Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread

Did a deep condition today with Naturelle Grow Camomile &Burdock mixed with honey. I spritzed my hair with distilled water then applied the deep conditioner mix relaxer style. Left it on for several hours. I am tshirt drying now and will do about six braids for a braid out tomorrow. I will try and remember to snap a pic.
 
This is my ponytail yesterday using the curly girl method.

I left in condish and used Miss Jessie's Pillow Soft Curls.

My hair took forever to dry and looked like fried noodles when it was done. So I plopped it into a ponytail instead of wearing it out.
 

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Kim0105 said:
Did a deep condition today with Naturelle Grow Camomile &Burdock mixed with honey. I spritzed my hair with distilled water then applied the deep conditioner mix relaxer style. Left it on for several hours. I am tshirt drying now and will do about six braids for a braid out tomorrow. I will try and remember to snap a pic.
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My braid out this morning. Everyone thought my hair is natural at church today.
 

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havilland said:
That looks really good! Did u use rollers on the ends?
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Thanks, I really liked how it turned out. No rollers at the end, I just wrapped the end of the braid around itself loosely to make a Bantu knot. Made for curly ends, thank goodness as I didn't want to deal with sleeping on rollers.
 
Kim0105 said:
Thanks, I really liked how it turned out. No rollers at the end, I just wrapped the end of the braid around itself loosely to make a Bantu knot. Made for curly ends, thank goodness as I didn't want to deal with sleeping on rollers.
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That's a good idea. It seems alot more comfortable to me. I can't believe I used to sleep on rollers! I can't imagine doing that now. Lol ;)
 
Almost 9 months post. At the beginning of the year I relaxed my virgin hair and I had a huge setback. I bleached 3 times and dyed it twice in 2012 and it for some reason I didn't think relaxing was a bad idea. I went from NL/SL to a pixie, which is the shortest my hair has ever been. I said I was going to stay relaxed anyways and planned to do it every 6 months. I started missing my natural hair really quickly and realized how much I actually love curls. Straight hair looks blah on me.

I almost BC'd this weekend after I took out a set of box braids I had in for 2 months. I had planned on getting them re-installed every 2 months until my hair reached a length I could bun and then I'd start trimming the relaxed ends off. A few weeks into the install, I realized I could not moisturize my low porosity hair while it's dry. I should have taken them out when I realized that but I was being lazy plus I really didn't have the opportunity until this weekend. De-tangling while dry was easy because I made a super slippy conditioner (I make my own due to eczema on my hands) and the comb really glided through my hair.

After I washed is another story! I normally chelate once I month and since I didn't do it in the braids I did it after I de-tangled. My hair was so matted at the demarcation line! I don't shed a lot at all and the hair that came out from the dry de-tangle is comparable to some peoples regular wash days. If I shed more than 20 hairs on a wash day something is wrong and I only wash once or twice a week. When I finally got the wet hair de-tangled there was barely any more hair lost. I think the reason may have been because I have 3 different textures on every strand. When I relaxed in January I was going for texlaxed rather than bone straight. The new growth that hadn't been dyed did get texlaxed but the inch after that had been hit with black dye and got over-processed (everything pass that had been bleached and broke off while I was doing the mid-protein step). I was so annoyed with all that tangling I almost grabbed the scissors and cut the relaxed ends off. I stopped myself when I remember that I'm almost to SL and to grow it out again would suck.

Just bought some curlformers and I'm going to try to transition with those until I get to bun length. I would just wear my hair straight but my job is painting apartments and I'd either end up with paint in my hair because scarves slip right off when it's straight (and I'm clumsy) or sweat it out because sometimes we get places without a/c.

I never realized how long-winded I could be! :lol:
 
Well I tried my first wash and go tonight, won't know how it turned out till tomorrow. I had straightened my hair yesterday and was tired of straight hair already. So I Co washed the straight hair out. Don't think I will straighten again for awhile and hope this wash and go turns out nice, if so this could be my go to style for awhile.
 
mz.rae said:
Well I tried my first wash and go tonight, won't know how it turned out till tomorrow. I had straightened my hair yesterday and was tired of straight hair already. So I Co washed the straight hair out. Don't think I will straighten again for awhile and hope this wash and go turns out nice, if so this could be my go to style for awhile.
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How did it turn out? ;)
 
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Here's a pic of the wash & go the next day, it was still damp last name night when I put it up for bed. I just took it down out of the pineapple and sprayed it with water and just raked the hair a little more to get the curls to form. I used Tressemme Naturals and Gvp Humectress, eco style argon oil gel, and grapeseed oil. It didn't turn out too bad for the first time. I think next time I will only use one conditioner or use my Jane Carter curl definer instead. Hopefully when I was at the end of the week it's not a tangled matted mess.
 
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Here's a pic of the wash & go the next day, it was still damp last name night when I put it up for bed. I just took it down out of the pineapple and sprayed it with water and just raked the hair a little more to get the curls to form. I used Tressemme Naturals and Gvp Humectress, eco style argon oil gel, and grapeseed oil. It didn't turn out too bad for the first time. I think next time I will only use one conditioner or use my Jane Carter curl definer instead. Hopefully when I was at the end of the week it's not a tangled matted mess.
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Looks really good!!
 
