A random midnight thought from a dumb girl.
The way hair works is so interesting honestly - head hair at least - the way a hairstyle or cut can massively change how someone looks or is seen by others is so strange to me.
Honestly I don't know shit all about hair, only learnt to how take care of mine a bit better about a year ago, despite growing it for like 6 years now. (wasn't taught much of anything by parents and I'm scared of going to a professional - I've been trimming the ends when they die though don't worry.) It's roughly down to and ever so slightly past my shoulder blades. I don't know what the correct term for my hair is but I guess it's wavy but wants to curl at points? Idk, don't shoot me.
This thought came about because my hair has actually looked kinda okay recently and I looked in the mirror and actually saw myself as a girl because of it. I have a middle part, no bangs, and took the back half and held it where a ponytail would be with the front strands loose in front of my ears and genuinely saw myself as a girl because of it, then I saw my facial hair that I have no idea how to shave (again, never taught anything, just given a dual foil electric shaver and was inadvertently told to just figure it out. I haven't used said shaver and just use a random pair of trimming scissors we have every now and then when I need to go out) and felt ugly and shit and stopped seeing a girl in the mirror.
Sorry for the rambling, I just wanted to get thoughts out and this is the kindest, safest subreddit I'm in and like being here.
Take care of yourselves, cuties. Eat/drink/rest/do something good for you and only you <3