Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare??

[Diva_Esq]

For the ladies who planned their BC, did you do anything special in the month/ week/ night before to prep your hair for the BC?

Wash? Deep condition? Protein? Anything special?

I am just wondering if there is anything special I'd need to do to my hair beforehand to get ready for the BC.

Thanks in advance for answering!

 

[MsBoinglicious]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Not really, all I did was wash my hair and I saturated it with whole bottle of Suave Conditioner (the conditioner made my natural hair curly and my relaxed hair stringy which made chopping easy). After that I just rinsed and did a wash and go.

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Not really, all I did was wash my hair and I saturated it with whole bottle of Suave Conditioner (the conditioner made my natural hair curly and my relaxed hair stringy which made chopping easy). After that I just rinsed and did a wash and go.

Did your curl pattern pop immediately when you did that 1st wash & go, or did it take some time?

 

[Nina_deF]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

^^^^^^ what she said.

You got the itch bad, don't you!!
I know the feeling!

Have you done a minichop recently?

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

^^^^^^ what she said.

You got the itch bad, don't you!!
I know the feeling!

Have you done a minichop recently?

Haha! Don't be trying to read me, Missy!

You know I do! I am prepping myself. I have seen so many beautiful BCs on here. And my relaxed hair is getting super tangly!!

IDK if my hair is just weird or what! People talk a lot on here about detangling their natural hair and that process being a beast, but it's my relaxed ends that tangle and knot! Hate that!

 

[MsBoinglicious]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Did your curl pattern pop immediately when you did that 1st wash & go, or did it take some time?

Yep I was boing'n all over the place lol.

 

[Nina_deF]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Haha! Don't be trying to read me, Missy!

You know I do! I am prepping myself. I have seen so many beautiful BCs on here. And my relaxed hair is getting super tangly!!

IDK if my hair is just weird or what! People talk a lot on here about detangling their natural hair and that process being a beast, but it's my relaxed ends that tangle and knot! Hate that!

Yeah, that's what got me at last.
And the relaxed looking dull and dead compared to my natural hair...

You know, now when I wash I lose about 3/4 less hair...
And my hair glistens with the water in it water, I no longer have the strangly, sad ends heckling me.
THAT feels good!

Ooops, guess I'm a BC pusher..... sorry!

 

[vainღ♥♡jane]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

i just drenched my hair in a runny conditioner so that i could see the difference between my coily hair, and my relaxed hair, without having to deal with the tangles that water would cause with those relaxed ends still on. ♥

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

i just drenched my hair in a runny conditioner so that i could see the difference between my coily hair, and my relaxed hair, without having to deal with the tangles that water would cause with those relaxed ends still on. ♥

Did you do your own BC? I am having a stylist do mine.

 

[RockCreak]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

For the ladies who planned their BC, did you do anything special in the month/ week/ night before to prep your hair for the BC?

Wash? Deep condition? Protein? Anything special?

I am just wondering if there is anything special I'd need to do to my hair beforehand to get ready for the BC.

Thanks in advance for answering!

Well, I sorta kinda planned mine... 3 days before doing it!

I did nothing special to prepare. My girlfriend did mine for me. Only because I wanted a lil shape to it. She poo'd and con me. She did the BC while I had con in my hair. I didn't put anythin in it right afterwards until I got home.

I threw in a black hair color, dc and added some KCCC... the results are in my siggy... my hair is wet in that pic... I really love it when it dries though...and add a splash of coconut oil.. I'm good to go!

 

[vainღ♥♡jane]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

yep i did my own bc. i kinda wish i would've gone to a salon though because i cut off too much. ♥

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Well, I sorta kinda planned mine... 3 days before doing it!

I did nothing special to prepare. My girlfriend did mine for me. Only because I wanted a lil shape to it. She poo'd and con me. She did the BC while I had con in my hair. I didn't put anythin in it right afterwards until I got home.

I threw in a black hair color, dc and added some KCCC... the results are in my siggy... my hair is wet in that pic... I really love it when it dries though...and add a splash of coconut oil.. I'm good to go!

Looks gorgeous! Congrats!

yep i did my own bc. i kinda wish i would've gone to a salon though because i cut off too much. ♥

That's what I'm afraid of, so I am going to my stylist!

 

[Rapunzel*]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

i slathered my hair with lots of conditioner, then started to chop chop chop


i need to get out this thread before i bc

 

[Rapunzel*]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Looks gorgeous! Congrats!



That's what I'm afraid of, so I am going to my stylist!

post a pic of your ng
:Flahsssss

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

post a pic of your ng
:Flahsssss

Wet new growth:

Dry new growth:

 

[Trini_Chutney]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Nice new growth! All I did to prepare was give myself a pep talk, then washed and conditioned. I left the conditioner in and started cutting.

 

[TaraDyan]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Hey there, Diva Esq!

The night before my BC (which I did myself), I did a protein treatment with Aphogee 2-Minute Reconstructor and sat for 20 minutes under the dryer. I followed that up with Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner for 20 minutes under the dryer too. The protein/moisture combo made my natural hair really strong and curly, while my relaxed hair was straight ... which made it VERY easy to cut. I actually documented the whole thing with pictures in my Fotki if you want to check it out:

http://public.fotki.com/TaraDyan/my-natural-hair-alb/big-chop-photos-09-01-08/

 

[Ltown]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

I did my regular dc and cut my hair wet first then I cut dried. The only problem I had was that there is 3 different textures in my hair and one area was straighter so I cut hair that was not relax.

