#and my mom has very curly kinda coarse hair and a lot of it

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all! I'm sort of growing my hair out (in that I did not cut it and am liking how it looks), and it's kind of growing in curly? I've never had hair this length before in my life, and I think it might be that when it's long the weight makes it almost straight, and when it's super short it just stands straight up. I have no idea how to take care of curly/wavy hair properly, though, if you have any advice? My mom and my sister both have super curly hair, like ringlets, but they both did not learn how to handle curls until after we were not living together and both have a different hair...texture? feel? idk the word than I do. I don't think my hair is the kind of curly that could do ringlets but it's definitely wavier than it's ever been in my life and I love it. So far what I have learned is that if I brush it when it's dry it's no longer wavy/curly, it's just a poofy mess, and a lot of hair products have coconut in them and I am allergic lol

[rawratinyrawr]

Here latelly everything has been reminding me of when I was pregnant, when Micah was born, and of him as a itty bitty baby. I guess because he is turning 1 soon.

So giving him a bath last night and seeing his little curls when his hair got wet is no exception. It made me think of the moment he crowned as I was pushing.

The morning I turned 37 weeks my water broke while I was sleeping. It was 4:20am when it gushed and woke me. There was no doubt that he was coming. BUT I was barely having contractions.

24 hours later they had given me meds to try to ripen my cervix and help me dilate. But I was still only 1 centimeter dilated and my contractions were still mild and very irregular.

As the 24 hour mark came and went we were all exhausted. When the first med didn't work they started pitocin. My mom and wife took turns napping. I tried to rest but was so excited that I was unable to sleep. The pitocin wasn't helping at first. But then, after a while, all of a sudden my contractions grew stronger and longer and became more frequent. They were in my back.

THREE nurses came in my room at that point to discuss options since more than 24 hours had passed since my water broke and I was still only 3 centimeters dilated.

The pain was so intense in my back from the pitocin at that point that all I could do during contractions was roll to my side in a fetal position gripping the bar or if I was standing, bend over the bed and hold the bars and deep moan thru it.

I was becoming so tense, but wasn't dilating quickly enough at that point. I had been trying to hold off on the epidural for as long as possible so that I could walk around and get in different positions if I wanted.

But after more than 24 hours of labor and barely dilated...I knew it was time! If I was going to do epidural it needed to be soon. It was becoming harder for me to walk or sit or lay still for very long. We thought that if we could ease the pain and I could relax that maybe I would dilate. It worked!!

I went from only 3 centimeters to ready to push quickly after that. My nurse checked and said I was finally there and asked if I wanted to practice pushing. I hadn't had much rest and was exhausted but the epidural had worked and it helped me to relax. And I was overjoyed that I had finally dilated enough to be able to push.

So when she said that I could practice pushing if I felt ready it was like a surge of adrenaline kicked in. She called for the midwife, they propped and positioned my legs for me. They showed my mom and my wife how to help hold and bend my legs while I pushed. Then they explained that we were going to push for 10 seconds, take a quick rest, and then push again.

After 31 hours, 11 minutes of labor (and pushing for only a half hour)...he was here!

When I was pregnant we talked a lot about what we thought he would look like. Because my wife is black we found a black donor (more like he found us, but that's a story for another time) when we decided to ttc again. His skin is a little lighter than my wifes, he has blue-gray eyes, and because he keeps his hair dyed different colors we didn't really know his true hair color but assumed it was a brown color based on pictures we had seen of him and his family growing up.

So anyways...we imagined what Micah would look like a lot when I was pregnant. We thought he would have a lot of thick brown or black curly hair, blue, gray, or green eyes, and olive skin.

So imagine our suprise when he was born and his hair was a platinum blonde color. Which is an understatement. It was white!! Which totally shocked us for some reason.

When I was pushing and he started to crown the first thing my midwife said was ohhh, I see blonde hair. I was in the middle of pushing and my wife and I just looked at each other totally shocked. 😂

He came out with the fairest skin imaginable and had white hair and the biggest blue eyes! He was so fair that everyone said he looked like a porcelain doll and several people asked if he was albino. 🙄

He didn't look at all like we had imagined but...He. Was.(is) Perfect!!

He is still very fair but now his hair is like a strawberry blonde in the sunlight and it has some curl to it.

