March is only my second month on Birchbox, and after my first box was kind of disappointing, I thought I might just cancel, as I barely used anything out of it. But I'm happy I didn't, because this month was bangin, and the sample sizes were pretty big. One of my favs from this month was Jessie's Original Quick Curl Cream.
Originally formulated by two sisters who had an African-American father and Japanese mother and who went on to start their own salon, this stuff is legit - even for those of us who don't have "ethnic" hair. If you have a bit of thickness and curl in your hair already, I think it'll work for you - I can't imagine thin hair or pin straight peeps are going to get a lot out of it. I have the blessing and curse of hair that makes no sense - it's kind of straight but not really, and kind of curly but not really, but also it's short - so usually things are pretty normal looking until you get around my ears, where my hair goes every which way but down. Random chunks point straight up to the sky like demented hair-sunflowers, other chunks twist around in awkward backwards curls, and other chunks, seeing that friends on the other side of my head are pointing up, sweep themselves in just to be contrary. ANYWAY it's madness and no matter what look I'm going for, it always takes work to get all my hair on the same page. I didn't imagine this product could cut my morning hair negotiation time in half, but it totally did.
I was anxious about using this cream on my shorter hair, but
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