New *2010* Transitioners Support Thread!

Fotkis of mentioned:
http://members.fotki.com/Ekaette/about/
http://members.fotki.com/MummysGirl/about/
http://members.fotki.com/stephelise/about/
http://members.fotki.com/TemiLnd/about/
Platinum... do you have a fotki? If you do, what's the link? :bat:

Foxglove said:
Just off the top of my head I can think of mine (http://public.fotki.com/Ekaette/), mummysgirl, stephelise, platinum, Temilnd
I know I'm forgetting some people and some don't have fotkis.
I would go through from pg 1 of this thread and the 2009 one and go to profiles of members whose hair looks like yours. That's how I find fotkis of hair cousins
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hair4romheaven said:
how are you ladies bunning at 6+ mnts post?
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I use Qhemet's Olive & Hydrating Balm and scarf. It's a little boufanty (sp?) in the back. I'd rather it look tight rather than actually be tight if that makes sense.

I am 8 months post as of today. I think I should have more new growth at this point. I think what is really going on is as my new growth is getting longer my hair is getting coilier (sp?) which=shrinkage. I am starting to use growth aides now so we will see because I will end my transition the first week of Jan 2011.
 
I straightened my hair. The line separating my ng and relaxed hair is so darn rough! I used the maxiglide and made sure to "pre-soften" that line and ends with the steam. I have whole sections of my hair that are fully natural. I know most of them are from the knot debacle I had a while back but there's also a section in the back - don't remember having a knot back there :look: but I'll have to check pics to verify.

In light of my realization re: density, I'm going to change up my wash/co-wash technique. I've been washing in sections since starting my transition but I haven't been consistent with not washing my hair loose. I feel like keeping my hair in braids while shampooing isn't effective in eliminating build-up and avoiding tangles. However, I lost too much hair over the course of yesterday and today. I dentangled on my oiled hair, put in loose twists, untwisted, shampooed each section loose while finger detangling, retwisted, applied henna, rinsed out henna with v05 moisture milk and detangled again, applied dc, rinsed out dc this morning and detangled again, applied leave-in and heat protectant, detangled again with with wide-tooth and then fine tooth comb, blow-dried and flat-ironed, detangling each section as needed to make sure that it wouldn't get caught in Maxiglide's teeth. Too much detangling! :nono: I simply can't afford to lose that much hair.

I'm going to start my s&d mission later and evaluate whether I should bc or continue to transition.
 
Platinum said:
:lol: Girl, I haven't updated my fotki in almost a year and a half.:wallbash::wallbash: I guess I might as well get started on that.:look: I also need to get a good camera. My camera phone pics never really turn out so good.
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Since we're talking about camera phone pics, thought I would throw these in just because my hair was behaving for a few days.:yep:

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Pulled back with a simple headband from what else, ....a bantu knot out!!
 
andromeda said:
I straightened my hair. The line separating my ng and relaxed hair is so darn rough! I used the maxiglide and made sure to "pre-soften" that line and ends with the steam. I have whole sections of my hair that are fully natural. I know most of them are from the knot debacle I had a while back but there's also a section in the back - don't remember having a knot back there :look: but I'll have to check pics to verify.

In light of my realization re: density, I'm going to change up my wash/co-wash technique. I've been washing in sections since starting my transition but I haven't been consistent with not washing my hair loose. I feel like keeping my hair in braids while shampooing isn't effective in eliminating build-up and avoiding tangles. However, I lost too much hair over the course of yesterday and today. I dentangled on my oiled hair, put in loose twists, untwisted, shampooed each section loose while finger detangling, retwisted, applied henna, rinsed out henna with v05 moisture milk and detangled again, applied dc, rinsed out dc this morning and detangled again, applied leave-in and heat protectant, detangled again with with wide-tooth and then fine tooth comb, blow-dried and flat-ironed, detangling each section as needed to make sure that it wouldn't get caught in Maxiglide's teeth. Too much detangling! :nono: I simply can't afford to lose that much hair.

I'm going to start my s&d mission later and evaluate whether I should bc or continue to transition.
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That is a lot of detangling. My arms got tired just from reading lol
 
I'm still here. Still in the weave. Will take it down after my assessment March 15th. And think I will go to kinky twists next.
 
Straightened again today.
I figured I could do this once every 2 weeks. I've been keeping tension on my edges 24/7 (feels like I've either worn a ponytail or bantu knots for the past 16 months). I'll try this for a while.. who knows, my hair might like it.

I DC'd with AO white camelia. Bad idea. :nono:
I thought because my hair was so dull the last time, I'd use a heavier, richer conditioner.

I actually heard the sizzle a few times.:blush:

Now it's greasy and so thin looking.

Used even less heat, though. 335.
And it smells nice. :drunk:

andromeda said:
I straightened my hair. The line separating my ng and relaxed hair is so darn rough! I used the maxiglide and made sure to "pre-soften" that line and ends with the steam. I have whole sections of my hair that are fully natural. I know most of them are from the knot debacle I had a while back but there's also a section in the back - don't remember having a knot back there :look: but I'll have to check pics to verify.

