Straight Up

As a curly-haired individual, I've come to accept that some questions I will forever be asked include, "Have you ever straightened your hair?" "What did it look like?" "How long was it?" and, "How long did it take?" This past weekend, the Dominicans I live with wanted to make my hair 'pretty,' and so began the two day process to turn my springy spirals straight as sticks. 

It started with putting my hair in giant rollers right after breakfast and leaving them in until right before dinner. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of me at this particular point in the process, but here's a general idea of what it looked like:

 

The next step was to wrap all of my hair around my head in a "tubie," put a net on it, and let it set over night. The following picture is of me and my roommates with our tubies:

 

 

And the two following pictures are of the end result:

 

 

 

Unfortunately, about five minutes after this picture was taken, my spirals began to re-assume their positions, and we all confirmed that I am more so wired to sport crazy curls instead of lengthy locks!