The worst hair ever.

My hair is extremely poofy, rough, and dry. It is a very tangled, very pyramid-shaped mess. It take EXTREME effort and patience to get a brush, or even my fingers, through the hair.

i have curly hair and can understand how you feel, but how curly it sounds isnt going to give you that britney spears look she has straight hair that she curling irons.  I suggest you just try to work with your curly hair maybe get a new cut and ask the stylist what you can do to achieve the look and make healthier hair. I have found for my dry brittle hair if i add a little jojoba oil to my conditioner it helps a lot, i have to shampoo less since it is dry and use leave in treatments. I try to use all organic shampoos and conditioners such as Giovanni, Natures Gate, Kiss my face etc.. i have found it really helps with the dryness and puffyness. I like to use deva curl products to control the frizz. good Luck!

yes it is dries hair out a lot!! Then you will need some seroius hair treatments and a serious cut to get it back to health so dont do it. Like i said just work on cureing the dryness maybe cut your ends and use lots of good conditioner and jojoba oil and you should be okay.

i know how you feel about your hair, my hair used to be very curly dry and stubborn, now my hair is long, easily flat ironed, thick, soft and fine not coarse. You have to really learn to care for your hair first before you even consider chemically straightening it. First off make you that you build up the natural oils in your hair, many people make the mistake of washing their hair every other day when they have dry hair to begin with, i myself wash my hair every week- a week and a half, because the natural oils in your hair condition your hair and make it healthier, when your hair starts to look really greasy is when you should consider giving it a good wash. But make sure that you only shampoo your scalp and never use too much shampoo, you  should use a good conditioner as well. Heat styling your hair is ok but make sure you only do that in moderation, I personally have wavy/curly hair which I flat iron only once a week, so i rarely ever keep it curly, which goes perfectly with my lifestyle. Since you have curly hair its nice to keep it longer than short because curly hair may become more curly when kept short it also depends on how you get it cut as well. As far as chemically straightening it, ive done that once to my hair, although it loosened the curl it made my hair weak, dry and they easily broke off. so you should avoid this, but if you learn to take care of it properly then you may consider something like this because it isnt entirely bad for your hair, after I got my hair chemically straightened i started growing my hair out to undo the damage now since my hair is longer it has a looser curl similar to what it had when my hair was shorter and chemically straightened so you may want to consider growing your hair out it helps alot. Another thing is to build up the natural oils in your hair make sure to massage your scalp every day or every other day it will really help if you have dry hair. If you have any questions you can always pm me:).