In light of my realization re: density, I'm going to change up my wash/co-wash technique. I've been washing in sections since starting my transition but I haven't been consistent with not washing my hair loose. I feel like keeping my hair in braids while shampooing isn't effective in eliminating build-up and avoiding tangles. However, I lost too much hair over the course of yesterday and today. I dentangled on my oiled hair, put in loose twists, untwisted, shampooed each section loose while finger detangling, retwisted, applied henna, rinsed out henna with v05 moisture milk and detangled again, applied dc, rinsed out dc this morning and detangled again, applied leave-in and heat protectant, detangled again with with wide-tooth and then fine tooth comb, blow-dried and flat-ironed, detangling each section as needed to make sure that it wouldn't get caught in Maxiglide's teeth. Too much detangling! :nono: I simply can't afford to lose that much hair.

I'm going to start my s&d mission later and evaluate whether I should bc or continue to transition.
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What about the results?
Pics? :look:

Why did you feel the need to detangle all that much, by the way?
I say only detangle once per wash, keep it stretched afterwards so you won't have to detangle again.
I personally don't detangle at all (if I'm straightening) until I blowdry, and if you do this with enough tension you won't need to detangle afterwards either.
I do this in sections, btw.

I think natural hair won't ever be fully detangled for long anyway. You could go around doing this 3 times a day and it will still get at least a little tangly.
 
KiSseS03 said:
Hey MummysGirl :wave:! We're transitioning twins, I am also 11 months post, and I'm aiming to transition for a minimum of 18 months.

I have passed the most difficult part of transitioning and I believe it will be smooth sailing from here on in!
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Hi Ladies! :wave:

I'm six and a half months post (week 26 today) and seriously considering transitioning.

Please give me your thoughts on "the most difficult part of transitioning". When is that? And, when is it over? I never knew transitioning got easier before a bc. Please share. Thanks!
 
:hiya: From what the ladies here have said, it's anytime between months 6 and 9/10. I didn't have this problem and I think it's cos I started doing pixie braids as a transition style around this same period, which gave me 2-3 week breaks from my hair.

I think the best thing to do if your hair starts to misbehave is to go the low-no manipulation route until the time passes...

How's your hair treating you right now?

Smuckie_Slick said:
Hi Ladies! :wave:

I'm six and a half months post (week 26 today) and seriously considering transitioning.

Please give me your thoughts on "the most difficult part of transitioning". When is that? And, when is it over? I never knew transitioning got easier before a bc. Please share. Thanks!
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Well, I've been wearing half wigs mostly...but I really want to wear my own hair...I'm just afraid that too much manipulation could cause breakage at my line of demarcation. So...if I do wear my hair, I will do a braid out and wear a crinkly bun and just slick down my edges. Or, I'll wear pocahontas braids with slicked edges. But that takes a LOT of brushing to get it tame.

I wish I could wear a full braidout down but my shrinkage is pulling my relaxed ends up so high that I feel my hair looks even shorter than it did before I started transitioning! (I know that doesn't make sense...it's freaky)

I do dc weekly. The condition of it seems good. AO Honeysuckle Rose condish has been a Godsend for leaving me with easy to detangle new growth.

I'm just bored. I get tempted to texlax...but if I know that I'm in that difficult period, I can make myself suck it up and be patient. That's why I was surprised to see that it will get easier.
 
Transitioning from texlaxed and I did a moisture/protien treatment this morning (applied like a relaxer):

4 tbsp BPT Wheat Germ
2 tbsp Trader Joes Nourish Spa
2 tbsp Aphogee 2-min
1 tsp amla powder
2 tbsp honey
5 drops rosemary oil
5 drops lavender oil

I left this on for 2 hours and my hair came out soft,strong, and shiny with no breakage. HHG!
 
Grand Prix said:
What about the results?
Pics? :look:
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My hair was is more kinky-straight than bone-straight and I don't have any swang :ohwell: but it doesn't really matter since I'm doing protective styles. Next time I'll use much smaller sections when flat-ironing to get my hair straighter. As long as there's a difference b/w the thickness of the two textures, I won't have swang so I won't waste time trying to achieve it.
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Can I claim apl? It doesn't really matter since it's gonna get cut off eventually but...um:look:...yeah...
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Ended up securing the bun with black hair pins since the patterns of the hair accessories didn't match. I miss having a three-way mirror...

Why did you feel the need to detangle all that much, by the way?
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After the Great Knot Debacle of '09, I'm paranoid about tangles. Also, I had read that you should detangle gradually until you're able to run a fine-tooth comb through the hair prior to using the maxiglide.
I say only detangle once per wash, keep it stretched afterwards so you won't have to detangle again.
I personally don't detangle at all (if I'm straightening) until I blowdry, and if you do this with enough tension you won't need to detangle afterwards either.
I do this in sections, btw.

