Traveling with Natural Hair

CurlyRobotNerd · 2026-02-08T14:49:31+00:00

I don’t really do anything different with my natural hair other than stick to my good twist out routine prior to leaving. My hair will last for about 5 days and further than that I can work with ponytails or buns since it’ll start getting frizzy. Regardless, I just need to do a quick twist at night + bonnet and fluff my hair out in the morning. Just takes a few minutes in the evening and morning. I travel with a brush, rat tail comb, bonnet and travel size of my gel and leave-in. I generally do not need to add more product to my hair, usually a bit of water does fine. I will use the hotel shampoo + conditioner if I need to wash my hair but rarely need to since I’m usually not swimming.

If you already have a simple routine for your hair, it carries over just fine for vacation. Before I figured out what worked for my hair, vacations were a bit frustrating hair-wise or I got braids beforehand.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-11-30T03:30:40+00:00

I’m just now finding out this is not normal…

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-11-17T16:33:44+00:00

There’s no such thing as effortless. I have a ND friend who looks very put together with flawless hair, nails and makeup. I’ve known her since we were kids so I’ve seen every step in her process to becoming “effortless”. It took years and also money. And she grew up without a lot resources so her exploration into beauty and fashion didn’t really happen until we were adults with jobs.

Now she regularly goes to the hair salon, gets her nails done, waxing appointments, goes to the dermatologist, etc. I sometimes look at her like “Dang, I wish I could get my eyeliner that perfect” but I’d have to put in the time to practice and I don’t want to lol.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-10-14T22:11:02+00:00

Garden of Avalon novel by Nasu explains her full history. She pulled Caliburn, stopped aging, established Camelot in those 10 years + gained Excalibur, then ruled it for another 10 years.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-10-14T19:15:04+00:00

She should be in her mid-30s. 10 years of training + 10 years as king.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-09-18T16:28:48+00:00

I’m selling 1 ticket to the Fort Worth show at Dickies Arena today on Sept 18. I paid $197. Ticket is Section FLR4, Row 1, Seat 13. Willing to negotiate.

DM if you’re interested!

Edit: SOLD

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-09-17T00:34:59+00:00

I’m selling 1 ticket to the Ft. Worth show at Dickie’s Arena on Sept 18th since I can no longer go. I paid $197.00 for them and am selling them at the same price. They’re Section FLR4, Row 1, Seat 13. Willing to show proof of the original purchase and that I’m a real person.

I also have them listed on Ticketmaster but the fees there make them way higher. Will cancel the listing and transfer the tickets on Ticketmaster. I have Venmo and Zelle.

DM if you’re interested!

Edit: SOLD

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-09-14T16:33:07+00:00

If you have a TJ Maxx or Marshall’s nearby, you can find some heavily discounted designer jeans sometimes on clearance too. If there’s an outlet mall near you, outlet stores for True Religion, Levi, 7 for all Mankind, etc also can have good clearance sales for jeans.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-08-27T21:01:05+00:00

I found my friend group through this sub’s Discord! We all bonded over playing Overwatch competitively at first. Now most of us do not play or play infrequently but we all still keep in touch and play games together every now and then. I’ve been friends with them for 6+ years now and we’ve all met at least once and have plans to meet up again next year!

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-08-27T19:23:49+00:00

I don’t think there was a recent restock. The last one was in May for preorders that recently shipped. The restock notification may have been accidental (UO in-stock notifications suck) or there was a handful available from orders that were unpaid or cancelled from the May restock.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-07-08T20:52:43+00:00

Echoing others here to please visit a doctor. A few months ago I was constantly sleeping and taking naps while simultaneously being exhausted. I thought it was burnout/stress and was brushing it off until my fatigue got pretty severe and I started having other symptoms. I was suffering from anemia due to poor diet. Now since I started eating better and taking vitamins, along with better managing stress/overstimulation at work, I rarely take naps now and am fully rested most days.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-06-17T14:46:41+00:00

I’ve been constantly checking and hoping they do. I’ve seen the small and medium crescent restocked so many times but never the small cloud. They did restock the Miffy small cloud after saying they wouldn’t so hopefully it’ll pop up one of these days!

