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Anyone else want bigger, wavier hair?

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Pheasantlysurprised · 19/10/2021 16:38

Im growing more and more towards this in recent years.
Im fluffy and wavy myself, and have spent the past 15 years ironing it into a tired, flat disaster. If I slap a bit of leave in conditioner on it and dry it in a twist, or else just allow it flow, it looks healthier and thicker and just....more alive.
It really doesn't have to conform to anything it isn't. And I don't have to spend a fortune 'correcting' something that should not be considered wrong.

I was also looking at some older style pics on Pinterest and loved the wanton haphazardness of Helena Bonham carter's hair, Kate bush, etc.

Im not suggesting the 80's bon Jovi here, im talking about a more relaxed, natural, substantial kind of liberation from the super glossy, almost cardboard cut out styles we have been used to seeing for so long now, where women in the media are all straightened and glossed, afraid to move in case a stray strand breaks free.
Natural straight hair is gorgeous, but it has dominated the demands on women for too long, I think. The desperation to fight any fluffiness or frizz is kind of sad really.

Anyone else growing to prefer a little more wildness and naturalness to their hairstyles? This can look both contemporary and well groomed, but I believe we have been hoodwinked into perceiving it as crazy or untidy.
It didnt seem to bother anyone prior to the GHD craze - a very long running obsessive trend for very repressed, neat hair that had to reflect light like gloss paint and barely move.

And it isn't 'either-or' either: we can absolutely have natural, bigger hair without being untidy. I can't even relate to having to become a 'curly girl', which always strikes me as infantile and yet another way to beat oneself into submission - many curls and waves are not uniform and such strict methods are no cheerier than the GHD obsession to my mind.

Seen a lot of younger women and girls with long, fluffy hair, going with their natural texture out and about for a few years now. It's one thing as a middle aged woman I am happy to see!

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Ddot · 04/11/2021 17:15

Your hair needs to find itself again, if you have been straightening for years it will take a while for it to get its funk in order. Watch YouTube, look for afro natural hair clips. I've got lots of tips that way, obviously not all are appropriate, as my hair type is slightly different but you can pick and choose what you find interesting.

Ddot · 04/11/2021 17:21

highlandcoo
Try twisting the back into ringlets with your fingers about four segments should do, add some mousse and it should look more defined once dry

gunnersgold · 04/11/2021 17:42

No , I have massive curly hair and everyone has to comment on it or touch it ! So annoying!

Pheasantlysurprised · 04/11/2021 18:38

@gunnersgold

No , I have massive curly hair and everyone has to comment on it or touch it ! So annoying!
I get you, I grew up with this, but I will be damned if it inhibits me!
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gunnersgold · 04/11/2021 19:06

No it doesn't and I realise im very lucky to have great hair but please don't touch me !!🤣🙈

Pheasantlysurprised · 06/11/2021 15:01

Also want to add this instagram vid - I really love this girl's hair, it is curly but seems to be going with natural texture rather than tons of product or caring about definition. I love the fluffiness of it, her hair looks so healthy.

www.instagram.com/p/CIn4JY4Heaj/

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