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10 Signs You Are Entrepreneur Material

Increasingly more people take the step into the unknown and are becoming entrepreneurs nowadays.

They decided they don’t want to settle for the “normal” jobs our educational systems prepare us for. Instead, they want to have full control over their life.

If you are reading this, you might have taken the first step on this business journey or considering taking that leap of faith.

In whatever situation you are, I’ve collected some of the signs I have come across in other entrepreneurs and myself that seem to cut us out as entrepreneur material.

Ready to learn if you are one of us?

1. The concept of a 9 to 5 doesn’t appeal to you

Your alarm rings. You get out of bed and make yourself ready for the day. At 8 o’clock, you walk into the office and hustle for a few hours. Then you take a lunch break and hustle some more until at 4 pm you leave work and relax at home.

The next four days, it’s rinsed and repeat.

Sounds exciting? Nah, not really.

What if you are more of a morning person and would like to start working at, let’s say 6 am? Or if you are a night owl and instead want to start at 10 am?

What if a nasty headache starts to develop during the day, and you’d love to just go home early?

What if you’d like to take holidays at a specific time, but another colleague has already reserved that spot for himself?

If you are an online entrepreneur, you won’t have those issues most of the time, if you set up your business the right way.

Sure sometimes you may have specific commitments and people that rely on you. But generally, you are much more flexible with your schedule, enabling you to be more spontaneous.

If you like someone else structuring your life for you because otherwise, you’d be all over the place, then a 9-to-5 is probably the right choice for you.

If you are more of an independent spirit that values freedom, an online business with passive income must seem very appealing to you.

2. You want to solve problems

I like to believe that humans are creative creatures. We are meant to create things.

Not just typical “creative” stuff like drawings, music, movies, or stories. But also solutions, inventions, and innovations. That’s what lights us truly up!

Yet a lot of jobs seem very repetitive. Like work that could very well be done by a machine. No wonder those jobs never truly fulfill anyone.

Entrepreneurs are creators and problem solvers. They can feel deeply fulfilled about their day to day work and don’t have to fear being replaced by a machine.

3. You feel like there must be more to life than work and holidays

I always have to cringe internally when I hear adults talking how they wish it was the weekend or their holidays or how they wish those things wouldn’t end so soon.

I find that unbelievably sad. To spend most of your time for maybe 40 years or so doing something you wish you weren’t doing with the only light at the end of the tunnel being your weekend and holidays.

I’d like to have a job that blurs the lines between work and weekend. I want a job that excites me so much that I can’t wait to do it again. That I might even do it on the weekend or during the holidays if I feel inspired to do so.

A job that doesn’t feel like it’s robbing me of the things that I genuinely enjoy because it is one of those things. A job that enables me to make time for other things in my life if I want to, no matter if it’s the weekend or not.

If you feel the same way, entrepreneurship might just be for you.

4. You are willing to work hard

A lot of things seem more comfortable with owning your own business. At the same time, other things can be more challenging than working a regular 9-to-5.

For one, being an entrepreneur means to actually work.

I can’t even tell you how many people I know or have heard of that don’t actually work at work but merely try to pass the time doing god knows what.

One thing’s for sure, this tactic won’t work out in your own business!

Because unlike a typical job, you won’t have a colleague with a great work ethic who basically works for two.

As an entrepreneur, you can’t just pretend you’ve worked the whole day because you will see the real results of that very soon.

Your business will soar or crumble, depending on your work ethic. If you are not ready to put your head down and actually get to work, you should rather stay in a 9-to-5 and hope nobody catches you online shopping during work hours.

5. You are willing to take responsibility

Another thing that separates entrepreneurship from many 9-to-5 jobs is the amount of responsibility you have to take.

You can somewhat see this in higher-level managers. At least here in Germany, they can sometimes be sued for mistakes that happen, where most people would usually blame the idiot who messed up and not the one who gave him the task. But that’s what comes with a higher paycheck.

As an entrepreneur with your own business, you can only blame yourself for things that go wrong. Even if one of your assistants messes up, you have to ask yourself if you’ve made a wrong decision with choosing them for the task.

