The 'Ginny & Georgia' partnered with Aveda for its Be Curly Advanced line, helping others to love their own hairLizzie Hyman is PEOPLE Magazine's Editorial Assistant. She provides administrative support to the Editor-in-Chief and writes content for both print and digital platforms.for the brand's Be Curly Advanced line, says it's hard as a “curly girl” to figure out which products actually work.
“Without being an actor, it's already hard to find people who you can trust to take care of your curly hair, because there's just not a lot of representation and a lot of education going into how to style and really care for textured hair as opposed to the typical straighter hair patterns,” the actress tells PEOPLE.
“The one thing I'll never let happen to my hair again is spraying it down with water and then taking a curling iron to it while it's soaking wet to somehow re-curl my already curly hair. I remember that happened to me and my hair was sizzling and I was just sitting there very, very confused and scared. I was like, ‘Why are we doing this?’.”Since then, the actress says she is more comfortable with speaking up when it comes to her hair.
Gentry says that when it comes to her hair and fitting in, she relates to her character. “When I was that age and I went through my phase of waking up every single morning two hours before school to straighten my hair every single day just because my hair wasn't really accepted within my friend group… it was always commented on and just sort of made me feel like an oddball that had to hide who I actually was.