Embrace your shrinkage.
Shrinkage is one of the major struggles curly girls go through especially the 4c texture. Most times it leaves you wondering what happened to your length or it ruins your styles. This usually happens on your wash day or when the weather is humid. However, it doesn't matter the reasons for the shrinkage but a huge eye opener when the hair transforms from its shrunken state to a stretched state. Now, for this transformation to happen, you don't need to be a professional hair stylist, you can try easy styles like the Bantu knots, twist-outs, braid-out, and even old school corn row. Blow out also gives you the most length but make sure to use cool air. Shrinkage shows that your hair is healthy, so for your natural hair to go back to its shrunken state after been stretched shows that your hair is healthy. It is important to focus on the health of your hair more than being length conscious. The big deal is, if your hair is healthy, your hair will grow. Lastly, ...