hair texture

today I'm talking about hair texture.

...More specifically, the texture of my hair. For the longest time, I have struggled with how to style my hair as you have probably read in many of my past posts. Basically, I am still learning what to do with this mess. For years I have tried many various (experimental) haircuts.

(2010-2012)

Obviously, there is a huge gap between 2012-2014, but most of that time consisted of me pulling my hair back into a bun, trying to get that shaved spot and all of my layers to grow in. I went from what I am wearing now, to scene hair, to a typical, asymmetrical, lesbian hair cut, then back to my good 'ole elementary do'. But I loved it when my hair was short, it curled magnificently on its own and looked amazing straightened. I could look like a guy or look like a girl depending on what pants I was wearing. Girls love that obviously.

Today, I am still learning a lot about my hair but I lay off the shears and heated tools for the most part. The only thing that sucks about my hair is how full it is on the sides and how flat it lays in the back. It is almost impossible for me to get good volume on the back of my head, so I end up using bows and braids to keep it from slicking down.

With age and so much cutting, my hair's texture has changed drastically from how it was when I was a small (smaller) girl. I absolutely have to cut layers into it, otherwise I look like a Christmas tree. However, here recently I have been center parting to help quench my urge to cut micro bangs into my hair. And along with that great, uncontrollable texture, as a result of not using products to permanently dye my hair, my strands have developed a wonderful, natural ombre to the tips.