New *2011* Transitioners Support Thread!

After 3 days of hard work, I finally got my braids all out!!! :yay: I washed my hair and it felt marvelous...I saw my curls & I got so excited I wanted to cry! I can't wait until Friday :lol: I was tempted to just chop it now, but I want to have the weekend to play in it & if the self-cut goes badly, to get it shaped up by a professional if need be :lachen::lachen:
 
May has gotta be the longest transitioning month I have ever had..

I wanted to be able to say 8 months soooo bad...

Ah well I am 8 months into my transition... may the other months not be so long ...

staple style is braid and curls.. :)
 
I wish I wouldve been on my game back in 07. I cut my hair like Rihannas and had I known better and not went back to the perm my hair would be so healthy and long right now!
 
Actually LaFemmeNaturelle I'm not kidding lol Well it wasn't the complete reason but it did influence my thinking. I just know how hard you worked through your transition and figured if you had the guts to BC that I could do it too. The main reasons I did it are:

- I just started a new job and I have to work a super early shift...I wasn't going to have time to deal with transitioning hair.
- I've been wanting to put it away in a sew-in or braids, and I know its possible to get either or with long hair...but I didn't wanna go through the trouble.
- I would dread washing my hair because it would take so much time and effort to detangle and I didn't want to keep wasting time/money on relaxed hair that I wasn't going to keep anyway.

SO I decided to cut it off so I would avoid relaxing again and now I'm gonna get a relatively short sew in like I've wanted for quite some time and keep that for the rest of the summer :)

So don't feel bad LaFemme. It was a good thing lol
 
Welp! So ladies last Saturday, I took out my crochets, grabbed the relaxer...





































......moved it aside, took my conditioner, slathered it on and chopped the rest of my relaxed ends:grin:. SO I'M NATCHAL NOW :yay: :yay:

I can only show one picture cos I'm in the HYH challenge. I couldn't have done without you ladies!!! HHJ!
 

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It's been a while since I've posted. I'm so excited to see all of these success stories!
I'll post some updated pics soon.

1. How far into the transition are you? - 14 months, last relaxer 4/5/2010
2. Whats your transition goal? - 24 months, but will consider a mini chop in December

I cut about 4-5 inches off last month and my hair is much easier to style now. Still mostly in buns, rollersets, or flat ironing.
 
I did it. It was inevitable. I got my hair cut about 4 weeks ago and it was quite a drastic cut, but I still had relaxed ends when she was done. I'm getting my hair braided on Thursday and made the determination that if I got an appointment this week I would go ahead and finish the job and I did. I've been transitioning with a slight set back since 2009! I continued to get it cut in "straight hair" styles so whatever length I might have gained I continuously chopped off. . . so why do a long transition if I didn't even want the length I was "holding on" to??

I appreciate you LHCF-divas for the continued support you all have given, without me ever speaking up and actually asking a question. I wish the rest of you the best on your HHJ as you transition, but I'm moving on over to the All Natural board
 
I've been eyeing this thread for a couple months now and decided to finally join LHCF, so I'll post here!!

I'm currently 6 mths post and hope to transition for about 18 months. =] I posted pics in my new to the site post =]
 
Okay...officially 13months post. I think I will get up to 18months and see if I can then reach 24. After that, I am chopping, but the urge is sooooo there every time I wash my hair
 
Nuelle said:
I'm finally at 18 months!!! Had my stylist not rescheduled my appointment last week, I would have been natural. I was so ready to do the BC and couldn't wait. Then, got cold feet when I got in today. Instead settled for a trim. Unfortunately, got a little bit of heat damage after going to a new stylist a couple of weeks ago. My hair was so straight but it just kept snapping :perplexed. Never again! Will probably try to lay off the heat for the next few months. I have a few braided styles that I want to try.
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Hey ladies! I ended up BCing a few days short of 21 months post. It was getting increasingly hot and I just knew that I couldn't keep a press in this humidity. I figured the summer was the right time to wear it out and experiment with my natural hair. I was initially self-conscious about the whole thing and even thought my mother would not like it. I was totally wrong. The moment I walked into the house, she was like "I like it!." The encouraging comments from friends and family definitely made me feel better. I ended up getting my hair twisted to give me time to figure things out, regimen-wise.

The first pic is my hair before the BC. I had washed it after coming from the beach. I guess it was more of a mini chop since I had few straight ends left, mostly in the front. The second pic is my hair after the BC. The third is my hair in a chunky twistout. The fourth is my hair in double strand twists. And the last one is a pic of my 4-day-old twist out. Wish you all current transitioners the best! :)
 

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Congrats Nuelle.

Hey ladies!! I am still hanging in there. I am 36 weeks post. I can't keep my hair loose or my hands just start playing in it. I had it loose for 3 days. I am my own enemy. I am getting ready to do some flat twist.
 
dr.j said:
:congrats: Nuelle! Nice growth!
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Thanks, dr.j! That's awesome that you've been able to transition for so long. I was originally planning to transition for 2 years but got impatient after a while. When do you plan on BCing?

WriterGirl said:
Nuelle Beauiful hair! You had a great transition! :yep:
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Thanks, WriterGirl! It was smooth sailing for the most part - except months 6-9. This was my third attempt at transitioning, so my friends weren't going to let me give in :lol:.

Newbie2Beauty said:
Yes your hair looks very beautiful Nuelle Can't wait for my big cut day!
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Thanks, Newbie2Beauty! Your hair looks great. How long do you plan on transitioning for?

destine2grow said:
Congrats Nuelle.

Hey ladies!! I am still hanging in there. I am 36 weeks post. I can't keep my hair loose or my hands just start playing in it. I had it loose for 3 days. I am my own enemy. I am getting ready to do some flat twist.
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Thanks, destine2grow! I totally feel you about that hand-in-hair disease. Suffering from a bad case of it right now.
 
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