 

[lilsparkle825]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

nope, my NG was all healthy hair (as opposed to those ugly relaxed ends) so i cowashed and went at it. my mom helped me some, but it was so liberating i did it mostly myself. i didn't cut too much (except for maybe one curl) because it was so easy to see the difference between my curls and the relaxed ends.

for mini-chops i went to stylists, but there was something about doing my own BC that just felt so right.

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Nice new growth! All I did to prepare was give myself a pep talk, then washed and conditioned. I left the conditioner in and started cutting.

Hey there, Diva Esq!

The night before my BC (which I did myself), I did a protein treatment with Aphogee 2-Minute Reconstructor and sat for 20 minutes under the dryer. I followed that up with Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner for 20 minutes under the dryer too. The protein/moisture combo made my natural hair really strong and curly, while my relaxed hair was straight ... which made it VERY easy to cut. I actually documented the whole thing with pictures in my Fotki if you want to check it out:

http://public.fotki.com/TaraDyan/my-natural-hair-alb/big-chop-photos-09-01-08/

And thanks for the link! I will check it out!

nope, my NG was all healthy hair (as opposed to those ugly relaxed ends) so i cowashed and went at it. my mom helped me some, but it was so liberating i did it mostly myself. i didn't cut too much (except for maybe one curl) because it was so easy to see the difference between my curls and the relaxed ends.

for mini-chops i went to stylists, but there was something about doing my own BC that just felt so right.

Brave woman! Congrats!

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Hey there, Diva Esq!

The night before my BC (which I did myself), I did a protein treatment with Aphogee 2-Minute Reconstructor and sat for 20 minutes under the dryer. I followed that up with Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner for 20 minutes under the dryer too. The protein/moisture combo made my natural hair really strong and curly, while my relaxed hair was straight ... which made it VERY easy to cut. I actually documented the whole thing with pictures in my Fotki if you want to check it out:

http://public.fotki.com/TaraDyan/my-natural-hair-alb/big-chop-photos-09-01-08/

Your curlies went BOING instantly! Thanks for the link! And great job with your chop!

 

[Taleah2009]

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Haha! Don't be trying to read me, Missy!

You know I do! I am prepping myself. I have seen so many beautiful BCs on here. And my relaxed hair is getting super tangly!!

IDK if my hair is just weird or what! People talk a lot on here about detangling their natural hair and that process being a beast, but it's my relaxed ends that tangle and knot! Hate that!

Its my relaxed ends that tangle up too. I am 14 months posts, and I can finger my ng, but new growth be like its driving me nuts. I am thinking of just going ahead and chop. but this is the longest my hair has every been before (i am almost apl in the front). with all these knowledge i have been learning on here, i am still scared my hair wont grow back erplexed I have tentatively set my cut for next month. soo nervous! never had short here before. i have always been SL

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Its my relaxed ends that tangle up too. I am 14 months posts, and I can finger my ng, but new growth be like its driving me nuts. I am thinking of just going ahead and chop. but this is the longest my hair has every been before (i am almost apl in the front). with all these knowledge i have been learning on here, i am still scared my hair wont grow back erplexed I have tentatively set my cut for next month. soo nervous! never had short here before. i have always been SL

Looks like we are in about the same boat, except that my hair grew to APL with relaxers...but longer without. I have set my date and I may be moving it up! I am so sick of bunning and these ends suck! I feel ya pain!

 

[Taleah2009]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Looks like we are in about the same boat, except that my hair grew to APL with relaxers...but longer without. I have set my date and I may be moving it up! I am so sick of bunning and these ends suck! I feel ya pain!

Yes! this ends suck. I dont know how transitioners co-wash many times per week, because that is just a detangling nightmare. I gave up on that long time ago!

 

[Taleah2009]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Looks like we are in about the same boat, except that my hair grew to APL with relaxers...but longer without. I have set my date and I may be moving it up! I am so sick of bunning and these ends suck! I feel ya pain!

Oh, and let me know what you decide. I think I am just going to do it. Its just hair rightlachen:

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

Yes! this ends suck. I dont know how transitioners co-wash many times per week, because that is just a detangling nightmare. I gave up on that long time ago!

I cowash daily, but it's just when I wear a braidout for a few days that it gets bad! Tangly mess! But when I am cowashing, I noticed that the comb glides through my NG like a ninja! But it snags and tangles on my relaxed ends! Fooey! I want them GONE!

Oh, and let me know what you decide. I think I am just going to do it. Its just hair rightlachen:

I am thinking about doing it early. Part of it is I am embarking upon an office Biggest Loser challenge and want to lose about 15 so my face will be slimmer. So it'll either be May or June. But yes, it's just HAIR!

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

I didn't really plan it thoroughly. I worked up enough guts to do it and haven't looked back since. My friend came over and chopped it for me.

I have 4a/b hair and although I have coils, I have cottony goodness. I do partial wng's.... meaning I don't go for curl definition I co-wash, apply leave ins, and pick. It dries into a soft fro. LadyPhayNYC (I think that's her name...can't remember) did a tutorial that gave me good curl definition but I need to find the right products.

 

[Diva_Esq]

Re: Ladies who planned their BC: Did you do anything special to your hair to prepare?

I didn't really plan it thoroughly. I worked up enough guts to do it and haven't looked back since. My friend came over and chopped it for me.

I have 4a/b hair and although I have coils, I have cottony goodness. I do partial wng's.... meaning I don't go for curl definition I co-wash, apply leave ins, and pick. It dries into a soft fro. LadyPhayNYC (I think that's her name...can't remember) did a tutorial that gave me good curl definition but I need to find the right products.

Sounds cute! How much hair did you have left when you BC'd?