You can’t blame anyone else. Are you ready to take responsibility like that?

6. You are willing to take calculated risks

As an entrepreneur, you are the one calling the shots. You have to take certain risks to grow your business.

Of course, this doesn’t mean betting all you have on one horse and blindly hoping for success.

No, great entrepreneurs take well-calculated risks.

If you are too much focused on security, this might not be your calling.

7. The people you look up to don’t have a typical job

That’s one of the things I’ve noticed about myself. All the people I highly admire and that inspire me are not working in a 9-to-5.

What about you? Do you admire top lawyers, politicians, CEO’s, or scientists? Or do you admire YouTubers, investors, bloggers, coaches?

Without you consciously noticing it, you are automatically drawn to the people you’d like to be like.

If there are a lot of entrepreneurs among them, this might be your calling.

8. You are sick of having to depend on other people paying you

It can be annoying to be paid by others. You have only limited control over when that payment happens and how much you are going to earn.

You might even work much more than your colleagues, but you still earn the same amount of money.

And when is the right time to ask for a raise?

As an online entrepreneur, you have more power over how much and when you are earning money.

Sure, you still depend on others paying you for your services or products. But if you put the correct systems into place, you can make that money overnight each and every day.

And if you want to earn more money, you can promote more, create more products or build another business.

9. You have never felt comfortable inside the educational system

Many students dislike or even hate school. I wasn’t one of them. I actually liked school and I more or less like uni as well.

But for someone who as never felt like they could fit into this educational system, entrepreneurship might just be the perfect escape from this typical roadmap in life.

10. You have no desire to retire

Most people who subscribe to life with a typical 9-to-5 always seem terribly excited about retirement.

To me, it sounds dreadful. I’d be bored out of my mind. I don’t want to just chill for the last decades of my life!

I want to do things that I love to do. I want to make an impact. And why wait to do that in retirement when I can build a whole life around that?

A life I don’t want to retire from.

With my own business I don’t have to.

On the other hand, in some of those 9-to-5 jobs, it’s understandable that they won’t let you work until you are 90 years old.

I mean, I think we’d all be a bit uncomfortable at the thought of a 90-year-old surgeon or pilot.

But with your own business, you can make the rules.

Well? Did you recognize yourself in some of these points?

Are there any more entrepreneur-to-be signs you can think of? Tell me in the comments below!

And please take this with a grain of salt. It doesn’t mean you can’t be a fantastic entrepreneur if you fit into none of these things.

Keep chasing your dream life!

Sophie

10 signs you have what it takes to build an online business

My Curly Hair Routine

Curly Hair, Miscellaneous Topics

So far, I’ve talked all about my top curly hair tips and mistakes to avoid. But what about my actual curly hair routine?

That’s what I’ll go over into today’s post.

There are two things I want to mention beforehand:

First of all, I have 2c-3a type of curls. What works for me will most likely work best for similar curl patterns.

If you have more wavy or much curlier hair than I do, I encourage you to find at least one YouTuber or blogger out there with a similar pattern.

That way, you also know what exactly to expect your hair to look like.

Number 2: This is, by far, not my ultimate curly hair routine. Even though I have been tweaking it for more than three years now, there is still a lot to improve. In fact, I believe I will never entirely stop working on it.

But for now, this is my current curly hair routine:

Wash day

On washdays, every third-fourth day, I step into the shower with unbrushed and product free hair.

Firstly, I use a non-toxic shampoo that soothes and hydrates the scalp. For years now, I have been struggling with an itchy scalp and product build-up.

I am still experimenting with finding the right shampoo that is not too full of chemicals, yet strong enough to really get rid of that build-up.

To help with that, I use a cheap scalp massager from Amazon to truly massage in the product without having to put all too much pressure on my fingers.

After rinsing out the shampoo and wringing out my hair, I apply sulfate-, alcohol- and paraben-free conditioner that has coldly pressed avocado oil in it and brush my hair.

Doing it this way has a few advantages. Firstly, the brush quickly distributes the conditioner throughout my hair. Secondly, the brushing gives the product some time to get absorbed by the hair without me getting impatient. And lastly, I can smoothly get rid of any knots.

