When curly hair styles were “in” I was a happy girl, but when dead-straight hair was the trend, I was just plain miserable. Every attempt at a straight hairdo ended up a frizzy mess!

Eventually I learned to quit fighting it and go with the flow – or go with the curls – and became an expert at taming frizzy locks. You will find many tips here about managing curly hair, things you should do and things you definitely should not do if you love your hair.

Over the years, your hair texture changes, and so does the way it needs to be treated. Approximately every seven years (or so I have been told) this occurs, which makes sense to me now after watching my daughter who was blessed with fine curly locks as a baby that turned to a wiry, unmanageable mess as a teen and is now a beautiful head of relaxed, red, spiral locks.

Naturally curly hair can be a challenge, because the tightness of the curl can vary in different areas. In many instances, the curl is tighter around the temples and hair line, than it is in the back. This is very important information for your stylist, by the way.

When you make your hair curly, whether by perm, hot rollers, or a curling iron, the curl is even all over and much easier to control the look you want.