When my best friend got engaged last spring, the first thing she texted me —
My aunt spent three months worrying about her daughter’s wedding dress color and exactly twelve
I still remember sitting in a salon chair for four hours, walking out with stunning
I was standing in front of my bathroom mirror at 7 AM, hot tools scattered
So there I was, standing in front of my bathroom mirror at 7 a.m., flat
My husband spent three years asking for “just a trim” every single barber visit —
I spent most of my twenties fighting my hair. Flat, limp, stick-straight fine hair that
I spent three years avoiding short hair because every hairstylist I followed online said round
I still remember sitting in my stylist’s chair, finally ready to cut off years of
I used to avoid updos entirely. Like, completely. My hair is fine, straight, and slippery