New *2010* Transitioners Support Thread!

TY!!!:grin: I have no idea what hair type, all I see is curls, spirals and SHRINKAGE!
Me no like shrinkage....:ohwell:
 
Platinum said:
Hey Ladies. I ended up BC'ing last night. I have a thread about it. Even though I'm 100% natural now, I'll continue to hang out in this thread. Keep up the good work everyone!

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=465242
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What :shocked:, you big chopped yesterday too? Wow. What is going on with us? I BC'ed myself and it feels good to get rid of all those terrible straight relaxed ends:yep:. Congrats Platinum on your BC.
 
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Congrats to Platinum, MzK and Aggie on BC'ing! :dance7:

Can't wait to see to see everyone's pics :poke: :grin:

Today makes me one month and one day post! AKA the longest I've ever gone without a perm! I'm currently DC'ing with a new DC(Aussie 3 minute miracle w/ a few drops of SAA) as a present to myself!

My new growth is coming in beautifully and I can't keep my hand out of it! I love feeling my curls/coils? come in. I've noticed that with the decision to go natural also came a greater acceptance of my hair. I no longer refer to my hair as "nappy" or whine about my "naps growing in." Nappy might not have a negative connotation to some, but I've always used it in a negative way so now it's gone from my vocabulary.
 
Aggie said:
What :shocked:, you big chopped yesterday too? Wow. What is going on with us? I BC'ed myself and it feels good to get rid of all those terrible straight relaxed ends:yep:. Congrats Platinum on your BC.
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Oh WOW!! Congratulations Aggie. I had no idea you were contemplating BCing!! Now where the pitchas???:look:

Must be something in the air huh?? Don't forget to join the Newly Natural thread.
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=462862
 
I considered making a thread about this but then I considered that many women on here might not know who I'm talking about so I'll just post it here and in a blog post. . .shhh

Anyway, today I went to a Drake(a really popular rapper) concert at university about an hour away from my school. At one point he started looking for a girl to call up from the crowd so he could sing her a song. The university is predominantly white and I expected him to pick a white girl with long flowing hair (not that there's anything wrong with that!). Imagine my overwhelming excitement when he picked a black girl with natural hair from the crowd! AND SHE HAD A FADE/TWA! I started carrying on like a damn fool but I was so excited! And then he started calling out the beautiful women that he saw and almost all of them were black naturals; women with twist outs, huge blow outs, bantu knots etc etc. None of them had pin straight hair. :grin:
 
Hi All. I couldn't read all 107 pages. So I'm just going to add my post on the end and then catch up by reading the previous pages. I'm 12 weeks into my transition now. This is my first attempt at going natural. I've been relaxed since I was 9 (I know I know... smh). I've been thinking about going natural for a very long time and finally have the guts to do it. Wish me luck y'all! HHG
 
Aggie said:
What :shocked:, you big chopped yesterday too? Wow. What is going on with us? I BC'ed myself and it feels good to get rid of all those terrible straight relaxed ends:yep:. Congrats Platinum on your BC.
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Congratulations Aggie!:congrats:

luxurious_lengths said:
Hi All. I couldn't read all 107 pages. So I'm just going to add my post on the end and then catch up by reading the previous pages. I'm 12 weeks into my transition now. This is my first attempt at going natural. I've been relaxed since I was 9 (I know I know... smh). I've been thinking about going natural for a very long time and finally have the guts to do it. Wish me luck y'all! HHG
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Keep up the good work!:clapping:
 
beautyaddict1913 said:
Nice pics! Congrats on your BC! How long was your transition?
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13 months and a week.:grin:

It's still rather short (I haven't gotten it straightened yet), so I'm a bit limited on what I can do with my hair. Right now, it's braided in a little pin-up style. :)
 

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I think I have reached a happy place in my transition, if you would call "just not getting a perm" a transition. I am going to keep blowing drying and will wear my hair kinky straight. I went to do a comb out this weekend and it was like butter. No knots or tangles. No breakage either and my hair seems happy. Will bun for the week and may get my hair professionally blown out for the weekend if I'm feeling lazy. But I'm cheap so I will likely DIY
 
OMG!!! I'm not on LHCF for a few weeks and 4+ of you lovely ladies BC! Is it the Choppin' season or something? :grin: Well, congrats to all of you- y'all look fabulous =D

Me, I can't believe I'm FOUR DAYS away from being one year post relaxer. With all the stress, mostly from school--AP Exams are this week*yikes*--this just snuck up on me! Hard to believe it's been this long.

