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I want HER hair! Is that too much to ask?

November 19, 2016 6 Comments

I have lamented several times on my blog the love-hate relationship I have with my naturally curly hair. Today I love it, but tomorrow may be a different story. I look at other women with their seemingly perfectly coifed natural curls and think to myself, “I want HER hair! Is that too much to ask?” So here are some of my curly hair “I want HER hair” inspirations! Images borrowed from Pinterest I know how to style my hair, but getting the right cut is an important aspect, if not the most important, of having fabulous, envy-inducing naturally curly hair. […]

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Curly Hair, Don’t Care… But I Do Care!

March 1, 2016 No Comments

I love my naturally curly hair, but sometimes I’m not “in love” with my curls! There are days when I want to go “G.I. Jane” and shave it all off. Not only is my hair curly, and sometimes unruly, but it is mousy reddish-brown, thinning (thanks to being in surgical menopause), and graying at the roots. Since I was 16, I have had a love-hate relationship with my hair. The summer between my freshman and sophomore year in high school, I used Sun-In to lighten my hair. In my sophomore class photo, my hair was orange. My senior year in […]

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What City Do You Belong in?

October 5, 2015 1 Comment

I’ve always said that I’m a city cirl trapped in a country girl’s body. I’ve always wondered which city best matched my beauty style. Photo Source: Makeup.com via Pinterest After visiting and falling in love with both Chicago and New York, I kind of figured I’d fall into one of those two cities; however, I when I took this 9-question quiz, I found that I was more San Francisco than Chicago or New York. According to San Francisco-based MakeupDaily.com reader, Amanda Huggins, “The flower child culture of San Francisco has really contributed to a signature beauty look centered around […]