brg240
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Hello ladies, so I've been transitioning about 3 years, my last relaxer was mid October 2008, and I figured I'd share my progress with you all. I know that it would be better in it's naturally curly state but um my hair came out straighter(does acv rinse make it straighter?) than i expected also my hair tangles very badly if i let it airdry out of braids. So this will do unless i take some pics next week and replace these.
My relaxed hair mostly starts maybe an inch or two under wl. I really should just cut it all off but i'm one of those people that don't want to give up length even if it's 5 strands
I've been steadily trimming though 2-4" every 6 months.
I took pics because i plan to trim off a couple inches this week.
anyway here is my update pic.
So havilland andSolitude asked some good questions so i decided to add them to the first post. I'm sorry that I'm kind of long winded
If this is better put on the second page tell me please.
My relaxed hair mostly starts maybe an inch or two under wl. I really should just cut it all off but i'm one of those people that don't want to give up length even if it's 5 strands
I've been steadily trimming though 2-4" every 6 months.I took pics because i plan to trim off a couple inches this week.
anyway here is my update pic.
So havilland andSolitude asked some good questions so i decided to add them to the first post. I'm sorry that I'm kind of long winded
If this is better put on the second page tell me please.What is your regimen????
My Current Regimen
*I will say in advance I'm not always consistent*
Ignoring the protein and shampoo, i cowash every week.
- Prepoo with aloe vera juice and sunflower oil (i separate my hair into four sections and then saturate each section with aloe vera juice, put each section in a bantu knot as i go, then i will rub sunflower oil over each section and then braid and put on a shower cap for 1-24hr)
- Wash with Suave Daily Clarifying Shampoo *(I only do this once a month or if i have a lot of build up and I don't always use it on the length of my hair.)///Alternative wash with Burt's Bees Moisturizing Raspberry and Brazil Nut Shampoo
- Do mild protein treatment eggs//conditioner//mayo//soybean oil; leave on for 30 min - 3 hrs. **I only do this about once a month
- Condition with Suave Almond and Shea Conditioner and baggy for 1-24 hrs
- Rinse conditioner out towel dry partially
- spray with aloe vera juice and seal with avacodo(sometimes) and sunflower oil(always)
- rebraid if i've left them out after conditioning.
I wear my hair in a bun(out) or pigtails(at home)
And how has it changed over the last couple of years?
I am truly a forgetful person. So while I know my regimen has changed over time. I can't tell you exactly how. I did have a blog entry on it in 09 but that's long been deleted.
I can tell you some products that I don't use anymore though.
I try to moisturize every day or every other day.
- I know last year I used coconut oil, i barely used it this year. I really do like it though.
- I was using suave coconut conditioner for cowashing and as a leave in. But I like the Suave Almond and Shea better.
- I don't really use conditioner as a daily moisturizer anymore since discovering Aloe Vera Juice in march.
- I was using burt's bees Raspberry and Brazil Nut moisturizing conditioner and that worked amazingly for me. I just didn't want to buy it.
- I know in the beginning in 09 i was not cowashing really and when i started that, it helped so much.
What made you decide to transition?
I decided to transition for a couple reasons. But first let me say when i first starting transitioning it was not a concious descion. In 07 I had become bored of the pin straight hair relaxers gave me. I also hated getting chemical burns on my scalp. So I was having my mom leave them on a shorter amount of time and waiting longer and longer before I'd get the next one. Then I just decided not to get a touchup.
Also, in the spring semester of 08 I had a professor that was natural and her hair was so gorgeous. I would literally stare at her hair instead of listening to her lecture.I decided I would grow my hair out and wouldn't bother with a relaxer.
However, I did end up getting one in the summer at the request of someone for a funeral. I really didn't want to but honestly my hair looked a mess. And again in october because I was so frustrated that i was not longer in my transition b/c of the summer relaxer.
Well anyway decided the october one would be the last one because after i got it i was like i don't really like relaxed hair anymore. So yeah hopefully that explains why. Around that time i was really getting bothered about how relaxers are pushed on little girls and we were all expected to get them.
I know that's rather jumbled but i hope you can get my reasoning out of that.
How have you managed to avoid breakage, mainly?
Um I haven't avoided breakage, i think the end of last year my hair stared breaking
Oh and I think trimming helps, I trim a chunk of hair off so that probably gets rid of some of most breakage.
Do you use protein treatments?
I do mild protein treatments with mayo and eggs. I've used a cheap protein conditioner but I hated it. I've also tried yogurt/egg/mayo mix and I think that worked okay. This coming year I'm stepping up my protein though.
What was your starting length relaxed?
I believe MBL, I don't have any pics from the fall/winter of 08 but these are from earlier in the year.
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beautiful hair..
