Are You Forcing Your Curls or Giving Up Too Soon? | Beginner Curl Series @GenaMarie
Are You Forcing Your Curls or Giving Up Too Soon? | Beginner Curl Series  @GenaMarie
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Have you ever felt like giving up on your curls? 🙋
Before you decide they’re “not working,” pause.

👉 Watch the latest video on my YT channel video where I walk through my Fair Shot framework step-by-step so you can evaluate this clearly instead of spiraling.

Most people don’t quit because their hair has no potential. They quit because they hit the awkward phase and don’t know what’s normal.

One good wash. A few frustrating ones.
So you start changing products. Rewashing early. Overcomplicating everything. Or straightening “just for now.”

That’s not forcing your curls.
That’s not giving your hair enough stability to show you what it can actually do.

Forcing looks different.

It’s trying to manufacture a curl pattern that isn’t naturally there.
It’s copying routines meant for tighter curls.
It’s believing more effort equals tighter curls.

Before you assume it’s not working, ask yourself the real questions.

Discouragement usually means you’re in the messy middle - not that your curls don’t have potential.

👉 Watch the full video to walk through my Fair Shot framework step by step so you can evaluate this clearly instead of spiraling.

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