Calling all Type 3s! Plz post your big chop/ shorter hair pics!

Diva_Esq

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I am over 8 months post and contemplating a big chop soon!

I'd like to get some ideas as to wash & go's, puffs, rod/ roller sets, or any other style that I could do on my Type 3 hair if I cut it.

Please & thank you!!!!
 
Well, Im a 3b and I began transitioning in 2005 but I never big chopped. If youre a heat user, it shouldnt be too hard to match up the textures. I have no idea how many 3's actually do the bc but Id love to see some. Sorry I couldnt help :lol:
 
When my hair was short, I didn't do anything but wear it down.
It's very easy with short hair...

It will probably be really cute just wearing it down and curly :)
 
This is my BC.
I transitioned for a whole year and ended up at 6".
It was very short, too short to put in a bun or puff.
 

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I'm 3b/c and have transition for 15 months and will bc next week about 1-2 from the front the rest is natural. I have enough hair to bun/pony but I'll still be in the training phase. It will be hit/miss until I figure out the products and techniques. Good luck!
 
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When my hair was short, I didn't do anything but wear it down.
It's very easy with short hair...

It will probably be really cute just wearing it down and curly :)

Yea, you're probably right. I just wanted to see what others' hair looked like. I'm really trying to give my DH an idea of how it will look and prep myself at the same time. I've never had hair shorter than chin length, and that was because of drastic cuts of 8" or more. :blush:

Do you have your BC pics in your profile, fotki or blog?
 
^^^^Here is my hair in 1995 when it was short, not super short, but still :D
 

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Thanks for this thread. I'm transitioning too (23 wks post). I'm a 3, but not sure which one. I'm very curious as to how my hair will look fully natural also. Keep the pics coming ladies! Cali*Rocks, love your hair!
 
i didnt bc cause i was scared to. i did mini chops over a course of 2yrs and flat ironed the whole time :( i wish i would have though, but i dont think i was mentally there yet lol
 
I'm a 3/4 (fine cottony) combination and have some pics in my fotki. The link's in my profile. I chopped after a year. The thing I would do differently is to get my hair cut into a style like a graduated bob. Then it will fall into the style in the curly state. When it grows out you won't have a soul glo mullet.
 
This is my hair after 10 months of transistioning:

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1st pic = bald-headed, i'd wear a head tie sometimes (looking back it was quite ridiculous)

2nd/3rd pic = i fingertwirled with conditioner (Terry's method) so my hair looks extra curly. I just used bobby pins

4th= blow dried, then took down loose bantu knots

5th= flat-ironed

I really don't have many pictures, but another style i'd do is flat twists at the front and leave the back out curly fro. Sometimes I'd do that with cornrows as well. The remainder of days would be wash n go's- sometimes with head bands, head ties, bobby pins or sometimes without any accessories.
 

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This was about 2 months after my BC. For some reason I don't have nay pics of my hair natural when it was long :perplexed.

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hey you can look at my siggy for when i had a bob and check out my album for other pics of when i grew my hair out with no heat and ps. :grin:
good luck!!
 
This was about 2 months after my BC. For some reason I don't have nay pics of my hair natural when it was long :perplexed.

Love your hair!! OT-Corrine Bailey Rae is my inspiration too!! I can't wait for her new album either.

OP I don't think i'm a 3 but I have texture shots in my Fotki of my BC up til today.
 
^^^^Here is my hair in 1995 when it was short, not super short, but still :D

Adorable pic! :)

I'm a 3/4 (fine cottony) combination and have some pics in my fotki. The link's in my profile. I chopped after a year. The thing I would do differently is to get my hair cut into a style like a graduated bob. Then it will fall into the style in the curly state. When it grows out you won't have a soul glo mullet.

I love your texture. I'm soooooooo dying to see what mine will be like without relaxed ends! :lachen: @ soul glow mullet! :)

This is my hair after 10 months of transistioning:

curlies1.jpg

Very cute! Love the spirals at the back! :)
 
I'll tag Diva_Esq
She's kept a good log of her hair from BC to now.

I didn't BC so I don't have any pictures of really short hair. Here's a big cut that I had a couple of years ago now. It was so easy to do my hair then.
 

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The first two pictures are when I first cut the perm off. I transitioned for 14 months and 3 weeks. After that are pictures of what I did with my hair while it was shorter.
 

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Oooh this thread is old! I still had hair when I posted on pg 2 Lmfao

I'm not illiterate. It's my phones auto correct
 
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