’s the worst idea in the world. It takes a special person to correctly cut curly bangs.

When you have that one hair day that is just amazing, you can’t stop smiling. Having all of those messy days makes you really appreciate it when you have a good one.

Your hair may be tangled, poofy, and out of control, but you’re not the only one who knows that. If you try to cuddle with your partner, they may protest with hair in their mouth.

Not only do good hair days make you giddy, but they make you want to go on a photoshoot. Ain’t no one got nothing on you, right? You could slay the red carpet any day of the week.

Frizz. It’s every curly-haired person’s worst nightmare and everyday life. There’s nothing you an do to control it 100% but at least after all these years, you’ve learned to deal with it.

There’s a reason curly-haired girls don’t usually wear buns on top of their head. When they do, there is a sort of pineapple effect that looks like a nest on top of your head.

After a failed haircut, you let your bangs grow out. When you do, it takes everything in your power not to cut them again because that in between stage is even worse than having them short.

It takes time, but eventually you learn to love your curls. You wonder why in the world you complained so much as a teen and straightened your hair every day. What a waste!

You get tired of people telling you that your hair looks better straight. It’s like them telling you that you look better with a different skin tone or eye color. Rude!

This is a certain hair type. You have beautiful bouncy curls when you let it go all natural. But the second that you sleep on it, it looks like hair stuck to the bottom of a vacuum.

The day that you found Naturally Curly and embraced your own hair type will forever be melded into your brain. To this day, you believe you have at least three different types!

You will always have a few go-to products that you can’t go without. Everyone has their own set and yours is a special combination that you put your trust in every day.

Straight-haired people trying to give you advice is like people who aren’t parents trying to give you parenting advice. They don’t understand and never will.

You can’t get through an entire day without your hair getting caught in something. Just don’t commit any crimes because your DNA will be everywhere. I promise.

The poof is scary everyone knows it. When you have curly hair, your first priority is minimizing it as much as possible without actually losing the naturally body your hair has.

If you take a shower and let your hair dry before bed, for some reason, it looks amazing. Maybe it’s the lack of stress and your hair isn’t reacting the same.

Shampoo is the worst! Especially if it has sulfates. That’s why curly-haired girls use so much conditioner. It is your best friend and keeps things as smooth as possible.

Combing your hair isn’t just pointless, it makes things worse. You can try to shimmy a comb down those locks, but good luck getting out with all of your hair.

When you read a book and find out that a character as unmanageable curly hair, you feel understood. Then you see the film adaption with someone that has “curled” hair. Not curly.

Is there anyone in the world that only uses a dime-sized amount of conditioner? As a curly-haired person with long hair, you probably use a half-dollar sized amount.

If you make it through straightening your hair, you probably don’t want to leave the house. The only thing worse than humidity on your curly hair is it on your straightened hair.

We all watched the first Harry Potter movies and felt Hermione’s pain. She had the frizz bug and you wanted so bad to teach her how to care for her young curls.

This is so true! While you’re not serious about it, you can’t help but compare your hair to other people with curly hair. If they win, you want to ask what their secret is.

There are so many girls who have straight-haired parents who didn’t know how to treat their hair. So they spent years washing and brushing it before they realized it was curly!

Asking a curly haired person how long their hair is can be tricky. It has a different length when wet, dry, and straightened. One does not simply know their hair length.

Finding a sleeping position that doesn’t disturb your hair is nearly impossible. And if you do find one, it’s so uncomfortable that you start not caring about your hair at 2am.

As a curly hair girl, you yearn to follow the curly girl method. This entails using sulfate-free products. So you make sure your shampoo is up to par.

If you are out in the wind, you will wat hair, have it in your eyes, and other people’s faces. If you’re lucky, you can pull off the curly ponytail. But most of us are not lucky.

People with naturally straight hair don’t get it. The hair is curly and it does what it wants. To make it curly, you just get it wet and let it dry. Simple as that.

While you may have your favorite products, you can’t help but buy new ones every once in a while. They usually don’t work out so you have this giant collection just sitting there.

That scene in Brave is a perfect example as to what it’s like waking up with curly hair. It’s a mess, it’s in your mouth, and it scares everyone else in the room.

Who knows what your hair will decide to to today? It really does have a mind of its own. It might have one flat side and it might be all poof. Might as well do the shower reset now.

Getting short hair is totally in right now. But when you have curly hair, there’s always that fear that you’ll get a look you weren’t going for.

You may break your fair share of ponytail holders, but what’s even more disheartening is when you break your favorite brush. Those things aren’t as easy to replace.

While hats are bad, helmets are ven worse. Not only do you get hat hair, you get helmet hair. Which includes the strap getting stuck in your hair and you losing a few strands.

Oftentimes, your hair is on point when you leave the house. But after walking around for a couple of hours and you catch your reflection in a window, you wonder why no one told you that you were such a mess.

Humid days are worse than rainy days when you have curly hair. It doesn’t matter how many products you use, you can’t stop the poof and the poof is your worst nightmare.