Just 11% of the world has curly hair! Looking at this number, you can see why the world doesnโt cater to those with ringlets and spirals. But that doesnโt mean that we arenโt understood by each other!
1) People Trying To Touch Your Hair
Listen to Solange Knowles when she says, โthis here is mine.โ Her hair is awesome and so is yours. Itโs not free real estate and should have the same rights as straight hair.


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2) When You Fall Asleep With Wet 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 youโll wake up to.


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3) Failing With Curly Hairstyles
Finding a curly updo that works is no easy task. You canโt control exactly what your hair will do any it seems like anyone who does curly styles has naturally straight hair.


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4) Never Wearing Hats
Wearing a hat can be bad for anyoneโs hair. But when you have curly hair, you can come out with a tangled mess of matted ratโs nests. Yaโll know what I mean.


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5) Not Running Your Fingers Through It
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 isnโt, and you donโt even touch your own hair.


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6) A New Meaning To Bend And Snap
If you could make a ponytail holder last more than two days, that would be great. Youโve probably tried a dozen different specialty hair ties and none of them seem to last.


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7) Finding These Lost In Your Hair
If you havenโt 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.


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8) Dealing With The Mousse Crunch
No one wants that gel or mousse crunch. Itโs totally 2002 and should be left there. It was all fun and games before but now soft spirals are the way to go.


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9) The Shower Dilemma
Taking a shower will reset your hair. But when itโs been a couple days since youโve washed your hair, then you kind of need to do it, right? Even if you are having such a good hair day.


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


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11) Having A Fear Of Stylists
Everyone has a slight fear of stylists, but when you have curly hair, itโs way worse. When you ask them if they cut curly hair and they say, โhair is hair,โ you know they arenโt the one.


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12) It Takes All Day To Dry
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 itโs time for another shower.


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13) The Major Change When It Dries
When your hair does dry, itโs completely different than when itโs wet. It looks darker, longer, and smoother. But give it a few hours to ligthen up and poof, poof, poof.


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14) Trying To Cut Your Own Bangs
Cutting your own bangs is never a good idea. But when you have curly hair, itโs the worst idea in the world. It takes a special person to correctly cut curly bangs.


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15) That Amazing Hair Day
When you have that one hair day that is just amazing, you canโt stop smiling. Having all of those messy days makes you really appreciate it when you have a good one.


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16) People Complain When You Get Too Close
Your hair may be tangled, poofy, and out of control, but youโre not the only one who knows that. If you try to cuddle with your partner, they may protest with hair in their mouth.


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17) Owning Those Great Hair Days
Not only do good hair days make you giddy, but they make you want to go on a photoshoot. Ainโt no one got nothing on you, right? You could slay the red carpet any day of the week.


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18) Just General Frizz
Frizz. Itโs every curly-haired personโs worst nightmare and everyday life. Thereโs nothing you an do to control it 100% but at least after all these years, youโve learned to deal with it.


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19) The Pineapple Head
Thereโs a reason curly-haired girls donโt 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.


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20) Then You Try To Grow Your Bangs Out
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.


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21) Remembering Those Days You Longed For Straight Hair
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!


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22) โYour Hair Looks Better Straightโ
You get tired of people telling you that your hair looks better straight. Itโs like them telling you that you look better with a different skin tone or eye color. Rude!


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23) Every Curly Haired Personโs Dream
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.


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24) The Obsession With Curl Types
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!


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25) Having New Best Friends
You will always have a few go-to products that you canโt go without. Everyone has their own set and yours is a special combination that you put your trust in every day.


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26) Straighties Trying To Give Advice
Straight-haired people trying to give you advice is like people who arenโt parents trying to give you parenting advice. They donโt understand and never will.


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27) Getting Caught In Everything
You canโt get through an entire day without your hair getting caught in something. Just donโt commit any crimes because your DNA will be everywhere. I promise.


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28) The Inevitable Poof
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.


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29) When It Looks Perfect At Home
If you take a shower and let your hair dry before bed, for some reason, it looks amazing. Maybe itโs the lack of stress and your hair isnโt reacting the same.


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30) Never Enough Conditioner
Shampoo is the worst! Especially if it has sulfates. Thatโs why curly-haired girls use so much conditioner. It is your best friend and keeps things as smooth as possible.


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31) Combing Is Futile
Combing your hair isnโt 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.


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32) Misrepresentation In Movies
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 โcurledโ hair. Not curly.


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33) Using Your Fair Share
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.


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34) Straigtening Never Works Out
If you make it through straightening your hair, you probably donโt want to leave the house. The only thing worse than humidity on your curly hair is it on your straightened hair.


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35) Totally Relating To Hermione
We all watched the first Harry Potter movies and felt Hermioneโs pain. She had the frizz bug and you wanted so bad to teach her how to care for her young curls.


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36) Unspoken Competitions
This is so true! While youโre not serious about it, you canโt help but compare your hair to other people with curly hair. If they win, you want to ask what their secret is.


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37) Not Knowing Your Hair Is Curly
There are so many girls who have straight-haired parents who didnโt know how to treat their hair. So they spent years washing and brushing it before they realized it was curly!


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38) Gaining Length When You Straighten
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.


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39) Trying To Find A Good Sleeping Position
Finding a sleeping position that doesnโt disturb your hair is nearly impossible. And if you do find one, itโs so uncomfortable that you start not caring about your hair at 2am.


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40) The Search For Sulfate-Frees
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.


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41) Eating Hair In The Wind
If you are out in the wind, you will wat hair, have it in your eyes, and other peopleโs faces. If youโre lucky, you can pull off the curly ponytail. But most of us are not lucky.


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42) UmโฆWater?
People with naturally straight hair donโt 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.


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43) Experimenting With Products
While you may have your favorite products, you canโt help but buy new ones every once in a while. They usually donโt work out so you have this giant collection just sitting there.


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44) The Ultimate Bedhead
That scene in Brave is a perfect example as to what itโs like waking up with curly hair. Itโs a mess, itโs in your mouth, and it scares everyone else in the room.


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45) The Unpredictability
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.


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46) Fearing Short Hair
Getting short hair is totally in right now. But when you have curly hair, thereโs always that fear that youโll get a look you werenโt going for.


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47) Constantly Breaking Brushes
You may break your fair share of ponytail holders, but whatโs even more disheartening is when you break your favorite brush. Those things arenโt as easy to replace.


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48) Helmets Are The Enemy
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.


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49) Thinking Everything Is Fine Until You See Your Reflection
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.


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50) Humidity Will Ruin You
Humid days are worse than rainy days when you have curly hair. It doesnโt matter how many products you use, you canโt stop the poof and the poof is your worst nightmare.


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