soon2bsl
Well-Known Member
Hey ladies!
So I'm 18 months into my HHJ and my long term transition. Here's a quick run down..I started out at SL in June 09, and a few weeks into my HHJ decided to transition to natural. My plan was to transition for 3 years, then I figured if I cut of the remaining relaxed ends next June at 2 years post, I'll still be at a length I'm comfortable with.
Well...I decided to straighten it for Christmas, but after feeling how thin my relaxed ends felt in comparison to my natural hair, I got a big urge to cut those thin ends...and I did! I didn't cut it all over just my ends where I could feel the texture difference...and that was about 6 inches!! A few weeks ago, I had a sew in and chopped all my relaxed ends of the my leave out hair.
I was set to make my goal of WL by next May/June and hopefully grazing HL by next Dec. But I've proven to myself I can grow and retain, and am pretty much to the point where I want to continue on my HHJ and reach my goals with a head full of natural hair! So I may very well chop the rest of the relaxed ends this weekend. I think I'm between APL and BSL now. I kinda couldn't believe I cut it because I've been going hard core with PSing and retaining every inch since I've began my HHJ, but it's hair and it'll grow back!
First 3 pics are when I straightened it:
4th pic is after taking the Caruso rollers out:
5th pic after shaking hair and fluffing it after taking rollers out:
Oh btw....I should have asked in the title but did I make MBL before chopping?
More pics in next post...
So I'm 18 months into my HHJ and my long term transition. Here's a quick run down..I started out at SL in June 09, and a few weeks into my HHJ decided to transition to natural. My plan was to transition for 3 years, then I figured if I cut of the remaining relaxed ends next June at 2 years post, I'll still be at a length I'm comfortable with.
Well...I decided to straighten it for Christmas, but after feeling how thin my relaxed ends felt in comparison to my natural hair, I got a big urge to cut those thin ends...and I did! I didn't cut it all over just my ends where I could feel the texture difference...and that was about 6 inches!! A few weeks ago, I had a sew in and chopped all my relaxed ends of the my leave out hair.
I was set to make my goal of WL by next May/June and hopefully grazing HL by next Dec. But I've proven to myself I can grow and retain, and am pretty much to the point where I want to continue on my HHJ and reach my goals with a head full of natural hair! So I may very well chop the rest of the relaxed ends this weekend. I think I'm between APL and BSL now. I kinda couldn't believe I cut it because I've been going hard core with PSing and retaining every inch since I've began my HHJ, but it's hair and it'll grow back!
First 3 pics are when I straightened it:
4th pic is after taking the Caruso rollers out:
5th pic after shaking hair and fluffing it after taking rollers out:
Oh btw....I should have asked in the title but did I make MBL before chopping?
More pics in next post...
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