Curly girlies know that wearing our hair natural and air drying are concepts that sound breezier than they actually are. In my experience, not a single wash day has ever been followed by a carefree air dry sesh. All the effortlessly curly heads I know are shaped by… a lot of effort.

As a beauty writer, I have a meticulous hair routine. But no matter how precisely I perform it, things inevitably start to unravel when winter comes around. While cooler weather means a break from that pesky summertime frizz, it also translates to parched strands that have been dried out by central heating and made even crispier by low humidity. And since I hate having my hair weighed down by heavy products, I usually just power through from November to March, accepting less-than-ideal hair days as just part o

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