New *2010* Transitioners Support Thread!

cch24 said:
Andromeda- It's been 3 weeks since my BC and I'm still cutting straight ends. I think it just takes a while.
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Thanks. Glad to know I'm not alone in feeling like my hair is playing tricks on me. :lol:

vainღ♥♡jane said:
^^^ my hair was like that at first too. thats why i waited like a week or two, after cowashing alot. just to make sure that it was relaxed hair and not natural hair that wasn't moisturized. ♥
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Thanks. Did they end up reverting back or did they turn out to be leftover relaxed ends?
 
I debuted my first free wash and go today. Just rinsed, used some leave in, and let it dry. I didn't go far, just around the corner to the bodega. I did pat my hair down so it would be a little more uniform. It was definitely a leap of faith. I don't know when I'll have the guts to wear it out in non puff form again. Maybe one of the next few weekends. I'll take pics next time
 
i just did some twists and they are ugly. i don't understand why my twists don't look like everyone elses. :sad: i'm gonna rock em til friday though, then do a twistout. ♥
 
lafani said:
I'm puzzled about something. When I stick my hand in my hair, I can feel my curls :lick: but when I look in the mirror I don't really see curls just very thick NG. The only time I see my curls is when I put conditioner in my hair and comb it through. Has this happened to anyone? Are the relaxed ends preventing my curls from being great? I wanna see my curls without having to stick my hand in my hair. :(
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My hair's the same way. I see no curls or waves, but I can feel them...:look::ohwell:
 
I'm starting to re think going natural you guys...don't hurt me...but i like having texlaxed hair....i like wearing my hair straight more than i do anything else...but i know natural is more healthy bc i won't be putting harmful chemicals on my head...i'm gonna just say i'm stretching for a while right now.
 
I messed up when I flat ironed. I rushed my method (in drying) and I think that made my new growth laugh at the flat iron. SIGH.

And I cut 1-2 inches in some places. I said that I wasn't going to, but I felt like I needed to redeem myself after the crappy flatironing. I have faith that it will look better as days go on and I get build-up on the strands, but the "men love conditioner smells" thread has me a little self conscious. lol. My hair never stinks and I wash frequently (the longest I go is when straight, and it is never more than a week).
 
Learned today that I have to wash the night before and use the scarf method --- not wash in the morning, put the scarf on and expect my NG to lay down within 2 hours. :nono: My NG is standing up waving at folk :hiya: at my job today...
 
Hey ladies! I decided to be SERIOUS about my transition. I am nervous that I am going to look like a hot mess with kinky roots and relaxed ends. :( I am afraid that my hair is going to misbehave like Dr. J's!!! I am currently using caruso steam rollers and I plan to purchase flexi rods.

Corrine Bailey Rae is my inspiration. Hopefully I can mimic her style with an air-dried flexi rod set. Any suggestions???
 
Will be 13 months tomorrow.
Also removed the cornrows....washed with ORS Aloe poo, DC'ed with Pantene R&N Breakage Defense mask (very good, btw), and detangled with HE Hello Hydration-and washed out. Sprayed some lotta-body, trimmed, and styled.

Did an air-dried (well......for the most part) flexi-rod set. Some hair was still wet, so sat underneath a dryer.

Looks like my hair had a mini-atomic bomb. Just.....a soft, THICK curly bush. :/

What did I do wrong? ::lachen::
 
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im trying to go as long as humanly possible! i think i would have a heartattack and die with short hair lol. the urge is definitely there all the time but i know i would freak out if i cut it. honestly i would like my ng to be a little past APL (straightened of course) before i cut anything off.

Murjani said:
I'm 1 day behind you. When will you BC?
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i wish i could cornrow it up and just wear wigs, but its hard to find something that looks natural on me. i think its because i'm so pale and my hair is like copper color :(
 
aw i got a hair compliment today... on my ugly twists! i was shocked. anyway, she only saw the front, and the twists are pretty. but in the back they are ugly and anorexic. i figured out that i am twisting it wrong in the back and thats why it does not look right. i can't wait til next week so i can try again. ♥
 
I ran into my buddy the other day (male truck driver friend) and I was wearing an oversized knit hat. He's never seen me without braids or twists so he asked me if he could see my hair. I was like :nono: because I cowashed the day before and made a pitiful attempt to try the scarf method. (My NG was like :rolleyes: and :lachen: at the scarf method). Anyway, I took off my hat so he could see my hair.

