I have extremely curly hair and im only 13!?!?!

by Amanda
(Texas)

I have NO IDEA what to do with my hair and if I leave it down then during the whole day at school it just keeps on getting bigger and bigger, frizzier and frizzier. So at the end of the day it ends up being a big puff ball.

So normally I just put it in a pony tail and put a load of hairspray on the top and brush it down to where it is straight. But I'm tired of this style and I'm going to 8th grade next year and I would like to wear my hair down but without it looking SO bad!

Oh yeah and I have corkscrew black hair and it goes down to my back blades with it curly and when I'm in the pool it goes down to my butt. And I was also wondering if I should get highlights but I know curly hair is VERY delicate and I really don't want to damage mine.

THANKS!!!

(P.S. I live in tx where it was 100 degres today and getting hotter. What can I do to protect my hair?? It's summer and I'm going to the pool like every day so the chlorine is messing up my hair too) :)