After rinsing everything out, I brush one last time through my hair. While doing so, I am trying to pull the hair away from the scalp.

Afterward, I bend forwards and let my hair hang upside down. Then I lift my head up slightly, before letting my curls drop down a couple times.

It’s not as violent as head banging just quickly but gently shaking my head downwards.

This causes the strands to separate into thinner strands naturally instead of having to use a Denman brush, for example.

Also, it gets the curls away from my scalp.

Following that, I get out of the shower without flipping the hair back.

Still, slightly bend forward, I dry-crunch the curls with a microfiber towel.

Not too long though! Since I found it creates frizz if I crunch for too long.

Now that the hair isn’t dripping wet anymore, I flip it back and go about getting on clothes and putting some moisturizer on my face and sometimes body lotion on my legs and arms.

When that is done, I crunch some moisturizing coconut cream from the tips up into my hair.

I follow it up by a lightweight gel or mousse that I crunch up to the roots.

After that, I let my hair hang upside down again and diffuse around the roots without touching the hair yet.

I’ve recently opted to do that with warm air since it is only the medium setting on my blow dryer, and it doesn’t touch the hair directly, so it keeps from overheating.

Once I feel that the head area is mostly dry, I continue with cold air.

The duration of the next step depends on how dry I want to diffuse my hair. Because frankly, I am quite lazy in that aspect.

I prefer not wasting over 30 minutes, blow-drying my hair. Instead, I opt for letting most of it air dry so that I can continue my studies for uni in the meantime.

I continue diffusing by putting the diffusor into my hair, above the tips, and then cupping everything upwards towards my scalp.

That way, the tips won’t be dried first so that they don’t get overly dry. In the end, I cup my hair from the tips upwards with the diffusor to finish off.

If you let your curls air dry, try to wear a smooth top, so that your hair won’t get caught and stretched out while it is still damp.

Sleeping with my curls

I sleep with my curls in a sort of pineapple-bun.

It would be a pineapple hairstyle if my hair wasn’t so long. That’s why I pull it halfway through the hair tie a second time.

My hair tie is actually a pretty tight one because otherwise, the whole bun falls apart while I toss and turn in my sleep.

I am not entirely happy with this sleeping hairstyle since I do feel like it stretches out the curls, especially the upper half, more than it needs to.

So I am still searching for an alternative. But for now, it does work well enough.

Refreshing

So far, I haven’t been big on the whole refreshing front. So I am still very much an amateur in this.

If I do refresh, I like to get my hands wet and scrunch my hair upwards a few times to get it slightly damp.

Then I use a moisturizing product and scrunch it in.

Deep-conditioning

I used to deep condition once a week and to leave the product in my hair for three hours before washing it.

I’m afraid I used to over-condition that way. So now, I only leave the product in for half an hour.

I hope my curly hair routine gave you so the inspiration for your own.

The most important thing is to keep experimenting.

And don’t get frustrated when it doesn’t work out the way you imagined. Trust me, I have had plenty of disappointing curly hair results, too.

If that happens, I try to make the best out of it and wear a bun or a ponytail until the next washing day.

Keep your hair curly.

Sophie

My step-by-step curly hair routine (2c-3a type of curls)

9 Personal Growth Challenges You Have To Try

Blog, Personal Development

Who doesn’t love a good challenge? Even more so when that challenge aids your personal growth.

Therefore I have taken the time to list some of the personal growth challenges that excite me and hopefully will thrill you as well.

Please comment down below any additional challenge you recommend to your fellow Felicity Seekers.

1. 111 Things To Be Grateful For

The rules are simple: You have to find 111 different things you can truly feel grateful for.

For this challenge, try to find things that are in your life long-term.

For your daily gratitude list, you can write stuff like, “I am so grateful I got the perfect parking spot yesterday when I was later for my appointment.” And it’s great and vital to acknowledge small blessings like these.

But for this list, we want to name big things. Things that you will be grateful for in a year from now when you have a bad day and look back at this list.