My flexirod set had my relaxed hair look like a silky half wig on top of natural 4b hair. Like it was levitating. I finger combed it to the side,pinned it and wore a curly side 'do. Got lots of compliments though!
 
Did an overnight deep condition with a mix of products to finish them up. Rinsed out this morning and used Wen Fig to detangle, I can always count on this to melt the tangles with ease. Gonna blow dry, may flat iron and take an inch off. Not sure what I'll be doing after that but will have to find protective styles that last at least a week so I can lessen manipulation. 15 weeks post tomorrow.
 
More transitioning hair ..

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I'm very happy to report that I have made it 12 months today!! My last relaxer was 9/1/12. My hair is in box braids right now so, I will post pics next week when I take them down. I just wanted to share my milestone with you all!! :grin:
 
missbugg21 said:
I'm very happy to report that I have made it 12 months today!! My last relaxer was 9/1/12. My hair is in box braids right now so, I will post pics next week when I take them down. I just wanted to share my milestone with you all!! :grin:
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Congrats!!!!!
 
Went into the bathroom to apply an ayurvedic paste, walked out with a twa. I could NOT deal with the tangling at the demarcation line after I shampoo'd. It's not shed hair that's making it tangle, it's the over processed ends. I hate the way the twa looks on me but I'm so glad I BC'd. I'll have to go through the awkward grow-out stage again but at least I can wash'n'go through this one. It's time for me to find the TWA Support Thread.
 
Im having an "I hate my hair day" im in a bad mood and now im extremely irritated I cant comb my hair!!!!
Im having a mini breakdown moment ..hope this passes..
 
Well, today is is officially 6 months post ... happy about that.

Last night I did a braid out. This morning, b/c of the humidity and prob lack of holding product my braid out turned into a frizzy mess. Luckily I had a ponytail holder here at work to pull it back. I'm getting to the stage where my hair is starting to look rough and I have to find a way to work with it b/c I'm not feeling this :look:. I think it's time to embark into the frequent braidout phase b/c I can't walk around look too rough. It will bother me.
 
Think I'll go ahead & join this thread. Little background, I've been natural before. Transitioned for 14.5 months and BC'd. I made it beyond my 1yr mark of being natural & started to get frustrated with my hair & instead of putting it up in a protective style for a little I texlaxed it. Then in April of this year I fully relaxed it. April was my last relaxer so as of Sept I'm 5 months post. I'm hoping to go past 14 months this time but I'm not sure how long I'll last because I'm so anxious to BC now. I miss my natural hair & just ready to have it back again
 
KaramelKutie803 said:
Think I'll go ahead & join this thread. Little background, I've been natural before. Transitioned for 14.5 months and BC'd. I made it beyond my 1yr mark of being natural & started to get frustrated with my hair & instead of putting it up in a protective style for a little I texlaxed it. Then in April of this year I fully relaxed it. April was my last relaxer so as of Sept I'm 5 months post. I'm hoping to go past 14 months this time but I'm not sure how long I'll last because I'm so anxious to BC now. I miss my natural hair & just ready to have it back again
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Welcome! You are a month ahead of me in this transition. I am 15 weeks post and have about 3 inches of new growth. I got medium sized Senegalese twists done yesterday that I will keep for 6-8 weeks. Planning on getting a blow out done in November at 24 weeks post. Just had about an inch trimmed last week, probably won't trim again until the end of the year.
 
janaq2003 oh yeah... Last week I cut off a small portion of my hair in the back down to the new growth. The area is just dry, feels weird, rough, just sticks out, no type of pattern at all. As my new growth grows in I see this is truly going to be a journey b/c the hair growing out my scalp feels nothing like what my natural hair use to feel like. I see tons of naturals whose hair doesn't look right till at least 2 years from their last relaxer. Then there are naturals whose hair behaves and looks fine as their hair is growing out. Last night I did a braidout and I could feel my roots and they feel a hot mess. I'm just being honest. My braidout looks nice today though.

I realize that a conditioner that use to work GREAT on my relaxed hair is not so great on my transitioning hair in terms of moisture. I've always like KBB hair mask so I bought it and it use it. I liked that the consistency is light and it detangles easily. However after my hair dryed my new growth was dryer than usual. I need something more emollient like my Darcy's pumpkin seed. I'm finding myself going through more products than usual also. I would love someone to hand them off to.
 
RavenSR said:
Went into the bathroom to apply an ayurvedic paste, walked out with a twa. I could NOT deal with the tangling at the demarcation line after I shampoo'd. It's not shed hair that's making it tangle, it's the over processed ends. I hate the way the twa looks on me but I'm so glad I BC'd. I'll have to go through the awkward grow-out stage again but at least I can wash'n'go through this one. It's time for me to find the TWA Support Thread.[/QUOT
Hey raven,
Can I ask what ayurvedic paste is???
Did it tangle your relaxed ends?

Hey all, just catching up on all the posts... ive been craaaazy.
I now have 2 inches of new hair grown in!
Hope everyone survived the humid summer!
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