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Bubblingbrownshuga

Bubblingbrownshuga

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I know other naturals will stone me for saying this, but I thoroughly enjoyed my transition. It was interesting- the two textures were not a hindrance to me at all. I did my best buns and braidouts while transitioning.
 
I had a pretty easy time with mines too. I did wear a lot of weaves but they were curly/bushy ones. So I would just wet my hair that was left out and scrunch it and let it air dry. It was easy. I had stopped wearing my hair straight even when I was still relaxing.
 
Actually I am. Just enjoying the experience of knowing that change is soon to come! Plus, the fact that I'm not dealing with two drastically different textures helps me out too. I'm the type of person who loves a "project". And this is fulfilling that for me at the moment. haha
 
strawberry-jelly said:
Actually I am. Just enjoying the experience of knowing that change is soon to come! Plus, the fact that I'm not dealing with two drastically different textures helps me out too. I'm the type of person who loves a "project". And this is fulfilling that for me at the moment. haha
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This is me too. I'm loving my transition and getting to know my natural hair.
 
i loved transitioning, it was a breeze, well it still is now that im natural. i still like to go back in time by looking at my progress pics from over the years. from time to time.
 
I am NOT enjoying my transition at all :nono:
i love seeing all the natural pictures and reading the various threads on natural hair and transitioning for motivation BUT my hair has never been so FRIZZY and knotty in my life - i guess i'm not used to it.

My biggest issue is that my relaxed ends ARE NOT STRAIGHT and lifeless - they actually look GREAT for wash-and-gos while my natural hair has no shape/curl pattern (i really thought i was in the 3s, but now i think i may have been wrong). i hold hope that my hair will be bouncy and thick once its longer. i had long hair as a child so if i can grow it again, w/ the knowledge i've learned on this board, it could look pretty cute and less dry then when i was young.

i definitely think being natural is the most healthy for hair growth and its always cool to except what God gave you SO I'M NOT GIVING UP YET!
 
Bubblingbrownshuga said:
I know other naturals will stone me for saying this, but I thoroughly enjoyed my transition. It was interesting- the two textures were not a hindrance to me at all. I did my best buns and braidouts while transitioning.
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I am enjoying my transition as well. I love the fullness I get from my natural hair and I realize that the further I get into my transition, wanting to relax is a "non-issue". To be honest with you, once I made up my mind to transition, 8 months ago, there hasn't been a time when I was tempted to relax.

As another poster said, I remain motivated by looking at my NG and knowing what's to come!! (I also have to agree with you BBS, that my braidouts and buns look a LOT better than when I had a head of fully relaxed hair. Back then, they always looked so anorexic!)

Why prompted your decision to transition?

BB
 
Bubblingbrownshuga said:
I know other naturals will stone me for saying this, but I thoroughly enjoyed my transition. It was interesting- the two textures were not a hindrance to me at all. I did my best buns and braidouts while transitioning.
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I enjoyed mine too...as least until I looked at a photo I took in month 11 of my transition and saw the big hump in the back of my hair. At that point I realized how busted my hair was looking. :lachen:
 
I'm loving my transitioning!! I didn't do a BC, I wasn't about to cut all my hair:nono: But I am loving the fact that I am learning more about my natural texture, I am appreciating my hair's natural beauty, and I'm learning more and more about what works and what doesn't. Relaxers seem like a waste of time to me now. Though I am tempted to get a relaxer now, I just can't bring myself to do it. I love going back to natural!!
 
I am hating it. Its awful. My hair is breaking and i have to manipulate it everyday to look presentable, so i changed tack and now i have in a curly weave. Only problem i look like the love child of Mufasa/Diana Ross and Chaka Khan.
I can't believe i messed up my own hair:wallbash:
 
Well I personally started out just being curious as to how my natural texture looked like under all my relaxed hair. Once it started to “sprout” I fell in love with it, now I am seriously thinking about not getting a perm again… still have some thinking to do but so far I have gone 5 months without even thinking about a perm J And I have only flat ironed once throughout that time, now I just co wash about everyday and that’s about it… so I think that I am enjoying my “transition” J Below is a strand of my hair that fell out by the root… I am so proud of my new growth!!! Can any body tell me what the “type” might be?
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Sometimes it becomes a hassle, but that's hardly ever.