2. Read 12 Non-Fiction Books In A Year

It’s sad to hear about those statistics about how few people read actual books nowadays. And it’s even more tragic if you notice that the majority of readers focus on fiction.

There is a whole world out there of non-fiction books that can be truly life-altering! And once you’ve dove into it, I am sure you will become addicted (in a good way) as I have become since my first non-fiction book.

So, I challenge you to read one non-fiction book a month for a year. Or if you are a fast reader and ambitious, you might even challenge yourself to read one book every two weeks.

If you need inspiration on what to read, check out my Reading List for Personal Growth.

3. Try Not To Spend Anything Challenge

For one week, try not to spend any money. If necessary, you can modify this by allowing yourself to pay for one thing – fuel, for example.

This challenge will make you very aware of where you spend your money. And even more so if these are essential expenses or if you can cut them out in the future.

4. Sugar-Free Challenge

It can genuinely be an eyeopening experience to not eat sugar for a week or a month.

Suddenly, you realize how much sugar you’ve actually been consuming and which processed food surprisingly contain sugar.

Also, if you usually have a high sugar intake, you will feel a striking difference in your overall wellbeing throughout the challenge.

I included this food challenge because it might get you started on changing your diet in general. And once you start to focus on what you eat and how to be healthy, you might get into body-hacking, too. And shouldn’t personal growth challenges make you grow in every area of your life?

5. Digital Detox Challenge

Let’s quit Social Media for a month!

I love this challenge because I know how much my life has changed since I stopped being on social media or apps like Whatsapp that much.

I felt better about myself, comparing myself less with my peers, and experienced less envy.

But most importantly, THE TIME BENEFIT!

I still can’t believe how much time I used to spend on all those apps. And mind you, I was by far not as much on them as many others nowadays.

Another thing I recommend is trying to ditch Instagram for Pinterest.

I used to like getting inspired by Instagram. But since it is a social media platform, there were all those people posting about their lives, which got me into comparison mode.

Pinterest, on the other hand, as I now know, is a search engine. That’s why I intuitively used to feel way less pressured and envious when using it compared to Instagram.

I could solely focus on getting inspiration without comparisonitis lowering my vibrations.

6. Learn 1 Skill Every Month

Felicity Seekers are students for life. We love to continuously grow.

Yet in the busyness of daily life, we often forget to make time for learning something new if we don’t consciously block some time for it.

That’s why, in this challenge, I want you to block an hour or so a day to learn a new skill.

This can be accomplished, for example, by joining Skillshare/Masterclass.com/Udemy/Mindvalley and doing one course a month.

7. Recall Your Dreams For A Month

Dreams are more than just random scenes playing out in our minds. In them, our mind processes the input of information it receives throughout the day.

And sometimes, dreams can be quite valuable to us because they make us realize certain things or even spark a new idea.

If we were just able to remember them.

This is where this personal growth challenges comes in.

For the next month, put a notebook next to your bed and write down everything you remember right after waking up.

In the beginning, you might only remember frustratingly small snippets. However, as you keep training your memory, you will remember more and more.

8. Stick To A Strict Sleep Schedule Every Day For 30 Days

This personal growth challenge requires you to go to bed at the same time every day and wake up at the same time daily as well.

Most importantly, this includes weekends!

I used to be very consistent with my sleeping schedule on workdays, but on the weekend, I used to go to bed later and sleep a bit longer.

That changed when I took the weekend shift in a factory over my semester break.

Within two weeks of having the same sleeping schedule every day, including weekends, I noticed that I started to wake up shortly before my alarm went off automatically. And don’t you just love that feeling!

No tiredness you need to beat for the first few minutes of the day. Just waking up energized and ready to tackle the day.

9. 30 days of journaling

We hear about people journaling everywhere. Yet many people seem to consider it somewhat cringy.

I’d like to change your mind about that. Journaling can genuinely help you get rid of those messy thoughts of yours that seem to overwhelm your brain.

I encourage you to take at least 30 minutes of your evening to journal about all the stuff that’s going through your head. Maybe you have to make an important decision but keep getting stuck. Perhaps someone annoyed you, and you really need to get your thoughts out in one way or another.

