New *2009* Transitioners Support Thread!

jaded_faerie said:
Sounds good. I've been K.I.S.S as well...less manipulation more hair on my head.

Yea, last two times i BC(pre 6 months) I was unhappy with the length and ended up relaxing again.

off topic but you've got skills with the make-up..love the twiggy eyes
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Thank you :)
 
I'm rolling up in here at 10 weeks post. I got a sew-in this weekend, my very first :-) I'll keep it in for eight weeks and after that I will be 18 weeks post.

My stylist is really sweet and I mentioned to her wanting to transition. She told me to prepare myself for lots and lots of shedding when I take down the sew-in. Let's hope I hold my ground ladies :-)
 
I took my sew-in out last night. Applied coconut oil to my braided hair and went to sleep. When I woke up i took out the braids. I have a crazy amount of breakage/shedding. So, now I am sitting under the dryer with Aphogee in. Hopefully it will help. I only had the sew-in for less than 2 weeks...I wanted to get it done again, but I want to make sure that my hair is in a healthier state first...

9 months out.
 
I cowashed my hair and did my first wet bun yesterday. I layered two elastic headbands and it came out looking pretty good. This will be my go to summer style when I don't have time.
 
Regarding shedding of hair as a result of a sew in. Your hair sheds daily anyway. So because it is braided up, it's not able to shed. So it will be appear that it's a lot of shed hair, because it's 2 weeks, 2 months, however long you kept the sew-in, worth of hair shedding. Don't become overly alarmed. DC and treat your hair gently and I will think you will be fine.

That's my .02,
 
I feel like relaxing.

not because of breakage, but because of poofage, shrinkage, and hot weather. But I'd still get poofing and shrinking, granted much less, if i did my texlax, but yea.

I shall weather this storm. Hopefully.
 
BotanyGrl said:
I cowashed my hair and did my first wet bun yesterday. I layered two elastic headbands and it came out looking pretty good. This will be my go to summer style when I don't have time.
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I've been cowashing daily lately, and doing wet buns, and my hair loves it, specifically my new growth. It's really easy to detangle, and very easy to manage.

CinnaMizz said:
I feel like relaxing.

not because of breakage, but because of poofage, shrinkage, and hot weather. But I'd still get poofing and shrinking, granted much less, if i did my texlax, but yea.

I shall weather this storm. Hopefully.
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CinnaMizz you can do it. Don't let that tempt you girl. Poofage, shrinkage, or whatever...I'm sure it's gorgeous!

Loves Harmony said:
I cant believe that ive done my own kinky twist. They are so pretty.
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I wanna see. I really want to do some on my own as well. Any tips?
 
I'm still chugging along.. May 14th will be 19 months for my transition.. 1 more month and then I'm chopping (maybe). I'm moving back to TX, but we'll be near the coast ,it'll be interesting to see if my hair needs change because of the climate change. (humidity, water quality, 100 degree weather)... We shall see... im excited!
 
did a heavy trim last night. trying to actually bring out the layers in my hair. on the bottom i only cut about 1/2 inch. but as i got closer to the top i cut off up upwards of 2-3 inches. it looks and feels sooo much better. and I am getting closer to all natural. i am probably 75-80% natural now =)
 
CinnaMizz said:
I feel like relaxing.

not because of breakage, but because of poofage, shrinkage, and hot weather. But I'd still get poofing and shrinking, granted much less, if i did my texlax, but yea.

I shall weather this storm. Hopefully.
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Nooo, don't do it! Step away from the ledge :spinning: Think of it this way... you can always finish out your transition, and if you don't like it, you can texlax. But if you cave in and texlax now, if you ever decided to transition again, you would have to start all over.

FindingMe. I love your new avy!

I henna'ed today. I think I may straighten, we'll see. I cut about 1/2-1 inch again this past weekend. My ends feel healthier. Fighting the urge more and more as the weather gets warmer...
 
I did my first bantu knot out last night/this morning. I really think this may be my go to style. I've tried twist outs, buns and weave and this is my favorite so far. My hair was a 2-3 day old light blow dry. I just sprayed it with water, VO5, wave noueavau, olive oil and water as i did each small section. My only complaint is it takes forever to dry! I did them at 2 this morning at they weren't dry at 9 ...So, I know it is highly unlikely i will do it on wet hair.
 
19 weeks post today :-)
From tomorrow, I will be stepping into the unknown! Never been unrelaxed a day after 19 weeks post... my hair is doing really well... thanks to: cowashing, my moisturising spritz, also my shea mix moisturiser, DCs, low mani styles.

I am loving my hair right now.

Good luck ladies.
 
Hey ladies :wave:

I've been transitioning since March 3, 2008, and I think I'll be BCing in December. Right now what keeps me going is my flat ironing and wearing it straight.
 
I'm thinking about trying Diva Smooth...

Not so much because I want to wear my hair straight - but because I'm getting really lazy about washing and conditioning b/c I don't want to deal with the aftermath :nono:

My hair isn't even very tangly - it just takes FOREVER to get through all of it and then it want's to fight me when it's time to get put away. I'm also going to Louisiana later this month with my SO..and the "good hair/bad hair" debate is still very much alive and well there. If my SO gives me the :perplexed face ONE time about some escaped kitchen peas on the back of my neck I swear I will :hardslap:

:lachen:
 
Today I am 21 weeks post! It is going pretty well I just am sooo ready to do the big chop! I am mostly wearing the wash and go and I have to up my deep conditioning to at least 2-3x a week (I have been slacking). I will post a pic when I am at midpoint which is at the end of this month.
 
My transition's going ok. I washed my har last night for the first time in 2 weeks when I trimmed and I see there's not much left to go! I'm so excited. I'm going to try doing some twists on my hair even though I have relaxed ends. We'll see how it goes.

Hope everyone's doing well on their transition these days.

Soleil what exactly is diva smooth?
 
I did another set of bantu knots on friday and took them out saturday. I did them on half dry fresh washed hair. They came out nice. Not what i expected, but they were nice. My problem is the birds nest effect I get. I get it with braidouts and twist outs too. Its like a halo of hairs on top of the set style. Anyone else have this problem? What do you use to eliminate it? Maybe it's because i don't use setting lotions...
 
I'm only 22.5 weeks post, but I'm transitioning. I feel like I'm losing length, which is odd because I'm accustomed to stretching for up to a year, but I'm hoping it's just stress. Hope it's going well with everyone!
 
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