A Golden Crown
Once upon a time, there was a very cute little princess who wore the most exquisite curly, golden crown. Everyone in her little kingdom exclaimed about how adorable it was and the little princess went about her life very happily.
She had a lovely childhood, very few cares or worries - mostly spent in her own little world with her sisters being absolute weirdos.
But then the princess entered secondary school, she started identifying with the teenagers on tv and she started reading adult magazines. The princess started to feel like her crown was no longer cute, it was something that was laughed at. She started trying to flatten the crown, to plaster it to the sides of her head, to ensure no one noticed it.
At the age of thirteen the princess asked her father, the king, for a pair of hair straighteners. The King didn't know a lot about the female beauty industry, the queen had never shown much interest in it when they had been married, so he bought his daughter the straighteners and it lit his heart to see how happy she was on receiving them.
But later that day, much to his dismay, the princess' crown had disappeared and he wasn't to see it again in all its glory for many years to come.
Over the years there was a brief glimpse of the crown, after a dip in the sea, letting her hair dry naturally etc., but it was never for long.
The princess had changed her narrative. The crown started to be referred to as devil horns; unruly and unappealing. She wouldn't go anywhere without her hair straighteners, when they grew old and broke she needed a new pair immediately. She learnt how to use a hair dryer as back up.
Many years passed and the princess' hair was her pride and joy, the care she put into it, the love, the treatments.
One day, whilst scrolling through Instagram the princess stumbled upon a before and after image, the before picture looked just like hers did when air dried. The after picture was of luscious, glorious, curls - they were beautiful.
That day the princess decided to see if she could get her curls back, she followed come accounts, did her research and went dealt with the trial and error, persevering.
16 years after she first learnt to use a straightener, the princess now wears her crown proudly for all to see. She feels more herself than ever before. The kingdom said she looked more like herself.
Trends are temporary. Don't let the media tell you that your natural beauty is wrong.
Wear your Crown proudly.














