11 Problems Only Girls With Curly Hair Will Understand

7. Things Get Stuck In It

Like paper. Or bits of food. Or makeup. Or chewing gum. And sometimes, you won't realise for days. Christ, there could be a hamster living in there and you'd never know. All your curls seem to be conspiring against you to take in the material world piece by piece in order to build a small city on top of your head. It sounds mad when you tell people you found your bus ticked in a vine-like tangle behind your left ear, but it's happened more than once and will no doubt happen again. On the plus side, your hair works wonders for transporting things: if you tie it up into a big bun, sometimes you can fit your phone, bank card and house key inside of it, instead of taking a bag out with you on a night out.