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Hi!! this is my first time posting but I've had a subscription to this thread since june....I'm five month into my transition and I've been wearing weaves and braids so I really haven't had to deal with my hair. But today I washed it.....WHOO!!! my hair is thick and I love it I got my hair in two flat two strand twist.... im taking a break from the weave and stuff... see if I can deal with the two textures
 
AXtremeTakeover said:
Hi!! this is my first time posting but I've had a subscription to this thread since june....I'm five month into my transition and I've been wearing weaves and braids so I really haven't had to deal with my hair. But today I washed it.....WHOO!!! my hair is thick and I love it I got my hair in two flat two strand twist.... im taking a break from the weave and stuff... see if I can deal with the two textures
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ahhhhh...... month five....that was a beautiful place to be.:yep:

welcome! glad to have you on board. what made you decide to transition? share...inquiring minds need to know.

plus your story may help encourage me or someone else up in here. :yep:
 
This week makes 20 months - down to about 4 inches of relaxed hair. Gonna try to make 24 months. Weaved up now and loving it.
 
Brittster said:
@SunnyDelight, wow that's a really long way? How have you been wearing your hair all this time? Did you use weaves to help you transition?
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Hey Brittster. I have done it all. Rollersets the first 5 months or so, buns and wigs. This is my first weave since transitioning - a short curly fro that I have literally been getting up, fluffing with my fingers, adding a bit of gloss and going. LOVE IT.
 
Thank u!
havilland said:
This is my second time around transitioning. My first time was in 2009 and I big chopped at 8 months. I suffered from heat damage. I cheered at the University I attended and my coach expected me to have "the look" she expected from the squad..... Which meant flat ironing on game day. And I couldn't do that with weekly practices and game days on Saturday so I gave in to the relaxer i was completely natural bout collar bone length.... Then I decided I would start growing my relaxer out once The season was over I rocked a short tapered cut for the rest of the football and basketball seasons. My last relaxer was May 1st right after basketball season lol. I love the texture that my natural hair is.... My relaxed hair is thin and lifeless...... Even when I was stretching them I almost forgot that I have thick hair! And every since my freshman year in college (2008) I Always wore a short cut so this time I'm growing my i think 4b coils that I love oh so much out. I've also been lurking since 2009 when I decided to do my first big chop....but I'm so over short hair this time I'm not going to chop so early... Plus my hubby decided he wants it to be long so he helps with the decisions too lol.... So it's been 5 months and I'm trying to get maximum growth! I'll post pics as soon as I figure that out lol
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Decided to get crochet braids:
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I will wear them for at least six weeks.
 
why does my hair insist on being a pain in the butt on my birthday! UGH!!!! i look like a chia pet.

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havilland said:
ahhhhh...... month five....that was a beautiful place to be.:yep:

welcome! glad to have you on board. what made you decide to transition? share...inquiring minds need to know.

plus your story may help encourage me or someone else up in here. :yep:
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I agree. It seem the cheapie conditioners week better. I have several V05 conditioners and use it greatly for my CG method.
 
AXtremeTakeover said:
Hi!! this is my first time posting but I've had a subscription to this thread since june....I'm five month into my transition and I've been wearing weaves and braids so I really haven't had to deal with my hair. But today I washed it.....WHOO!!! my hair is thick and I love it I got my hair in two flat two strand twist.... im taking a break from the weave and stuff... see if I can deal with the two textures
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5 months. You doing really good. It gets easier as time go by. What's your regimen.

You have any pics of you're two strand twists.
 
The Princess said:
5 months. You doing really good. It gets easier as time go by. What's your regimen.

You have any pics of you're two strand twists.
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I took them out but I'm bout to wash and put them back in. I will definitely take pics
 
The Princess said:
5 months. You doing really good. It gets easier as time go by. What's your regimen.

You have any pics of you're two strand twists.
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I used puffy screw hair
 

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Some new growth.... My hair is ear length in front and neck length in the back I'm hoping for shoulder length by December... Prob not this best pic but visuals are always good right:yep:
 

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I think I'm going to have to DC weekly. Conditioner washes alone are not as nice as full DCs at this stage in my transition. My hair responds a whole lot better to DCing weekly with CON. I co-wash when I'm feeling lazy which has been quite often of late.

I wonder if I'm going to make 36 months since my natural hair in some parts is already longer than the relaxed ends when I stretch it. The relaxed ends may just not be there at 36 months. I'll reassess at 24 months.
 
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I tried to air dry last week.... I won't try that again until after I'm relaxed.
I may have to pre poo, wash & DC weekly....
 
Tomorrow it'll be 43 weeks post for me.

My hair shrinks up something fierce. It was a bit stretched out from the four braids I did to wear under my wigs. I undid the braids and washed my hair two days ago. I was wondering where my hair went. It shrunk. :lol:
 
ladies, today i tried two things:

1. i added silk aminos to my deep conditioning pre poo. OMG.....my hair is so soft and silky and manageable and wonderful today. i am so glad i tried this. i have plenty of little vials in my cabinet of things i want to try, but i hesitate to just "try" stuff because my hair is temperamental right now and i do not want a setback.

2. i made some flaxseed gel. i will try it tomorrow and let you all know how it works.
 
havilland said:
ladies, today i tried two things:

1. i added silk aminos to my deep conditioning pre poo. OMG.....my hair is so soft and silky and manageable and wonderful today. i am so glad i tried this. i have plenty of little vials in my cabinet of things i want to try, but i hesitate to just "try" stuff because my hair is temperamental right now and i do not want a setback.

2. i made some flaxseed gel. i will try it tomorrow and let you all know how it works.
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How much SAA did you add? I want to make some flaxseed gel too.
 
Im 24 weeks post!! I'm super excited about that. But I've been experiencing some breakage. I haven't been doing any protein treatments so my relaxed hair has become a punk lol I'll be doing a protein treatment this week. I'll most likely mix my moisturizing and light protein deep conditioners together so I can maintain the strength of my relaxed hair.
 
44 weeks today. I remember when I first came into this thread. I thought I'd never see this many weeks-- at least not without a lot of tears. I'm pretty happy.
 
29 weeks post. Still hanging in there.

I got my hair done at ULTA last friday.

I love it. My hair feels really good. I got it blowdried and straightened. Very strong and healthy feeling. I haven’t used any moisturizers, just oil sheen. Still feel very soft. My hair is still straight and and haven't reverted back yet.

She only shampooed once, and used a combination of three condtioners. She used Mizani, Borato, and Redken conditoners, layering each one. She massaged it in and comb it through.
She rinsed and used Redken anti snap leave in conditioner and Smooth down serum-thats it. I won’t buy these products. I will just go back, if I need my hair done.
Overall it was only 35 bucks. Way cool.

Im sure the CG method work, as well as the everyday bunning. I will get my hair done, probally in DEC.

I attempt to upload pics, it keep giving me an error message.
 
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