Him: :love: Wow. I would love to run my hands through all of that hair.
Me: :huh:
Him: Can I?
Me: (side eye) Uh...yeah

He went straight for the NG and he loved it. He told me to keep up the good work and says he can't wait until he can see me as a natural. :look:
 
Here's are a few pics of my hair after blowdrying. I was in the middle of flat ironing when I decided to take a picture of it. I may post a pic of my hair if I flat iron again anytime soon. I'm also posting a pic of my hair after I removed my twists a few weeks ago.
 

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Platinum said:
Here's are a few pics of my hair after blowdrying. I was in the middle of flat ironing when I decided to take a picture of it. I may post a pic of my hair if I flat iron again anytime soon. I'm also posting a pic of my hair after I removed my twists a few weeks ago.
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Your hair has grown so much! I remember your starting length pic
Also the difference in thickness between your roots and relaxed ends are crazy
 
StephElise said:
Ok so I have a question for the new BCer's. Does it seem like since you have removed your relaxed ends, that now your hair appears to be more manageable? Does it detangle easier since you no longer have the relaxed ends wrapping around itself? Is your styling easier since your don't NEED to wrap or roll the ends of your hair to get a curl. I know all heads are different, but I was just curious as to your experiences.
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Well, I am 4a/b, and I guess it has been a bit easier. One of the reasons I BC'd was because I realized my ends were the tangled dust-mop mess :wallbash:, NOT my new growth. And even though, my pattern is not the same everywhere, I still wash and go with my 3 or 4 inches of hair. So much easier than setting all the time. My hair did not like bunning either.

However, I didn't fight my hair a lot when I was transitioning. I would detangle wet with conditioner, or Black & Beautiful Glossing Gelee, and most of the time I would wear some combination of two-strand flat twists and curls, or twist outs. ( I can't cornrow worth a fart! Yet.) The twists always made a comb glide right through my new growth, and gave me a nice, solid wave/curl.

Hope it helps!
 
Foxglove said:
Your hair has grown so much! I remember your starting length pic
Also the difference in thickness between your roots and relaxed ends are crazy
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Thanks FG! I always knew my hair was thick but I didn't realize that it was super-thick until I was about 9 months into my transition. I keep saying that I'm going to buy a digicam but I forget. Hopefully, I'll be able to post better pics soon. My phone doesn't do well with close-up shots.:ohwell:

ETA: Your hair is so pretty. You're an inspiration! I can't wait until I'm 100% natural.
 
MzK said:
Will be 13 months tomorrow.
Also removed the cornrows....washed with ORS Aloe poo, DC'ed with Pantene R&N Breakage Defense mask (very good, btw), and detangled with HE Hello Hydration-and washed out. Sprayed some lotta-body, trimmed, and styled.

Did an air-dried (well......for the most part) flexi-rod set. Some hair was still wet, so sat underneath a dryer.

Looks like my hair had a mini-atomic bomb. Just.....a soft, THICK curly bush. :/

What did I do wrong? ::lachen::
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I like the mini atomic bomb
It looks soft and fluffy
 
StephElise said:
Ok so I have a question for the new BCer's. Does it seem like since you have removed your relaxed ends, that now your hair appears to be more manageable? Does it detangle easier since you no longer have the relaxed ends wrapping around itself? Is your styling easier since your don't NEED to wrap or roll the ends of your hair to get a curl. I know all heads are different, but I was just curious as to your experiences.
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How did I miss this question
Manageability is soooo much better! I spend no more than 2 minutes detanglng with my Jilbere shower comb. I get in the shower, get my hair wet, throw some conditioner in there, shower cap, do my shower things, then detangle when I'm getting ready to get out of the tub. My main style now is a puff which takes me no more than 5-10 minutes to set up and get a scarf around the edges. If I don't feel like cowashing I'll just stick my head under the shower head for less than a minute (just enough to get my hair wet) then get to styling. The longest I've spent on styling is putting twists in for a twistout. I'm still working on this. My twists aren't good enough to be seen in public with lol. In the morning taking out the twists and separating takes just as long as when I was transitioning. Add the 5 minutes to put it in a puff and that's how long my twistout takes
ETA the first week I would detangle with the denman in addition to the shower comb. I would use the shower comb then use the denman right before putting in my twists. So unnecessary bc I'm really not getting any tangles with the method I posted above.
 
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