After we give him a bath I dry it a little and put just a drop of lotion in it and lightly rub it into his hair and head and you can really see how much hair he has and how much curl there is. My wife said it looks and feels like the texture is changing and it is starting to become a little bit coarse on the sides and back.

When I was one I was still nearly bald. But by the time I was 3 I had a head full of thick ringlets. My hair has always been a tiny bit coarse, hard to manage, very thick, and dry. When I grow it out I still have thick ringlets like when I was a little girl.

Our donor (his godfather) had light brown hair with tight curls.

So I have no doubts that Micah is going to have a head full of curls in the next few years. Oh, and he has a cowlick at the crown exactly where I have one. 😂

I can't wait for his curls to grow out! With or without hair, with or without curls, he is absolutely perfect in our eyes. But oh my goodness, when I imagine how he is gonna look in another year or two with those big blue eyes and a head full of curls I nearly weep...

How am I supposed to say no to that kind of cuteness?😂

His godfather does hair at nine west. Soon we are going to have to have him show us how to take care of Micah's hair. And watch some videos too. My wife has always been a low maintenance kinda woman so even though she is black she doesn't know how to care for her hair (other than to condition it and put a straightener in it). So she let me know early on that we'll need help caring for his hair as he grows up. Lol. I am fine with that. And only a little bit nervous about learning to care for his hair.

[massielscurls]

My Very First Blog Post: How I Started My Curly Hair Journey

Hi everyone! My name is Massiel and I am a 19 year old second year college student. I am majoring in Journalism and Marketing (as you may know from my bio, duh) and I am a lover of all things haircare, skincare, body care; pretty much all the care’s; I just care way too much, which is why we’re here. Welcome to my very first blog post! WOO *cheering*! I am so looking forward to sharing all of my knowledge with all of you. Let’s get down to business. 

I’ve always been the girl that stood out in class because of her hair. If you know me in person, you know that my hair is big, fluffy, and frizzy- topped off with a patch (or streak) of white hair smack in the middle of my head (yes, you read that correctly). This piece of hair has no pigmentation and has a different curl pattern, so it kinda just awkwardly sits back there. Now of course, my mom sent me to a dermatologist who then referred me to a genetics doctor to get it checked out to make sure it wasn’t anything serious and after countless skin samples and tests, my doctor simply told me it’s a mystery. “It’s nothing and everything at the same time” he said. As if that’s supposed to be helpful. 

As for the rest of my hair, growing up I was never into constantly blowdrying and flat ironing my hair, but I did commit many mistakes like using products loaded with sulfates, silicones, parabens, etc (a curly girl’s nightmare). I did occasionally straighten my hair, and when I did I never used heat protectant, so my hair would really get fried to a crisp. I also never even knew what a deep conditioner was, let alone what a “curly girl friendly” hair product was. So basically, I never took proper care of my hair and it. looked. awful. 

My cousin was the one who originally got me into natural haircare. I remember it perfectly, it was the summer of 2015 and I was at home as usual. At the time, my hair was very long (reaching almost to my waist) so I was very annoyed and flustered because let’s be honest, in 90 degree weather, who wants to have their hair out? No one. Especially not long thick curly coarse hair. I had complained to her about how much I hated my hair and questioned why her hair was so gorgeous and flawless. Thats when she started asking me questions about what I use and how I take care of my hair. Of course, I didn’t know what to respond because I had no clue; I had grown up washing my hair like everyone else did and using the products that everyone else used. As far as I knew, there was no other method for me. And of course, I hated it. 

Growing up as a Latina (specifically being Dominican) is especially hard for girls because of the fact that we are taught and told from a young age to hate our natural frizzy curly locks. The idea that the only way we look pretty is if our hair is pin straight and bone-dead is very very very common. Internalizing this standard of beauty from my own race was super difficult for me because my hair had always been hard to deal with whether it was straight or curly, so being told that my hair wasn’t good enough for me to be considered “pretty” caused a lot of insecurity issues growing up. 

That one conversation with my cousin awoke an interest in me. An interest in researching the curly girl method, how to properly care for naturally curly hair, curl patterns (which I really never knew existed), curly girl friendly natural product brands... all the good stuff. I researched and researched and researched until I finally found all the information I needed to start accepting my hair for what it was and start taking care of it the right way. 