The only thing I wish I can get over is my fear of loosing any length, frequent trims even get me uneasy. Other than that. I LOVE playing in my new growth, I can't keep my hands out of my coils and curls.
 
HairBearerCare said:
Well I personally started out just being curious as to how my natural texture looked like under all my relaxed hair. Once it started to “sprout” I fell in love with it, now I am seriously thinking about not getting a perm again… still have some thinking to do but so far I have gone 5 months without even thinking about a perm J And I have only flat ironed once throughout that time, now I just co wash about everyday and that’s about it… so I think that I am enjoying my “transition” J Below is a strand of my hair that fell out by the root… I am so proud of my new growth!!! Can any body tell me what the “type” might be?
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OT: but...what camera are you using? Because that must be an HD lens or something.:grin:
 
Today my answer is a resounding yes!

My hair is in cornrows and I don't have to do anything in the mornings but take off my do-rag. I'm thinking about keeping it braided for the winter.

It gets slightly frustrating when I'm fighting with it to get it (and keep it) straight. But, when I let it do what it wants, we have no problems. Overall it hasn't been bad at all. I haven't experienced breakage, but I have done trims/mini chops along the way...an inch here, two inches there.

I can't believe it's almost been a year:blush:
 
It's going good but I wish my hair could grow faster. My natural hair feels nice, but it's weird, because in the back it's waves and curls but in the front it's loose waves with straightness in it, so I can't tell where my natural hair meets the relaxed part. :perplexed
 
I don't think I would use the term "enjoying", but it has definitely been a learning experience. I realize how ignorant I was to the beauty of my natural hair to try relaxers, body waves, texturizers, etc, to try to get the hair that I do have:spinning: I will soon be embarking on year 3, but still get the urge occassionally to relax...
 
Not enjoying my transistion, but that's only because of my relaxed hair which is beyond matted and tangled. I can barely restrain myself from taking the scissors and BC. I'll probably BC by the end of the year anyway. My natural hair is surprising me. It seems to grow from my scalp straighter, softer and finer than my chemically processed NG.
 
I absoutely, positively HATE IT!!!!
My hair looks like CRAPOLA!
I have 4-5 textures on my head, including the relaxed and they are NOT working well together at all.
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I have a ponytail everyday, even if I flatiron it i have to have it up, I'm soooo sick of myself.
Aaaaaagggggggghhhhh!
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I am. I basically do the same thing that I did to my hair before transitioning. Pull it back in a ponytail. So easy.:spinning:
I haven't used heat in 2 months. So I am in my hair all day.
 
Most days I enjoy it, although I do get anxious to be all natural. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas and in this case Christmas is a LONG way off. I'm about 20 weeks post and would like to wait at least a year before BC.:ohwell:
 
Sometimes I do. Other times I want to cut somebody (bc Im not crazy enough to cut my hair). I just want to fast forward to a year from now so I can be done with it, i hate having relaxed hair, but I hate having short hair too... so the only way I can get out of this is if I stick it out.

Right now Im doing braids to take a break, but Im terrified of what Im going to have to deal with when the braids come of. I should have like 4 and a half inches by January, which is great but scary at the same time... Its like, every inch of hair I get, theres 5 more products that stop working for me and 5 more I have to buy. Every inch of hair I trim off, thats a different way I have to straighten or style my hair to accomodate the rest of my relaxed ends. I have NO idea what I'll do when there's half and half...
 
It's not too bad, but I have to keep my hair braided and out of sight. I still have a lot of shedding when I do comb my hair out because of the 2 different textures. I'm 4B-D, and I have to be careful the relaxed ends don't break off.
I wore individuals and cornrows for most of the transition, but now I'm tired of it. Right now I have my own hair in cornrows and am wearing a wig which I hate. I don't care how nice a wig looks it still looks like you're wearing a wig/weave. I'm just not used to it, but its a lot faster than sitting getting my hair braided for 3-5 hours.
 
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