I'm transitioning right now. My main goal is to do WNGs and not look crazy bout the head...LOL. I have been relaxed for most of my adult life. I am currently using Chi Enviro to transition. I just did my first self application, second application. Benefits are supposed to be cumulative. I have been a self relaxer forever and I didn't want to lose my length or my options while I'm transitioning. I figured if I could put lye on my head and get it off in time to save my skin and most of my hair that I could do Chi.
WOW I agree with you 100%. When I first went natural, there were a handful of use where I was in NM and almost none when I got back to GA. I stood out everywhere I went but that has long since died. I'm so happy so many ladies are natural now!! It allowed me to stop feeling pressured to keep fighting for the cause when all I wanted to do was kill my shrinkagebeing natural is overrated sometimes
Lol JK, I am/was natural for 4, going on 5 years. I say was because I plan on textlaxing this week. I'm a 4a i believe and my hair is gorgeous...and beautiful...but overwhelming. Also, my birthday is next week and I really want a change...an easier,less shrunken change. Natural just got boring for me. And too many people are Natural now, so I don't feel as uniqueAnywho, I do believe that every woman SHOULD go natural if she doesn't know her true texture. That's why I'm not really tripping, I feel confident that in the future I can decide to stop using chemicals and be perfectly prepared/fine with the idea because I know my hair.
ETA Sorry for writing my hair's life story LOL, I just needed to get that off my chest
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!!! I noticed that my styles have come out right every single time I do them on barely damp or dry hair, and so far, a mess on completely wet hair. Does anyone else have this issue? I might just be half-butt about what I'm doing when my hair's wet 
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Girl, you gotta do you! Chi Enviro is similar to a BKT or so I'm told but without the "hydes". It is marketed to professionals but I found some on EBay. My ends were getting thin and I changed relaxers about a year and a half ago and did some major damage which added to the thinness. I'm very loosely styled and hate the "every hair in place look" on me. I love good Twistout. I don't really care if I have to use chemicals or not--and I could care less what anybody thinks or says about it. I'm also graying and have struggled with to color or not to color. Chi is supposed to improve the condition of your hair by infusing silk and protein into the strands. When it's straight it looks relaxed, when it's wet it looks natural. What's a GAD?
My only real question on the regular is when to take them down, which I'm aiming for March. But I'm sure by then all the questions will pop up again :/
I ask myself some of those same questions because I have been a hair freak for most of my life. I don't really worry about it though because it's just hair and as long as it continues to grow whatever I do to it can be resolved with time. Good luck with your journey, you may be more under control than you think.GAD, to be frank, is Generalized Anxiety Disorder. So I naturally worry about everything. I have it under control until last year. Lots of stuff happened but one of which was that I got confused about my hair. Do I want it relaxed? Do I want it natural? Straight haired natural? Do I want an afro? Maybe texturized? Will I get heat damage? How long do I want my hair? How many trims a year should I get? SHould I go to the salon or do my hair all on my own? What will my boyfriend/coworkers/family think? What is my growth rate? What is my hair type? Which type is better/cuter/easier? Should I transition? If so, for how long? Does it matter? Should I big chop now or in 6 months? 12 months? 24 months? Never? Are my ends dry or damaged?? And repeat every other day. So now I just have braids
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I know some of you ladies don't shampoo frequently. What do you use instead to cleanse (could I get specific products please)? Do any of you save shampoo with relaxer days only?
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I know some of you ladies don't shampoo frequently. What do you use instead to cleanse (could I get specific products please)? Do any of you save shampoo with relaxer days only?