Flash forward to today, November 2017, I absolutely love my hair (and my white patch too). Sure, it has it’s bad days (in life nothing will be easy or perfect), but I have learned to appreciate my natural texture and really take care of it properly. I have gotten 2 DevaCuts (which we will go over later), have become a natural product junkie (seriously, if you were to see my collection, you’d run), and successfully run an Instagram curl page titled (you guessed it) Massiel’s Curl’s, where I upload pictures and videos of my hair , the products I buy, and the ways I style my hair so that followers can keep up with my journey. My friends and family were the ones who pushed me to start up the page in my second semester of my freshman year of college, and I haven’t looked back since. 

Now you may be thinking that hair is just hair. That there was no need for the ten page essay I just wrote up there. But to me, hair gives me confidence. Just how a killer outfit and glowy skin makes me feel pretty, to me hair just seems to take a person to the next level. It’s a statement; the first thing someone sees when they meet you is your hair and your face. It’s important to show love to every part of what makes you, you! 

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We Tried Out Pinterest Hair Tutorials And This Is What Happened

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We Tried Out Pinterest Hair Tutorials And This Is What Happened

Looks like things are about to get Pinteresting.

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2. With Pinterest being one of the most popular beauty resources, we got five women with different hair types to try out the most popular DIY hairstyles.

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Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: I’m Jewish so I got that Jew hair: longish, darkish, curlyish, frizzyish.

Kirsten: I have short, thick, wavy hair. I’ve never been very into doing my hair, so this is going to be interesting for me. I’ll be excited if I can find some quick, easy hairstyles.

Candace: Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been “blessed” with more hair than I can handle. It always air-dries into a a grown-ass Simba mane.

Kristin: I have long, fine, curly hair. If it’s too long I look like a cocker spaniel; if it’s too short, it frizzes up and I look like a clown. I am bad at Pinterest, so I do not have high hopes for this.

Sheridan: Well, I’m black. But really, I like to describe my hair as “What the fuck are you?” It does this weird curly-wavy-straight thing and there’s a reason why I see my hairdresser as often as possible.

4. The Half-Crown Braid Tutorial from Hair Romance from the front…

Christina Butcher / hairromance.com

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Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

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Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  6. …and from the back:

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Macey Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: Not to be Allison Bragg, but I was pretty sure this one was going to be easy for me since I’ve been known to dabble in the braid crown. My technique is typically the poor man’s version of this, so I was a little thrown off, but overall it was pretty easy.

Kirsten: This one isn’t bad. I mean, I am pretty bad at hair, but I can conquer a braid, so this one wasn’t terrible for me. Though I do wish I had some Rapunzel locks to make this look cooler.

Candace: Braiding is actually a way for me to pin down the puffiness of my hair. It was hard to determine how much hair to actually grab though. I was really proud of my braids, so I discovered I DID get something out of Girl Scouts.

Kristin: I got lucky. I got so lucky. I was not expecting this turn out OK and THEN IT TOTALLY DID. I haven’t seen it from the back, but I suspect I am living the American hair dream. Also, taking this out was easier than putting this in.

Sheridan: Like WTF kind of black magic is this shit? The chick’s hair looks FLAWLESS in the tutorial, and if she’s gonna tell me she didn’t blow-dry, straighten, then perfectly wave the bottom in order to have a good base to do this, then buh-bye. In the end, it didn’t look as terrible as I thought it would, but let’s be honest, this style is for longer hair.

8. The Two-Minute Updo With a Headband from Hello Natural

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Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: LOL! We all looked like George Washington or judges from the 18th century.

Kirsten: Is my rat tail out? My ears kept poking out like that girl from Lord of the Rings. Actually, just Orlando Bloom. But like a not-hot version. Also, this did not take me two minutes. This could come out at any second. Actually — like right now, it is coming out right now.

Candace: I think my hair is just too damn thick for the Pinterest lifestyle. I aimed for 1920s chic, but because of how bad I am with hair, I got George Washington mixed with Princess Leia.

Kristin: I think this only takes two minutes if you are good at things, which I am not. Also, my hair is way too fine for this. I feel like I’m wearing a hat. Allison and Kirsten look good, though.