I think natural hair won't ever be fully detangled for long anyway. You could go around doing this 3 times a day and it will still get at least a little tangly.
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I actually did the blowdried with tension using a hotsock-style diffuser I had bought a few months ago after reading pinkskate's thread on straightening natural hair. I divided my hair into about 10-12 sections and it worked pretty well on loosening the kinks.

Next time I'll only detangle once (or twice). Even with keeping it stretched (I usually do so in twists or braids), it still tangles. It doesn't bother me too much usually but since I was straightening, I wanted to make sure it was completely detangled.

Thanks for the tips! :)
 
Transitioning has been fairly easy for me and I attribute this to protective styling as well. I have been using half wigs, sew-in weaves, and most recently senegalese twists which I consider a break from everything. I bought a steamer back in Dec and I find that its use REALLY makes detangling very, very easy, it's not a chore at all even after my hair has been braided up for 1.5-2 months at a time. I'm still going strong at this point with no hair issues at all, HHG ladies.
 
I'm now 13 weeks plus post! I want to get a steamer so bad (I'm currently bidding on ebay)!

But I need to see if I can go back to protective styles but nothing that draws too much attention (I feel self-conscious with my half-wigs!).
Maybe I should re-install my crochet braid style curlies with bigger cornrows underneath (too small last time!).


Ohh, dreaming of steaming: :lol: :lachen: :lachen: :lachen:
 
Smuckie_Slick said:
Hi Ladies! :wave:

I'm six and a half months post (week 26 today) and seriously considering transitioning.

Please give me your thoughts on "the most difficult part of transitioning". When is that? And, when is it over? I never knew transitioning got easier before a bc. Please share. Thanks!
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I totally agree with MummysGirl on this. Months 6-8 so far have been :nono:. I'm only doing my hair 1x/wk right now. I will start cowashing once spring arrives but still just slap it into a wet bun.

Smuckie_Slick said:
I wish I could wear a full braidout down but my shrinkage is pulling my relaxed ends up so high that I feel my hair looks even shorter than it did before I started transitioning! (I know that doesn't make sense...it's freaky)
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This makes alot of sense! My hair has looked the same length for 8 months. I'm texlaxed and a no heat user so that adds to that too.
 
Have any of you ladies had luck using Ecostyler gel and still moisturizing?

I'm coming up on 7months post and everything seems to not be working anymore. I have the green one with the max hold, but I'm thinking of ditching it for the brown one. Any input is appreciated!
 
been attempting to remove my twists slowly this week. i miss my hair! and it's only been 5/6 weeks lol
... i wish i took pictures of my nape to show the difference. it's grown! i'm glad so far my hair is moisturized as i take them out. i've been braiding them as i remove them to make sure they don't tangle and to blend with the twists.
 
mrsjohnson and Ekaette (foxglove) should know... :yep:

I don't use gel (I have a small tub of ecostyler) often but when I do, I apply leave in, airdry, moisturise, seal and then apply a small amount of gel... I haven't applied enough to get those nice waves that mrsjohnson and Ekaette get.

Thann said:
Have any of you ladies had luck using Ecostyler gel and still moisturizing?

I'm coming up on 7months post and everything seems to not be working anymore. I have the green one with the max hold, but I'm thinking of ditching it for the brown one. Any input is appreciated!
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I agree :yep:

My hair looks shorter (or the same length) now in braidouts/twistouts if I use the exact same techniques I used when I started transitioning.

Now I have to airdry my hair stretched out e.g.


Before doing flat twists/cornrows for twistouts/braidouts.

This method shows more length :yep:

Shay72 said:
This makes alot of sense! My hair has looked the same length for 8 months. I'm texlaxed and a no heat user so that adds to that too.
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It does get easier... hang in there :grin:
Smuckie_Slick said:
I wish I could wear a full braidout down but my shrinkage is pulling my relaxed ends up so high that I feel my hair looks even shorter than it did before I started transitioning! (I know that doesn't make sense...it's freaky)

I do dc weekly. The condition of it seems good. AO Honeysuckle Rose condish has been a Godsend for leaving me with easy to detangle new growth.

I'm just bored. I get tempted to texlax...but if I know that I'm in that difficult period, I can make myself suck it up and be patient. That's why I was surprised to see that it will get easier.
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Still rocking Senegalese Twists. I'll probably take them out at the end of this month. I keep dreaming about BC'ing :nono: and rocking a BAA.:afro::grin: I'm on a mission to reach APL this year so I'm definetely not planning to BC this year.
 
Thann said:
Have any of you ladies had luck using Ecostyler gel and still moisturizing?

I'm coming up on 7months post and everything seems to not be working anymore. I have the green one with the max hold, but I'm thinking of ditching it for the brown one. Any input is appreciated!
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Yes I use Ecostyler all the time in combination with curl activator gel. Normally if I'm going for the wavy look, I use the curl activator first and then put eco on top. This keeps my hair moisturized and soft yet with a good hold. I have the Eco with olive oil but I haven't used it much. I mostly use the clear and it works just fine. I've also used Elasta QP Mango butter moisturizer underneath the Eco and that worked fine too. Just know that some moisturizers do not play well with gel such as Cantu shea Butter.
 
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