I've been following this routine for almost a year (even though my friends told me off...) robbing my hair it's moisture and oil every morning. The result was that my hair looked great! (--> in the first five weeks :( )
It gradually became dryer beginning to look dull and de-moisturized.
But I wouldn't care, because the curls were still more defined and "together" than before I started washing
my hair everyday! (--> to tell you frankly: I didn't use any conditioner nor no-poo shampoo at that time...little did I know ^^).
But as you may know: All good things come to an end! (though it wasn't really a good thing)
At a certain point my hair wouldn't look "good" in the morning and to make the whole thing even worse
it also wouldn't do after washing it!
And by that time I decided to give up this "morning-wash-'n'-go" thing and went to the local hairdresser...
I told my mom that I was no longer willing to invest so much time in the morning and that I decided
to get a shortcut. She warned me that it might not work out as I planned, but I had my way and left
happily!
The hairdresser was pretty good for my hair afterwards seemed healthy and shiny again.
Now I had chin-short curls which at first (naturally) seemed to be more carefree than my shoulder
lenght curls, but they ended up just like they did before: dry and de-moisturized.
(I just didn't know how to care for them :( and to defend my mom: her hairs not as curly as mine!
I've got my curls from my dad who wears his hair very very short --> no advices how to handle them
curls!!)
I felt horrible about my hair and because my curls are so "thick" I'd have to spend 30€ to get my
hair professionally straightened...and as you know it's not lasting long. My mom wouldn't straigthen it and my dad tried, but it still would look like a disguised curly girl with "home-straigthened" hair...
In despair I searched the internet for a solution...and found one!! Some of you may know what I'm going to tell you now ;) The method I'm talking 'bout is called "blow-drying". I still had some money left and
so I decided to make an appointment to get my hair professionally blow-dryed! Of course I looked things
up on the internet and knew about the health risk with all those chemicals and the formaldehyd, but I
didn't care. The idea of having straight hair and those swooshing ponytails was just too good!
Luckily I gave up the whole idea when I discovered the book "Curly Girl" by Lorraine Massey.
I gave it a last try and searched the internet again for a solution of my problem...
and I found one (big surprise!)!
I read the book and afterwards decided to never ever straighten my beautiful curls again! :D
But I couldn't find any of those products named (or suggested) in the book in the local drugstores.
So I only used conditioner on my hair and skipped the shampoo completely.
It worked out as well and my hair never looked greasy or strawy, but I wasn't satisfied with this.
Finally I found a shop on the internet which is not too pricy and without shipping costs. (big plus for they
can be high!).
I strongly recommend this book to every curly girl struggeling with their hair or tying it back into
a tight poytail every day. It really helps you to be proud of your hair and it includes instructions how
to cut curls yourself or how to do a nice evening up-do.
P.S.: I bought myself the second edition (which also has a chapter for guys!), the first edition
shows you the history of curls among different eras (very interesting, women along the centuries longed for curly hair!)
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