u/Due_Mix_9883

So cantu is my first curly hair product and since I have no reference to compare it to, I would love anyone else's experience with it!

Routine:

1. Wash with Joy (black bottle) shampoo

2. Detangle with Dove beautiful curls hair mask/Loreal total repair 5 (alternative week)

3. Cantu curl custard is mostly scrunched/air dried, but if I have time, I'll finger coil.

4. hair is airdried

5. I have my hair in a braid 24/7

Hair type: 3b, medium porosity, high density and long.

I'm currently using cantu but I'm halfway through with the tub, so I was confused about what to buy. For reference, I bought the 340 ml(?) Tub of cantu for around 600-700. So either the product is cheap, or comes in a good quantity because I have a lot of really long hair so it becomes a bit expensive!

My hair type is 3B, medium porosity, high density and past my butt LONG.

This includes both gel and curl cream!

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I gazed frequently at the clock,

But Passion never cared to knock.

Not once did I see her face,

Perhaps with Time, she fled away.

Courage came but didn’t dwell,

While Anxiety lived on as a permanent guest,

Dreams peeked through the windows but lay low,

Yet Hope perched beside me as a quiet junco.

She said,

‘Even if Age paints her signs on your visage

And Regret twirls around in a boundless passage,

Within this Inn where Thoughts reside,

Peace and Solace wait inside.’

This is something I was hoping to submit for a high school competition...I had posted another poem earlier but I felt that one was too simple. I hope it doesn't read as AI because of the rhyme scheme. I used a bunch of those AI detectors and some flagged a part of it as AI even though istg I wrote this myself...I would love some feedback!

Edit: Reddit just destroyed the formatting...

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/DASKA1y3Vh

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/pdfJ94vc4p

"To the Almosts"

To those Who can hum along but don’t have a remarkable voice,

Who can colour within the lines but not paint a scene,

Who have a wild imagination, but struggle to put it into words,

Who play well, but don’t make the team,

Who may ignite a spark, but not light a candle:

You need not be exceptional

To simply enjoy the act.

Do it for the joy it brings you.

Do it even if no one’s there.

Do it when you feel small.

Do it…

And that’s enough.

This is for a high school competition...I don't know if it's good enough or not. I feel like it's too simple for a competition. I would love some feedback!

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/oR2LSHl4Kr

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/s/NbauxLNArx