Sheridan: I feel like it’s the Regency era and I’m a Bennet sister but no one mentions me because I’m worse than Lydia.

10. The Easy Hair Bow from Beautylish

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Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: I was so excited for this one because it’s a BOW MADE OF HAIR, GUYS! But it ended up looking like three buns on the top of my head. Whatever, I’m not mad at it. Going to try this every day for the rest of 2015 and see if I can perfect it. Hoping to really nail it down as my summer look.

Kirsten: I feel like this is a hairstyle that I would see on Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. Or maybe Ariana Grande would wear this and people would look at you like, “How does that girl not have a headache?”

Candace: I swear, it is pretty much impossible for me to line something up perfectly in the center of my head. I need to live in the ’80s where everything was to the side. I’m proud because I could actually get a semi-decent bow, but the lopsidedness was so sad, so, so sad.

Kristin: Look, I’ve always wanted to join the Mickey Mouse Club, so this worked out fine for me.

Sheridan: LOL. No.

12. The Half-Up Criss-Cross Updo from Ma Nouvelle Mode from the side…

Natalia Simmons / manouvellemode.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  14. …and from the back:

Natalia Simmons / manouvellemode.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: I don’t get this one at all. It’s just like a half pony thing? Also teasing my hair is a big mistake, and I know not to go there.

Kirsten: When I teased my hair that gave me a nice “after sex” look, but not the kind you want, the kind where you run into the bathroom and fix yourself so the person isn’t terrified of you.

Candace: So, I feel like Snooki pre-baby right now, and I’m ready for my duckface selfie. You’re supposed to tease your hair for more volume in the tutorial, and I should have known not to do that based on how poofy my hair already is.

Kristin: This took me three tries. I tried so hard, you guys, but all I got was mad bumps. My hair just didn’t wanna. No amount of back-combing was gonna make this happen for me. Now I just have a head full of frizz.

Sheridan: So, according to the tutorial, short hair girls can totally rock this hairstyle, and I have to say…doesn’t look too terrible. The teasing was my favorite part — it brought me back to my picturesque New Jersey childhood in which bumps were REQUIRED. I wish I had a little bit straighter hair just so that the sides would look less frizzy and a little more ~sleek~ but I didn’t hate this so SUCCESS.

16. The Straightened Braid Waves Tutorial from Hey Wanderer

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Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: This made me look like I’m in an ’80s hair band. I guess it’s supposed to curl your hair, but it kind of straightened mine?

Kirsten: I think I should have tried larger braids because I kinda look like I got electrocuted. This hairstyle was described as “after beach” wavy and I look like “after I got caught in the undertow” wavy.

Candace: Welp, I was super excited about this, thinking, “YAS I can finally do my hair in under an hour.” Wrong, so wrong. I ended up getting this, like, ’00s middle school crimped-lion hybrid. I made my natural waves turn into teeny tiny riptides. I feel like I have no skill.

Kristin: Yeah, my hair looks the same.

Sheridan: I feel like this hairstyle actually made my hair look straighter. I could totally rock this look normally — no sarcasm. Maybe people will mistake me for Solange Knowles. Don’t white people think that all black people look alike? They’ll be like, “Black girl, big hair, Solange, Solange!” I’m just getting carried away now. This one is an A+, y’all.

18. After putting our hair expertise to the test, we had some final thoughts:

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Allison: I don’t even own a brush, hair dryer, or straightener, soooo I suppose I’m not the target demo here. I prefer to keep my look au naturel, but I am a big fan of all these braids and bows and will definitely incorporate them into my look (summer 2015 here I come).

Kirsten: I’m the type of person that can’t even get all of my hair into a ponytail correctly, so these tutorials were hard for me to say the least. They are advertised as being super easy and quick to do, but if you don’t have fine, long, wavy hair I think they don’t work as well.

Candace: I mean, it’s always been incredibly hard to do anything with my hair, and I know I am an exception, but people still have insanely thick hair like me. I guess there really are hairstyles that are specifically for certain hair, and that’s OK. To those with coarse and unruly hair out there, you’re NOT alone.

Kristin: I think the important takeaway here is that doing your hair is hard, and being good at it is harder, so everyone should just try to be a little nicer and more patient with themselves because we all have to go through a lot of bologna to look good in the morning.