Right now I'm just focused on being an inspiration to my friend, who's currently in her early months of transitioning (remembering when that luscious natural hair FIRST started to peek out?). She's feeling discouraged and of course, I directed her to this site. I know she'll make it through.

Anyway, just wanted to stop and say hi. :wave:
 
I can't believe that as of tomorrow I will be a full 17 months post relaxer! Time has flown by!

I finally took some texture shots tonight, and I'm pretty pleased with my progress. I started out with an inverted bob cut (i.e. less than two inches of hair at the nape). Now 17 months (and 2 majour trims later) my hair at the nape is just about touching APL (straightened), and the hair just above that is around CBL (straightened).

I may just go ahead and chop that last little inch of straight hair at the back, so that I can wear wet kinky-curly pony-tails. The only thing that is holding me back from chopping the whole thing, is that the front of my hair would be sooooo short. We'll see...

I'm finally posting some pics. Here is my hair tonight, freshly washed and detangled with no products.
 

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I can't believe that as of tomorrow I will be a full 17 months post relaxer! Time has flown by!

I finally took some texture shots tonight, and I'm pretty pleased with my progress. I started out with an inverted bob cut (i.e. less than two inches of hair at the nape). Now 17 months (and 2 majour trims later) my hair at the nape is just about touching APL (straightened), and the hair just above that is around CBL (straightened).

I may just go ahead and chop that last little inch of straight hair at the back, so that I can wear wet kinky-curly pony-tails. The only thing that is holding me back from chopping the whole thing, is that the front of my hair would be sooooo short. We'll see...

I'm finally posting some pics. Here is my hair tonight, freshly washed and detangled with no products.
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your hair looks wonderful!! congrats on your progress!!
 
:hiya: I'm right here... 71 weeks post and counting :grin:

chelleyrock, don't BC... don't leave me all alone :cry: I have been tempted too but I keep reminding myself why I'm going for this long - I want to be able too put all my hair in a pony/bun when I BC and I'm not there just yet.

Let's be happy for the recent BC'ers but stay on track :yep:
My planned BC date is August 20th @ 20 months post... what's your plan?
chelleyrock said:
Congrats to all the BC'ers! :yay: I'm itching to BC on a daily basis (I need an intervention :lol:). Where's MummysGirl?
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Ekaette, love your siggy pic!
Foxglove said:
I was wondering that too
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wow! i dunno how you do it! you're patience is amaaaaaaaazing lol
MummysGirl said:
:hiya: I'm right here... 71 weeks post and counting :grin:

chelleyrock, don't BC... don't leave me all alone :cry: I have been tempted too but I keep reminding myself why I'm going for this long - I want to be able too put all my hair in a pony/bun when I BC and I'm not there just yet.

Let's be happy for the recent BC'ers but stay on track :yep:
My planned BC date is August 20th @ 20 months post... what's your plan?


Ekaette, love your siggy pic!
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FlawedBeauty said:
Congrats!! i know you mentioned it before, but you and me are almost identical in last relaxer date. when you plannin to chop?? we should be transition buddies!! i get weak but wanna make it at least a year maybe two if i could, but i dont see that lol
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I'm trying to make it to at least one year, but I'm gonna try to push it to january-february 2011. Don't think I can go any farther than that, LOL. I'll keep an eye on your shears if you keep an eye on mine,:grin:.
 
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I did another trim a couple of weeks ago (when I blow dried my hair) - I think I mentioned that already. So now I have much more natural hair than relaxed ends.

I wasn't feeling cute in my pixie braids so took them out after a little over a week :lol: My hair's in a bun now and I'm loving the way it looks :yep: I'll cowash tonight and do 2 french braids when my hair's dry (will airdry in banded ponytails). I'll keep them in till the weekend. This will be my routine for a while.

Thanks FlawedBeauty, what keeps me going is my future all natural bun (stretched hair) - which I will be rocking very often :yep:
 
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