it's time to get real

Okay.  I feel like we know each other pretty well by now, right?  I'm going to share something with you that you don't know about me.  As you've seen by my pictures I have fabulous hair.  Haha.  Well I wish I could say I wake up and it looks like that, BUT it takes lots of work to get it to look that awesome.  You know why???  Because I have naturally curly hair.  That's right, I straighten my hair EVERY DAY!!!!!  Here's a little background on my hair.  :)

I had curly hair from really early on.  And I'm not going to lie, I think I was a pretty cute little girl.

Then when I got a little older, I didn't like it so much so I slicked it back into a curly/frizzy pony tail.  This was not a good look for me.  Ha.  

This is basically what I looked like from middle school through collage.  That's right college.  Uggg.  I had long, curly hair.  Don't get me wrong, I don't hate my curly hair...it's just now that I have crossed over and straighten it now, I much prefer it straight.  

I straightened my hair for the first time after college and I've been straightening it ever since!  I got it cut too and now I'm trying to grow it back out.  Look how pretty it is straight!!  This is the ME that I like to look at in the mirror.

It's about to get real!  Here's the process to get my hair from wet and curly to dry and straight.  Picture 1 is me right out of the shower with wet hair.  Picture 2 is after I blow dry.  I brushed it down so it would be more tame.  Picture 3 is me after 30 minutes of flat ironing.  As you can see the left side is already flipped out a bit-story of my life!!!

Here are some of my hair products.  Now I always us the Frizz Ease for heat protection and the other two are used every now and then.  Clearly I have a frizz problem as seen in picture 2 above so I'm always on the hunt for a good product to tame the beast.

With all that being said, I am so tired of flat ironing my hair.  I can't even tell you how much I hate it!!!!  I've been really considering getting a Brazilian blow out.  I mean to not have to straighten my hair every morning for 2-3 months sounds A-MAZING!  

I'd love to get it done soon so that I won't have to mess with my hair this summer.  We'll be traveling to my in-law's lake house and I always end up wearing it curly there because there's no point to straighten it since it will just get wet.  

SO... I need some advice friends...have you ever had a Brazillian blow out, did you like it, did it last as long as they said it would, would you do it again, what do I need to know before I do it??? Any suggestions would be awesome.  

Wishing my super sweet mother-in-law, Laurie, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  Looking forward to celebrating your birthday and Mother's day this weekend!  Have a wonderful birthday!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday FRIENDS!