And should you be completely unsure what to journal about, there are tons of great journaling prompts all over Pinterest.

You can also check out my 11 Journaling Prompts To Sky-Rocket Into The New Year.

9 personal growth challenges you have to try

6 Must-Have Curly Hair Tools

Curly Hair, Miscellaneous Topics

There are a lot of tools on the market that promise to enhance your naturally curly hair.

Since most of us don’t want to or can’t have a whole shelf full of curly hair tools, we have to ask ourselves which ones are necessary and which aren’t so much.

Below I’ve listed all the tools I currently use for my curly hair.

Feel free to leave your own favorite tools in the comments down below. I am always eager to learn more and improve my hair care strategy.

1. Microfiber towel

Let’s start with one of those tools seemingly EVERY curly girl mentions: A microfiber towel.

I have to admit, for a long time, I was skeptical about whether or not I should purchase one.

I couldn’t imagine it to make much of a difference. And the fact that it didn’t pull as much water out of the hair as a regular towel didn’t appeal to me considering how long my hair already took to dry.

But eventually, I got over myself and purchased a rather cheap one from Amazon.

And I’ve genuinely haven’t regretted it even a bit. Very quickly, I felt like my hair was indeed less frizzy if I only used the microfiber towel on it.

So get yourself one of them and try it out yourself!

2. Diffusor

Another fundamental tool that probably every curly girl has is a diffusor.

What’s vital for me to tell you around this topic, is that you absolutely do not need to obsess over getting a fancy diffuser like that DevaCurl hand.

A normal and cheap one works just fine. For example, I discovered that the hairdryer I had used for years before starting to air dry my hair actually came with a diffusor. I have been using it ever since.

Sure, one day, I might get myself a bigger one, where more hair fits in between those diffusor-spikes, but for now, this one works just fine.

So please don’t obsess over it.

However, if you have to buy a new one, keep a lookout for its measurements so that it will fit onto your blow dryer!

3. A brush to detangle your hair gently

Curly hair shouldn’t be brushed too often as it easily creates breakage and frizz.

But of course, we do want to brush it regularly when it’s wet to get rid of any knots.

For that, you should get yourself a brush that enables you to detangle your hair as gently as possible.

I know a lot of people recommend brushes like the teezer tangle brush.

Personally, I tried to save some money and not overthink my choice too much, so I simply took one of the brushes we had at home, which didn’t have too many rods.

4. A hair cap

If you have curly hair you probably get to a point where you wash it only every third day or so.

But as Boss Ladies, we like to take care of our bodies and workout, which means we sweat. Naturally, this means we should wash our bodies more often than every third day.

I more or less managed to keep most of my curls dry while taking a shower by doing a quick updo.

But this is so much easier with a hair cap.

Another thing to consider is heated hair caps, that help the product you use while deep conditioning to seep better into your hair.

5. A scalp massager

I’ve been struggling with an itchy scalp for years now.

The longer I go without washing my hair, the itchier it gets.

So recently, I purchased a cheap scalp massager from Amazon to deeply massage the calming shampoo into my scalp, increase blood circulation, and get rid of product build-up.

And I have to say I do feel like it makes a bit of a difference. At least it is much easier to truly massage the scalp without having to put that much force on my fingers.

6. A silk pillowcase

And lastly, a silk pillowcase to reduce frizz overnight and to benefit your skin as well.

Furthermore, it is an incredibly luxurious feeling to sleep on a silk pillowcase.

And you might be surprised at how affordable it can be. There are, for example, cheaper options that are only silk on one side.

To end this list, I’d like to remind you that no amount of curly hair tools can save your hair if it is damaged.

The number one way to achieve silky and voluminous curls is by nourishing and healing them.

Tools only provide so much additional benefit. That’s why I wouldn’t obsess too much with them and simply acquire one or the other whenever you have the money to spare or a birthday or something is coming up.

Keep your curls healthy!

