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I did it :grin:

It was spur of the moment. One minute I was at Home Depot buying paint and the next I was getting it all chopped off :lol:.
 
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ZebraPrintLover said:
^^^^U's a natural girl now!!!!
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I can't stop touching it. DH is going to be in for a bit of a shock. He didn't believe me when I said I was going to do it. I've been threatening to do it forever lol!
 
Meemee6223 said:
Something wrong with the crown of my head! It breaks easily and always feels very dry there. It's also very short. A piece is sticking out of my braids and I'm trying to figure out why that area is so short.
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Double up your moisture to that area. My crown's a beast too. When you use conditioner, leave-in, whatever, double up in that area.
 
Lynn84 said:
I did it :grin:

It was spur of the moment. One minute I was at Home Depot buying paint and the next I was getting it all chopped off :lol:.
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Lynn84
Congrats! So was the salon near Home Depot?
 
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@Lynn84
Congrats! So was the salon near Home Depot?
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Thanks! Not really. I was in Home Depot to get paint and I kept tugging at the relaxed hair and I just said forget it, lemme just cut all the relaxed hair off and see how it goes :giggle:. DH says he has to get used to it but at least he's not mad :lol:.
 
I haven't posted in a while. I'm currently 15 weeks post. This is the longest I've ever gone without a relaxer. Thanks to great co-washing conditioners, water, Shea butter and PATIENCE :grin: , I have no desire to go back to relaxers. Usually at this time I'd be running to the store to get a kit. :lachen:

But now I'm just looking forward to each week that passes because it marks another week without a relaxer and another step towards being natural. I haven't had any problems yet! And I know that if I stick to my regimen, this transition might be a breeze. :party:
 
No manipulation for my hair since i put in these two strand twists on Friday. :grin: Im proud of myself b/c usually I would be messing w/ my hair so much. I plan on untwisting tomorrow and probably will post a pic.


Question:
Does anybody here use curlformers? I just went and bought some (not the real ones, but the ones on ebay. i.e. being in college you gotta take shortcuts for ya money lol) and I just wanted to know what products I should use with them. But I've heard the ones on ebay work just like reg curlformers. I just didnt want to shell out that kind of money b/c textbooks arent cheap and i still have 3 left to buy.
 
Just finished DCing on dry hair, rinsing, blow drying on a very low heat, moisturising and braiding it in 10 plaits for a fresh braid out tomorrow. The plan is to rock braid out styles for as long as I can stand it for the next 12 months. I'm thinking loose updos. I really don't know what else to do. I am not one for twists and braids so that's out for sure. Other than that I have to get a good leave in to set my braidouts with. Right now I'm just using activators like S-Curl and Care free Curl Gold. I also trimmed my ends today since my relaxed hair was tangling at the ends.
 
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I henna'd today and I have been Deep conditioning since about 3:30pm. :)

Might just rinse tomorrow and blow it out, flat iron it! Haven't wore my hair out in a minute :) and a Deep Condition session over night is just what I need to do before flat ironing anyway :)
 
I might be able to stick this thing out! This part is all natural and it's been 7 months :)
 

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Okay I am not bragging or nothing..... Because I don't have any pictures.... But I straightened my hair and you talk about SHINE and Sleek and silk! My new growth is like SHINE down on me! and love me dearly!

It is so Soft and silky. I must confess I think my prep from yesterday had a lot to do with it! :yep:
 
Does anyone find that their NG has no hold? I am doing twists out and as the days go by my roots just turn into fluff and the ends stay perfectly curled. Its not horribly noticable now but i can see it becoming a problem as my hair gets longer. I just use a leave in and setting lotion to style my hair.
 
JJamiah said:
Okay I am not bragging or nothing..... Because I don't have any pictures.... But I straightened my hair and you talk about SHINE and Sleek and silk! My new growth is like SHINE down on me! and love me dearly!

It is so Soft and silky. I must confess I think my prep from yesterday had a lot to do with it! :yep:
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What steps did you take.
 
I henna'd my hair for 5 hours . I deep conditioned with avon advantage moisture mask for 6 hours. And then I added my leave in conditioners, c h I keratin mist, dudley's p c a moisture retainer, redken heat glide . I stretched my hair and blow dry it. After it was 85% dry. I tucked it a way until this morning. I got my crock comb and flat iron in spaced each section about 1 inch . Only going over each piece 1 time.
 
