Big Red Here. Torn between TR and going natural!
Pwnie
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Hi, all!
My name's Dee. I'm 18, a film student at Arizona State University and originally from Portland, Oregon. I've had giant, natural red curls my entire life. It was cute when I was little, and a hassle when I got older. Here's some pictures for your amusement.
Two years ago I was in the hospital for two months, subsisting on intravenous fluids. When I got out, my hair began to fall out by the handful. It was at that point that I decided to go real short, for the first time since I was ten. I cut it all off, to about two inches. People loved it, and it let me experience a variety of different lengths on the way out.
And there's a trillion more where those came from.
Right now, I've been saving up for thermal reconditioning. I want to be able to wear hats and baggy clothes without looking like a hobo. However, the price is steep and I won't be able to do it every six months for the rest of my life. Now I'm putting some intense thought into this, and I'm leaning more towards going to a curl-special salon and getting a great cut.
I've never worked with my hair before. When it was short, I put in some mousse. When it was an afro, I put in lots of hairspray. As it grows out, I do less with it. No shampoo, no brushing. Just conditioner and a little defining spray now and then. Quite often I put it up in a ponytail.
I'd like to have it thinned - I did this in the past, RIGHT before it thinned itself out. This was a disaster. I had almost no hair left. Now, it's back to normal and I'm thinking that I'd like to have it thinned again and more layers added. I hope that if I work with it, I can define the curls - they've always been left to their own devices, which is usually along the lines of a giant, frizzy bird's nest.
Any tips would be fantastic!
My name's Dee. I'm 18, a film student at Arizona State University and originally from Portland, Oregon. I've had giant, natural red curls my entire life. It was cute when I was little, and a hassle when I got older. Here's some pictures for your amusement.
Two years ago I was in the hospital for two months, subsisting on intravenous fluids. When I got out, my hair began to fall out by the handful. It was at that point that I decided to go real short, for the first time since I was ten. I cut it all off, to about two inches. People loved it, and it let me experience a variety of different lengths on the way out.
And there's a trillion more where those came from.
Right now, I've been saving up for thermal reconditioning. I want to be able to wear hats and baggy clothes without looking like a hobo. However, the price is steep and I won't be able to do it every six months for the rest of my life. Now I'm putting some intense thought into this, and I'm leaning more towards going to a curl-special salon and getting a great cut.
I've never worked with my hair before. When it was short, I put in some mousse. When it was an afro, I put in lots of hairspray. As it grows out, I do less with it. No shampoo, no brushing. Just conditioner and a little defining spray now and then. Quite often I put it up in a ponytail.
I'd like to have it thinned - I did this in the past, RIGHT before it thinned itself out. This was a disaster. I had almost no hair left. Now, it's back to normal and I'm thinking that I'd like to have it thinned again and more layers added. I hope that if I work with it, I can define the curls - they've always been left to their own devices, which is usually along the lines of a giant, frizzy bird's nest.
Any tips would be fantastic!
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you should be able to find some great advice here to help you love your curls..
Anyway, welcome!