I’ve stuck out like a sore thumb in my Western (American) world where girls are always mimicking the likes of Jennifer Aniston. So I guess that the pressure has been on both of us.

What women fail to realize is that not every cut, or every intricate highlighting job, flatters them. And they lose out on expressing their own unique physical characteristics as they slowly, surely become immediately-outdated clones.

Once I play Amr Diab tunes, wrap a jingling bellydance skirt ’round my hips… and dance, I forget about how little I fit in with my world. And I remember just how sexy and beautiful I feel at my most natural- thanks to the genes passed down by my mother and grandmother.

And so, I say to you: enjoy your curls (they are probably stunning and you have NO idea about how many women wish for curls). All of those products and treatments wll only damage, then destroy, them, anyway.

Living up to another’s expectations of beauty will dry you up from the inside-out. You will never feel satisfied with what/who you are. Therefore, freely experience the benefits of self-love in appreciating your unique qualities in order to reap ultimate peace-of-mind and true, radiant beauty.

Good luck.