Sophie

6 must-have tools for naturally curly hair

6 Personal Growth Courses I Want To Take

Blog, Personal Development

There are tons of incredibly valuable and inspiring personal growth courses on the internet. So many in fact that it might be hard to decide which one to choose next.

At least that’s how I feel. Since I am financially still not where I want to be, I am currently prioritizing investing in my business.

Therefore I have a growing list of Personal Growth courses that have caught my eye and which I desperately want to do one day.

I hope some of them will excite you as much as they thrill me.

And please comment down below some courses you are planning to take or incredible personal growth courses you have already taken that you’d recommend!

Read also: 18 Powerful Personal Growth Ideas

Read also: 11 Ways To Spend Your Money Wisely

1. Ziva Meditation

I’ve learned about the Ziva meditation course through Jim Kwik’s Podcast. He interviewed the founder Emily Fletcher, who is a leading expert in meditation.

The course doesn’t just teach you meditation but also mindfulness and manifestation to reduce stress in life, get deeper sleep, have more energy, focus better, and more.

2. Kwik Learning

As mentioned above, I like to listen to Jim Kwik’s podcast (which I highly recommend to everyone!).

So naturally, I am also very interested in his courses.

On Kwik Learning he offers:

Recall Masterclass
Kwik Reading
Kwik Thinking
Kwik Student

Since I am still working towards my law degree, I am especially interested in Kwik Student.

The course teaches how to learn more efficiently and faster with less effort.

Throughout the years, Jim Kwik has worked with well-known people like Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and more.

Whether or not you decide to purchase one of his courses, you should definitely subscribe to his podcast. It keeps inspiring me with every episode.

3. Mindvalley

Now, Mindvalley isn’t just one course but a whole platform full of incredible classes.

They even have quite a few free courses to offer (which is convenient since the membership is quite pricey).

Among others, Jim Kwik and Emily Fletcher each offer a course in the membership.

Also, they have a Podcasts that features well-known experts like Alisa Vitti and Mel Robbins.

It’s definitely worth to check it out!

4. Masterclass.com

Another platform with multiple courses that I am very excited to join in the future!

They offer courses on everything from architecture, interior design, cooking, sports, business, and writing.

And the best thing is the instructors!

Natalie Portman teaches you acting.

Dan Brown and Neil Gaiman teach you how to write.

Gordon Ramsay teaches cooking.

Anna Wintour teaches creativity and leadership.

Timbaland teaches producing and beat-making.

I mean, come on! You can’t get closer to learning from the best of the best!

Also, a one-year membership is comparatively cheap, considering the household names that are teaching the courses.

And the quality of the videos!!! Maybe it is me, but my mouth is always watering at those high-quality trailers to the courses.

I can’t wait to learn from Masterclasses.com!

5. Monica Yates

Monica Yates has been such an inspiration for me on how to be a true Boss Lady that is embodied in her feminine energy and aligned with her passions.

Her Podcast Feminine As F#ck got me started into dealing with my hormonal imbalances, which, for example, show through acne.

Also, I have tapped so much more into my feminine since starting to listen to her podcast.

Of course, I can’t wait to actually join one of her classes and be coached by her in person!

You can work with her on a variety of topics, from getting off hormonal birth control, to releasing all the stuff that’s blocking your energy, working on your business, and more.

She recently also started to coach men.

6. Women Love Power

I love personality tests. And you probably know those standard Myer Briggs Personality tests like my favorite at 16Personalities.

But have you ever wondered what your feminine archetype is? How do you express your feminine energy? How do you captivate? Are you the queen, the sage, the maiden, or a different archetype?

If these questions fascinate you, I recommend you take the Feminine Seduction Archetype Quiz.

And once you’ve done that and dove deeper into your archetype, I am sure you will be thrilled to learn more about it. And that’s where WomenLovePower offers courses for each feminine archetype.

Check it out!

6 self improvement courses I have on my bucket list

7 Curly Hair Improvements You Will Notice

Curly Hair, Miscellaneous Topics

I’ve been working on healing and nourishing my naturally curly hair for three years now. As my curls got healthier, I noticed various improvements with them.

