how many naturals are there REALLY?????????

[soulchild]

Unless my countings off, I think I'm 25

 

[Brooke007]

26

 

[WaterMoccasin]

I guess I'm #27 then!
I'll be texturizing within the next year though

 

[TinyT]

Me!! I won't put a number b/c the count is off.

 

[Champagne_Wishes]

Natural head right hurrr

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[NaturallyNappy]

Happily Nappy since August '03

 

[Jubilee]

I'm transitioning at the moment.

 

[freetobme]

I'm a natural too.

 

[KittenLongPaw]

Okay, I'm 31! I love my natural hair, wouldn't have it any other way

 

[Teva]

the count is way off but I am half and half. getting there alot faster than I had planned.

 

[babyblue]

natural here!!

 

[mermaid]

haven't had a relaxer in my hair for at least 5 years, maybe more!
Currently braided and colored, but curly and kinky otherwise!

 

[missykeyana]

ME!!!

 

[hotshot]

im natural, going on six years. this march will mark the first year of really knowing how to take care of my hair, though

 

[happylocks]

I counted 43 Gals, but I could be wrong, in that case I am 44 natural going on 5 years or sooo, Very proud, and Loving every min of it, keep it up !!

 

[Tgirl]

As of last November 1st, me too.

 

[NubianQueen]

45, not happy

, THOROUGHLY confused

....yet, still nappy.

 

[Nubianrose]

me- 46..in the process of cutting off the last 2 inches of relaxed hair in the front

 

[ricochet]

Another natural chiming in...2 years relaxer free as of 10-21-03.

 

[ATLwavylocks]

Count me in!

 

[Nefertiti0906]

I'm also natural

 

[ChocolateCutee]

same here. can u tell by my avatar

 

[chewy]

Here I am!

 

[amy1234]

I am too

 

[Zoe]

Fully Natural as of 8/15/03....

 

[Tara]

Me # 675

Well, I done lost count but I am a natural too.

 

[Height]

50 I guess.

 

[aida]

I am au naturale and loving it.

 

[hotshot]

did this happen to anyone else-
when i went natural, i had been wearing braids for a year straight or so and before that i had a perm. ( i wore braids for about four years with the occasional perm in between) i never did a "big chop", all my permed parts ( about 7-8 inches ) just reverted. so when i was first natural, i had alot of hair! i havent really heard of this happening to anyone else. i thought it might help transitioners who are scared to chop.

 

[mermaid]

THat happened to me- when I first started wearing braids, it was because I was sick of dealing with the hassle of a relaxer. When I finally decided to go without the braids a couple years later, my relaxed parts were clearly no longer relaxed and there was no evidence they ever were. I relaxed right after that, and all the women in the salon were in AWE of the length and luster of my hair- almost brastrap, I'd say. Once again, though, I couldn't stand what I felt was drudgery and being a slave to my hair every day, so the braids went back in, and stayed in that style for about 4-5 years, When I took them out and kept my own hair free, I was past bra strap, WITHOUT a good press, just hitting it with a regular curling iron. I was so surprised, I decided to leave it out for a while-did a few trims over the course of a few months, but have never been tempted to go through the day-to-day hair drama associated (for me) with relaxed hair. If I don't press (when not braided, obviously), I just wash and go, some days it curls real pretty, somedays it kinks, some days it does some weird combo of both- and I'm fine with it because I dig the ease of it, but there is no sign I ever had a relaxer, all the way to the ends.