ETA: SOrry for the book. I'll keep it simple, but if you want to read my goals...
they are below
Name: InNeedofHairapy
HYH: 1st timer
Goal: Natural (don't know the length I'd be by then)
I'm going to join this one! I'm a HYH 1st timer, but I've been hiding my hair in one way or another/off and on since December '06, and full time since April '07.
My hair is beat the hell up right now to be quite honest. I think a combination of neglect, and rough handling along with bad relaxer applications from stylists has messed me up. The ONLY healthy part of my hair is the new growth
which I try my best to nurture (I even try to baby the dead ends, but that's not working so much)
I have not relaxed my hair since Dec. 20, 2006. I have not used heat since Feb/March. I have been hiding my hair with falls, ponytails since April (when I found out I was pregnant
)
After a lot of back and forth and warring with my natural/relaxed/transitioning selves, I've decided that I'm not going to relax again until AFTER I've had my babies. I'm going to trim my hair as I go until I have no more of these funky/damaged/relaxed ends. Once I am fully natural, I will baby my hair and continue hiding it in protective styles. I plan to breast-feed both babies for 6 months to a year. Once they are weaned is when I will relax my hair again. By then, I anticipate having at LEAST mid back length hair, if not longer, but my goal is midback/bra-strap length.
I'm going home tonight to take a pic of my hair in it's current state. Each month until december, I will post a pic as I get closer to being natural. I've been having a BC itch, so that might get in the way, but my ultimate goal for the HYH till Christmas challenge is to have healthy, natural hair.