Sheridan: I’m glad I got to be a part of this and represent the awkward black girl who doesn’t know how to do her own hair, but this honestly just reaffirmed my belief that you don’t get in between a black woman and her weekly hairdresser, whether that’s her sister, mom, paid professional, aunt, or even a dad who knows how to wield a comb like no other.

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/candacelowry/this-is-what-pinterest-hair-tutorials-actually-look-like-on

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We Tried Out Pinterest Hair Tutorials And This Is What Happened

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We Tried Out Pinterest Hair Tutorials And This Is What Happened

Looks like things are about to get Pinteresting.

View this image ›

Nathan W. Pyle for BuzzFeed / Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

2. With Pinterest being one of the most popular beauty resources, we got five women with different hair types to try out the most popular DIY hairstyles.

Thinkstock

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: I’m Jewish so I got that Jew hair: longish, darkish, curlyish, frizzyish.

Kirsten: I have short, thick, wavy hair. I’ve never been very into doing my hair, so this is going to be interesting for me. I’ll be excited if I can find some quick, easy hairstyles.

Candace: Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been “blessed” with more hair than I can handle. It always air-dries into a a grown-ass Simba mane.

Kristin: I have long, fine, curly hair. If it’s too long I look like a cocker spaniel; if it’s too short, it frizzes up and I look like a clown. I am bad at Pinterest, so I do not have high hopes for this.

Sheridan: Well, I’m black. But really, I like to describe my hair as “What the fuck are you?” It does this weird curly-wavy-straight thing and there’s a reason why I see my hairdresser as often as possible.

4. The Half-Crown Braid Tutorial from Hair Romance from the front…

Christina Butcher / hairromance.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  6. …and from the back:

Christina Butcher / hairromance.com

Macey Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: Not to be Allison Bragg, but I was pretty sure this one was going to be easy for me since I’ve been known to dabble in the braid crown. My technique is typically the poor man’s version of this, so I was a little thrown off, but overall it was pretty easy.

Kirsten: This one isn’t bad. I mean, I am pretty bad at hair, but I can conquer a braid, so this one wasn’t terrible for me. Though I do wish I had some Rapunzel locks to make this look cooler.

Candace: Braiding is actually a way for me to pin down the puffiness of my hair. It was hard to determine how much hair to actually grab though. I was really proud of my braids, so I discovered I DID get something out of Girl Scouts.

Kristin: I got lucky. I got so lucky. I was not expecting this turn out OK and THEN IT TOTALLY DID. I haven’t seen it from the back, but I suspect I am living the American hair dream. Also, taking this out was easier than putting this in.

Sheridan: Like WTF kind of black magic is this shit? The chick’s hair looks FLAWLESS in the tutorial, and if she’s gonna tell me she didn’t blow-dry, straighten, then perfectly wave the bottom in order to have a good base to do this, then buh-bye. In the end, it didn’t look as terrible as I thought it would, but let’s be honest, this style is for longer hair.

8. The Two-Minute Updo With a Headband from Hello Natural

Hello Natural / hellonatural.co

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: LOL! We all looked like George Washington or judges from the 18th century.

Kirsten: Is my rat tail out? My ears kept poking out like that girl from Lord of the Rings. Actually, just Orlando Bloom. But like a not-hot version. Also, this did not take me two minutes. This could come out at any second. Actually — like right now, it is coming out right now.

Candace: I think my hair is just too damn thick for the Pinterest lifestyle. I aimed for 1920s chic, but because of how bad I am with hair, I got George Washington mixed with Princess Leia.

Kristin: I think this only takes two minutes if you are good at things, which I am not. Also, my hair is way too fine for this. I feel like I’m wearing a hat. Allison and Kirsten look good, though.

Sheridan: I feel like it’s the Regency era and I’m a Bennet sister but no one mentions me because I’m worse than Lydia.

10. The Easy Hair Bow from Beautylish

Alicia Hentemann / beautylish.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: I was so excited for this one because it’s a BOW MADE OF HAIR, GUYS! But it ended up looking like three buns on the top of my head. Whatever, I’m not mad at it. Going to try this every day for the rest of 2015 and see if I can perfect it. Hoping to really nail it down as my summer look.

