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Another episode about hair?! Guys, the curly hair community NEEDS this one, I need this one. The haters will say trauma from curly hair is a stretch - by haters I mean people without curly hair! Anyone with curly hair knows it's a fucking struggle, a beautiful struggle, but still a struggle.
Meet my hair stylist, Valerie or Val of ValCutColor. Val is a curl specialist and the first specialist I found in LA - after 7/8 years of trying 7 different curl stylists in LA before her. When I got my extensions out for good, I had two not very cash money hair cuts before I found Val, who spent 4 hours putting my hair back together. She went curl by curl to get it to the sexy as hell place it's in today.
Curly hair is more expensive, it requires more time, internalized racism and microaggressions surround curly hair. Curly haircare is is muddled with misinformation and a lack of education. People can be ashamed of their curly hair and reluctant to own it for a while, if not forever.
Knowing all this, when Val heard my story, she extended a level of empathy that is so hard to find and get from beauty specialists. I'm not the only one she has extended that empathy, time, love, and care to - she extends it to all her clients. She knows all curly q's have had a lifetime of niche trauma.
There is barely any discourse in the community about this, so I figured, I would create it. I owe it both to myself and all curly girlies.
Win most, lose some
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Val's Recommendation:
The Answer to How is Yes by Peter Block
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