michealsmells
Professional Lalafell
Thick, curly black hair that I'm terrible at properly maintaining. In all fairness, with the way I've been getting it cut, it's thinning out in a more manageable way.
I also love getting the "wow you have SO much hair" comment every time I go get it cut!
I have very straight, thick, fine hair. It defies convention. Given the length and volume, I should be able to clip it up any which way, but it slips out of every barrette and clip known to man.
As for curls, it laughs at them. My parents once paid for an appointment to get a perm done (nice waves). It lasted 2 weeks before the curl completely fell out and it went back to straight.
I've given up trying to change the wave and have just grown it out one length and play with color. I'm currently sporting a deep blue.
Oh my God, it sounds like we have the same hair. Mine is also thick but fine and will not stay up no matter what I do. I also had an expensive hair salon perm fall out completely in only 2 weeks.
I gave up trying to do anything with it by the time I was a teenager and leave it in a long, straight, blunt cut.