If you are curious about what else I’ve learned along the way, you should check out these lists as well:

9 Tips To Improve Naturally Curly Hair

5 Naturally Curly Hair Mistakes To Avoid

(PS: I have 2c – 3a type of curls.)

1. No split ends anymore

For years I used to notice that within 1-2 months of going to the hairdresser, my hair would start showing some split ends again.

The longer I didn’t get them cut, the more and the higher the splits got.

And I didn’t even straighten my hair or use excessive heat on it!

I simply didn’t take care of it, brushed it while dry and blowdried it. That was enough to cause split ends.

Recently, after three years of taking deliberate care of my naturally curly hair, I suddenly noticed that I don’t have any split ends anymore!

I didn’t even realize this had happened as I was so focused on reducing frizz and making my curls last longer.

Now that I did notice it, I can’t help but be stunned by that difference. Nowadays, I cut my hair maybe twice a year, and I don’t have any split ends!!!

That’s a huge success, which you will experience along your naturally curly hair journey as well.

2. The roots are less oily

Another improvement you will notice is that your hair will be less oily at your scalp.

I remember this had always been the main reason I needed to wash my hair before I took proper care of it.

And it happened pretty quickly. By day two, I could already see the beginnings of oiliness at the roots.

The healthier your curls get, the less you will need to wash them. Until a certain point, of course.

3. You lose fewer hairs

This is another result I’ve only noticed recently.

I don’t shed that many hairs anymore even though I take longer intervals between showering and brushing my curls.

In the beginning, a good handful of hair would come out. Now, it’s less than half of that.

And isn’t that a great result! I’ve always thought it rather sad to see a long hair just fall out. I mean, just think about how many years it took to grow to that length?!

4. Your hair shines more

Of course, I am not referring to that oily shine we are trying to avoid. No, I mean that naturally silky shine those straight-haired people in the commercials have.

The more nourished and healthy your hair gets, the silkier it will look.

You might not notice this development in equal amounts on all parts of your hair.

My hair is mostly silky in the front half. I am still working on the other half of my hair towards the back of my head.

5. Your hair takes longer to dry

This was something I’ve noticed pretty quickly throughout my naturally curly hair journey.

My hair started taking more and more time to air dry.

I mean, yes, I have a lot of hair, so it naturally takes a while.

But I would never have expected it to take up to 5 hours!!!

Now, from what I’ve learned, this comes down to my hair’s porosity.

According to NaturallyCurly.com, whether your hair is of high or low porosity is very much dependent on your genetics. But it can also be influenced by your hair treatment.

If your hair is healthy and nourished, it won’t need to suck in all that moisture so quickly, so it takes longer to dry.

I believe that’s why my curls have become more low porosity. It takes them long to dry, and it takes a while for them to get sopping wet.

Anyway, your hair’s porosity is a fascinating topic you should look into.

For starters, you can take this Hair Texture Quiz.

6. Your baby hair grows

Many of us have those cute but annoying baby hair framing our faces.

I always thought they were just naturally there, and that’s that.

But a few months ago, I panicked for a short time as I noticed that I suddenly had longer baby hairs.

At first, I was scared that I had broken off the long hair around my face due to a too-tight ponytail.

But after a while, another thought crossed my mind. What if those are not broken off long hairs but growing baby hairs?

I got that idea from Ayesha Malik as she talked about her DevaCurl damaged hair and how she’s gotten baby hair due to it.

So it must also work the other way around, right? Maybe the healthier your hair gets, the more your baby hairs will grow out.

I’m curious to observe my hair growth over the next few months to draw a conclusion to this question.

It’s definitely worth analyzing your hair for a similar change.

7. Your hair is less frizzy

Frizz and volume are the two frenemies of every naturally curly-haired girl.

Frizz can boost your volume, but who wants a frizz halo?

As my naturally curly hair has grown healthier, I have noticed it to be less frizzy over a more extended period.

This also provides the courage to get more and shorter layers as the curls won’t escalate into a frizz halo.

What about you?

Have you noticed similar, additional, or completely different curly hair improvements as it got healthier?

Let me know in the comments!

I love hearing about other people’s curly hair journey.

Sophie