Kirsten: I feel like this is a hairstyle that I would see on Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. Or maybe Ariana Grande would wear this and people would look at you like, “How does that girl not have a headache?”

Candace: I swear, it is pretty much impossible for me to line something up perfectly in the center of my head. I need to live in the ’80s where everything was to the side. I’m proud because I could actually get a semi-decent bow, but the lopsidedness was so sad, so, so sad.

Kristin: Look, I’ve always wanted to join the Mickey Mouse Club, so this worked out fine for me.

Sheridan: LOL. No.

12. The Half-Up Criss-Cross Updo from Ma Nouvelle Mode from the side…

Natalia Simmons / manouvellemode.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

Macey J Forornda for BuzzFeed

  14. …and from the back:

Natalia Simmons / manouvellemode.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: I don’t get this one at all. It’s just like a half pony thing? Also teasing my hair is a big mistake, and I know not to go there.

Kirsten: When I teased my hair that gave me a nice “after sex” look, but not the kind you want, the kind where you run into the bathroom and fix yourself so the person isn’t terrified of you.

Candace: So, I feel like Snooki pre-baby right now, and I’m ready for my duckface selfie. You’re supposed to tease your hair for more volume in the tutorial, and I should have known not to do that based on how poofy my hair already is.

Kristin: This took me three tries. I tried so hard, you guys, but all I got was mad bumps. My hair just didn’t wanna. No amount of back-combing was gonna make this happen for me. Now I just have a head full of frizz.

Sheridan: So, according to the tutorial, short hair girls can totally rock this hairstyle, and I have to say…doesn’t look too terrible. The teasing was my favorite part — it brought me back to my picturesque New Jersey childhood in which bumps were REQUIRED. I wish I had a little bit straighter hair just so that the sides would look less frizzy and a little more ~sleek~ but I didn’t hate this so SUCCESS.

16. The Straightened Braid Waves Tutorial from Hey Wanderer

Hey Wanderer / heywandererblog.com

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

Macey J. Foronda for BuzzFeed

  Allison: This made me look like I’m in an ’80s hair band. I guess it’s supposed to curl your hair, but it kind of straightened mine?

Kirsten: I think I should have tried larger braids because I kinda look like I got electrocuted. This hairstyle was described as “after beach” wavy and I look like “after I got caught in the undertow” wavy.

Candace: Welp, I was super excited about this, thinking, “YAS I can finally do my hair in under an hour.” Wrong, so wrong. I ended up getting this, like, ’00s middle school crimped-lion hybrid. I made my natural waves turn into teeny tiny riptides. I feel like I have no skill.

Kristin: Yeah, my hair looks the same.

Sheridan: I feel like this hairstyle actually made my hair look straighter. I could totally rock this look normally — no sarcasm. Maybe people will mistake me for Solange Knowles. Don’t white people think that all black people look alike? They’ll be like, “Black girl, big hair, Solange, Solange!” I’m just getting carried away now. This one is an A+, y’all.

18. After putting our hair expertise to the test, we had some final thoughts:

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Allison: I don’t even own a brush, hair dryer, or straightener, soooo I suppose I’m not the target demo here. I prefer to keep my look au naturel, but I am a big fan of all these braids and bows and will definitely incorporate them into my look (summer 2015 here I come).

Kirsten: I’m the type of person that can’t even get all of my hair into a ponytail correctly, so these tutorials were hard for me to say the least. They are advertised as being super easy and quick to do, but if you don’t have fine, long, wavy hair I think they don’t work as well.

Candace: I mean, it’s always been incredibly hard to do anything with my hair, and I know I am an exception, but people still have insanely thick hair like me. I guess there really are hairstyles that are specifically for certain hair, and that’s OK. To those with coarse and unruly hair out there, you’re NOT alone.

Kristin: I think the important takeaway here is that doing your hair is hard, and being good at it is harder, so everyone should just try to be a little nicer and more patient with themselves because we all have to go through a lot of bologna to look good in the morning.

Sheridan: I’m glad I got to be a part of this and represent the awkward black girl who doesn’t know how to do her own hair, but this honestly just reaffirmed my belief that you don’t get in between a black woman and her weekly hairdresser, whether that’s her sister, mom, paid professional, aunt, or even a dad who knows how to wield a comb like no other.

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