JJamiah said:
I henna'd my hair for 5 hours . I deep conditioned with avon advantage moisture mask for 6 hours. And then I added my leave in conditioners, c h I keratin mist, dudley's p c a moisture retainer, redken heat glide . I stretched my hair and blow dry it. After it was 85% dry. I tucked it a way until this morning. I got my crock comb and flat iron in spaced each section about 1 inch . Only going over each piece 1 time.
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I need to get with the henna program.
 
RemyRem

I use curlformers and I also have about 4 text books to buy before September :nono:

I use lotta body 5:1 (water to lotta body), Kera care foam, wen styling cream, and ors twist and loc gel. I think you will enjoy them. I know I do :)
 
Napp said:
Does anyone find that their NG has no hold? I am doing twists out and as the days go by my roots just turn into fluff and the ends stay perfectly curled. Its not horribly noticable now but i can see it becoming a problem as my hair gets longer. I just use a leave in and setting lotion to style my hair.
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Yes I noticed this with my braid outs. What I started doing is doing more corn rows before I could do 3-4 and my hair come out fine but now I have to do 6 now to make it look better

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I might get back on the on that henna, I use to be on it hard back in the day.
I still have 2 boxes around here somewhere.....

Wash day is tomorrow see yall then.
 
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Does anyone find that their NG has no hold? I am doing twists out and as the days go by my roots just turn into fluff and the ends stay perfectly curled. Its not horribly noticable now but i can see it becoming a problem as my hair gets longer. I just use a leave in and setting lotion to style my hair.
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Yes, I noticed that just this week when I used an activator to set the braid out. I'll try my water and vatika oil mix and see if that helps. That use to give a really good hold earlier in my transition but I didn't have as much natural hair to play with then.

Does anybody in the thread get their braid-outs on natural hair to hold well and if so what is your technique? TIA

Bought the following this week: Cantu Shea Butter for natural hair, CON Ultra Moisturising Shampoo and the Moisture Extreme Conditioner. Loving the Cantu shea butter already:lick:
 
Rae81 said:
Yes I noticed this with my braid outs. What I started doing is doing more corn rows before I could do 3-4 and my hair come out fine but now I have to do 6 now to make it look better

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I tried more plaits as well and it still didn't come out right on my hair. Maybe a product/setting issue in my case.
 
38 weeks post!!

I have my hair out today in a braid-n-curl and I know exactly what you ladies are talking about regarding the natural hair not having "hold" (see attached pic)
It doesn't really bother me since I still have much more relaxed hair than natural hair still.

Oh and if your interested in seeing some of my random transitioning photos..I posted some on my blog http://www.6footlonghair.com/2012/07/random-transitioning-photos.html
 

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Wash Day....
Just DCed for 45 mins with a mix of stuff. About to jump in the shower and wash this out and throw it in a ponytail until tonight then I will detangle.
 
Just BC'd my big sister's hair last night. She transitioned for about a year and a half. Let me just say that her hair is beautiful. I was honored that she trusted only me to cut it. BUT...it was NOT easy. OMG!!

My sister and I are not the type to use the hair typing system because our hair doesn't perfectly fit in any one category. But for those who use the system, I would say that my sister's hair ranges from 3a to 4a. That's a HUGE range! So you can only imagine how difficult it was for me to cut her hair. Some sections were super curly and clumped together which made it easier to discern the natural hair from the relaxed hair. Other sections were big, loose waves and fuzzy waves. When I got to those sections all I could do was... :wallbash:

I'm pretty sure I was more excited than she was when I finally finished lol :yay:

But needless to say, we both shouted "It's over!!" at the same time, referring to the end of her transition. I gifted her with a strip from a nylon stocking that I had bought to tie my hair with. She used it to make her first ever HUGE curly puff. She has A LOT of hair lol It stretches to about an inch above APL in the back.

Her BC made me all the more excited to continue with my transition :grin:
 
i am interested to see how my hair will look when i finally bc. the left side in the front has tight curls my right side in the front is straight . my crown is is extremely tightly curled and in the back the left side is tight and the right side is a lil looser. when i wear my hair pulled back my left side waves up and the right side is straight its weird its like a little dividing line right in the middle of my head. at first i thought the front section of my head thats straight was heat damage from when i was straighting my hair early in my transition, but my hair has grown and i dont have nay curly hair at all in that section so i guess it will just be my straight section. whew i needed to vent about my hair today lol
 
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