Robin41
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Bublnbrnsuga said:What made you go natural? Was it for a change? Hair damage from relaxers? Appreciation of your natural texture? Freedom?
Have you pondered another relaxer? Why/ why not?
Do you use heat to straighten your hair? If so, how often?
Which was easier to manage- relaxed hair or natural hair?
I'm still transitioning but can I chime in?
My decision to go natural was because my hair was so stringy and weak from relaxing for so many years. And my sister-in-law transitioned a few years ago and I'm so in love with her hair. She texturizes but her hair has grown like a weed since she stopped relaxing fully and her twist-outs are the best I've ever seen. I wanna be just like her. Seriously, she was my inspiration to transition to natural.
I ponder another relaxer every time I run into a new difficulty with my new hair but then I learn how to deal with it and move on. I love my new texture too much to go back to relaxing now. Maybe a texturizer at some point in the future if I need help getting my hair under control, but not now.
So far, I haven't used any heat at all but I'm considering blowouts and maybe flat ironing just for a change.
I think my natural hair is easier to manage because I can just CO and pull it back into a puff and go. And I think I've mastered the twist-out so well that I can do about six rows of flat twists at night in about 10-15 minutes, untwist in the morning and go. When I was relaxed, I really had to think about what I was going to do with my hair every day. It was a lot of work.
Thanks for starting this thread, Bublnbrnsuga! It's so interesting to read why other folks made the decision to go natural. Bonus: We have all the naturals in one thread and can lurk all of their albums in one shot!