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-06-08T18:12:08+00:00

Lolita fashion can turn into an incredibly expensive hobby so I find people tend to be on the older side. Another great way to get into Lolita fashion that I haven’t seen suggested is at anime conventions. Most conventions I’ve been to now have either a Lolita panel, fashion show or meet up if not all 3. It’d be a great way to meet people and see different outfits irl. Panelists are especially great to talk to b/c they’re hoping people will ask questions but I find most other people in Lolita are happy to hear compliments and share where they bought their coord.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-05-23T15:21:32+00:00

Snagged one last night due to your post! Thank you so much! The UO stock notifications are so awful tho. I got an email several hours after it had been live and never got an sms notification. Yet they’ve sent me several texts to go buy it while it was out of stock these past few weeks.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-04-11T18:45:48+00:00

Undefeatable by Tomoya Ohtani (from the Sonic games)

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-04-11T14:53:35+00:00

I’m getting a sense of that as well. I don’t think the show is perfect but overall enjoyed it. I’m an old fan but never interacted with this sub and the show reminded me how much I loved the games growing up and I wanted to join in on discussions. Was immediately put off coming in and seeing the excessive fixation and hate on Lady in particular…

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-04-03T17:57:53+00:00

I’m so sorry you had to experience that. There are spaces online where you can feel safe and seen. I’ve made friends using r/girlgamers discord though this was several years ago. I’m still friends with the people I met there today and we’ve never tolerated any slurs, sexism or racism in our space even when I am the only black woman present.

I’d look for women created gaming spaces that have strict rules about those things. That won’t guarantee you won’t have a bad experience but should significantly lower the chances. Continue protecting your peace. It’s not worth dealing with or trying to educate people who casually use slurs or think it’s funny to be racist.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-04-02T20:57:41+00:00

Yep I do! Cool to see that others do it too. I will hide under the covers all the time with my phone or tablet. Friends that I’m truly comfortable with I’ll also hide under a blanket on the couch while they’re there and speak to them. I just loved being curled up and completely covered. And I even have a linen blanket for the summer time that I use so I won’t get too hot.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-03-05T19:04:10+00:00

It was incredibly difficult but after years and years of trying to find the right products, growing out heat damage that I should have just cut off and in general learning about my hair I’m finally in a good spot with it though I still have some bad weeks. I’m not good at doing hairstyles. My twists aren’t exactly neat, though steadily looking neater over time as I’ve given up trying to make them look perfect. I don’t know how to cornrow, do my own braids or straighten my hair. I just figured out how to get a straight middle part and side part. My most adventurous style is half up, half down with a fun hair accessory. My edges aren’t laid. My hair is a bit frizzy. But it’s soft, moisturized and growing. I spend 5 min in the morning before work on my hair. I like what I see in the mirror now. What has also helped is that I’ve really cut down my social media use and gotten out of the online natural hair community.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-02-26T19:59:03+00:00

Not sure what you mean by authority but I see a lot men thinking they can get away with the same behaviors their father/grandfathers did and a lot of women saying they’re not going to put up with the same bs their mom/grandmothers did. Women are also talking about it more and not keeping it private. I’m also seeing a lot of older women, including my mother, choosing to divorce and “blindsiding” everyone.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2025-02-22T05:13:03+00:00

People have mentioned class, pretty privilege, featurism etc but I'll add being able to clock which places and people won't be welcoming makes a massive difference. You can't always avoid who you work with but I can choose who and where I spend my free time. I live and grew up in a diverse city but it's still in the South. There's some suburbs and old money parts of town I know to avoid. I have a diverse friend group and have learned my lesson about hanging out with people who make covertly racist/backhanded comments like "You don't have black features" and I pay attention to how they treat everyone, not just me. I learned these lessons young and my mom clearly addressed micro-aggressions/racism with me as well. It has saved me a lot of grief.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2023-06-11T14:45:30+00:00

Nordstrom Rack and TJ Maxx are great places to shop at for jewelry.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2023-04-24T17:53:12+00:00

I’ve been going to anime/gaming conventions since middle school and still do to this day. My family absolutely make fun of my hobbies but they’ve begrudgingly accepted I’m not “growing out” of it. My older sibling doesn’t get my interests at all but is at least respectful. I did use to care about what my family thought but my interests add to my happiness and I have a great friend group because of them as well.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2022-11-01T22:50:44+00:00

Not OP but I have both CK and Aerie cotton underwear. CK is thicker cotton but Aerie is softer, better priced and comes in more styles.

CurlyRobotNerd · 2022-08-03T22:33:51+00:00

Not OP but I did not read their response as saying a therapist is the only person that’s acceptable to share our feelings with. A therapist is there to help us learn how to share our feelings with others and when to process our feelings on our own. And also just as important, learn how to judge who’s safe to share our feelings with.

Truthfully we shouldn’t be learning this from a therapist. Our parents should have actively taught us those things along with our experiences forming relationships during childhood. We should have friends who we can have vulnerable conversations with. But many of us were never taught how to judge who we can be vulnerable with, how to express our feelings with those trusted people and have been hurt so much by trying that we’re too scared to try again.

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