And I'm actually very excited about it.
I tried it earlier in the year then thought well let me give Phyto a try and if I still can't manage my hair then I'm going back to natural. And ladies...I threw in the towel (so to speak)...relaxers are NOT for me.
At first (August 2004) the hair looked healthy and all was going well...well of course...because my hair was previously natural and very healthy. Of course it looked good relaxed (at first). Then the lye underprocessed parts went to work.
Fast forward to 2 years later (August 2006) and my hair is just not handling relaxers at all. I have breakage from the lye parts and I'm just tired of using things to try and maintain my relaxed hair when all my natural hair needed was a good conditioner, hair oil, good leave in and the occasional shampoo. So I decided I'm going to go back to natural hair and just learn natural hairstyles.
My ONLY issue with my natural hair before was I couldn't figure out how to do "grown up" styles and I was getting frustrated using products which weren't working with my natural hair. Well, I found products and for complicated styles I plan on going to my friend who is a great braider/weaver/cornrower. And once in a while I'll get the occasional blowdry/flatiron.
I went to a festival this past weekend and saw many naturals. Some with styles that didn't look as good as what I used to do and I thought "good grief...why was I so hard on myself?" ...hindsight. There is nothing wrong with my hair type or the styles I had (I shouldn't have cared what mom or the ass at work had to say about it) and it took seeing other people's hair to realize mine was just as good (if not better
).
I'm also picking this time to go natural because my mom is away She won't have any say in it and by the time she is back in December I'll be 6 months into it and it'll be done...lol. In order for this to work, I think I'm just going to have to tell her "it's my hair, I'm a grown woman and please leave me be about my hair." 
My plan is to cut as it grows. Already my waist length hair is now at my bra strap. I really want to chop another 6" off (which would make it just past my shoulders) but will wait a little while longer.
By next August I think I'll be past my shoulders again so it's all good. It'll take me about 2-2.5 years to get to bra strap again and that's ok. To get back to lower back/waist I'll need 4 years (hopefully MTG can speed that up).
Thanks to working out 4-6x a week I'm getting 1/2"/month and when I add MTG I hope it bumps it up to 3/4-1"/month. I normally only get about .33"/month..so about 1" every 3 months.
Whoohoo...I'm coming back natural; sorry I left ya. LOL!
Don't be suprised to find PMs from me ladies...asking questions and needing support
I tried it earlier in the year then thought well let me give Phyto a try and if I still can't manage my hair then I'm going back to natural. And ladies...I threw in the towel (so to speak)...relaxers are NOT for me.
At first (August 2004) the hair looked healthy and all was going well...well of course...because my hair was previously natural and very healthy. Of course it looked good relaxed (at first). Then the lye underprocessed parts went to work.
Fast forward to 2 years later (August 2006) and my hair is just not handling relaxers at all. I have breakage from the lye parts and I'm just tired of using things to try and maintain my relaxed hair when all my natural hair needed was a good conditioner, hair oil, good leave in and the occasional shampoo. So I decided I'm going to go back to natural hair and just learn natural hairstyles.
My ONLY issue with my natural hair before was I couldn't figure out how to do "grown up" styles and I was getting frustrated using products which weren't working with my natural hair. Well, I found products and for complicated styles I plan on going to my friend who is a great braider/weaver/cornrower. And once in a while I'll get the occasional blowdry/flatiron.
I went to a festival this past weekend and saw many naturals. Some with styles that didn't look as good as what I used to do and I thought "good grief...why was I so hard on myself?" ...hindsight. There is nothing wrong with my hair type or the styles I had (I shouldn't have cared what mom or the ass at work had to say about it) and it took seeing other people's hair to realize mine was just as good (if not better
).I'm also picking this time to go natural because my mom is away
She won't have any say in it and by the time she is back in December I'll be 6 months into it and it'll be done...lol. In order for this to work, I think I'm just going to have to tell her "it's my hair, I'm a grown woman and please leave me be about my hair." My plan is to cut as it grows. Already my waist length hair is now at my bra strap. I really want to chop another 6" off (which would make it just past my shoulders) but will wait a little while longer.
By next August I think I'll be past my shoulders again so it's all good. It'll take me about 2-2.5 years to get to bra strap again and that's ok. To get back to lower back/waist I'll need 4 years (hopefully MTG can speed that up).
Thanks to working out 4-6x a week I'm getting 1/2"/month and when I add MTG I hope it bumps it up to 3/4-1"/month. I normally only get about .33"/month..so about 1" every 3 months.
Whoohoo...I'm coming back natural; sorry I left ya. LOL!
Don't be suprised to find PMs from me ladies...asking questions and needing support
I know it takes work but you makeit seem effortless. 
You can do it!
