Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread

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Look at my 30 wk old babies. Sorry...Im so proud of them. I cant wait until my whole head is like this!!!
 
Well, for the first time, I had to fight the urge to cut off these thin, raggedy ends. I stood strong, but it was really hard.
 
trclemons said:
Well, for the first time, I had to fight the urge to cut off these thin, raggedy ends. I stood strong, but it was really hard.
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Hang in there, Chica. Those days will come and go and then one day you will know it's time.

Don't cut! I would suggest just trimming the ends at some point so they remain strong and you trim away the "weakest" ends.

How long have you been transitioning?
 
havilland said:
Hang in there, Chica. Those days will come and go and then one day you will know it's time.

Don't cut! I would suggest just trimming the ends at some point so they remain strong and you trim away the "weakest" ends.

How long have you been transitioning?
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havilland I have been transitioning for 42 weeks. Thanks for the advice of focusing on the weakest ends first, that's exactly what I will do.
 
Saturday was the one year mark for my transition. No fancy regimen for me - just a Domincan wash and set Sunday - Wednesday, a wet bun on Thursday, and a dry bun on Friday and Saturday. I may have enough natural hair to try a twist n curl, so I'll start trying those when I get a chance.

I'm excited that I made it this far! I thought or sure I would cave. I don't mind looking rough sometimes, but I need to be able to pull it together when it's time. And there is no two ways about it - it is hard to keep two warring textures looking decent on one head.

I haven't done badly, though! I'm going to transition at least another year. I don't have a set end date in mind. I'm hoping to just not relax, trim my hair when the mood strikes me twice a year and eventually just have only natural hair left one of those times. It's about Between APL abd BS right now. I'll probably trim it again near the New Year.

We'll see. :)
 
18 months in and no particular end in sight. I originally planned on cutting before December 2013 to debut my natural hair back home in D.R, but nope! I guess I'll just go with my transitioning head.

The transition is still going very smooth, it's quite a routine for me at this point. Lately I'm very into collecting my shed and BCing it to get a better idea of my pattern and to "experiment" on it. I'm gonna collect hair for a few more washes and then flat iron it to see at what temperature I start to see damage. I'll test it with bleach and color eventually too, even if for now I have no interest in coloring or straightening but I'm definitely curious. We'll see what happens!
 
How's everyone's transition going??


I think I'm ready to cut off these last few ends. I no longer know why I'm holding onto them for dear life :lol:
 
veesweets

Its aight. I recently found out that silicone free straightening is no longer an option with this blasted hair of mine, My edges were so bad yesterday that I had to put on a headband :lachen:. I'll be stalking Kerastase for a good sale to check out some of their products.
 
Was gonna blowdry my hair and iron it out before work and 70%of the way through my natural hair said no way. So I rinsed put some giovanni in and comb/brushed back...only to be put back in that doggone bun again. If I didnt have to work tonight I would do a braidnout...sick of those too.
 
itismehmmkay said:
Cut my sides and back this weekend. My son's barber did it. So semi-big-chop :) The top still has texturized ends, but I cut some more on Monday. So the top is probably just ~2inches, the rest of my head is natural. yay :)
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Just making a lil announcement above. So semi-big chopped. I see myself cutting the rest of the ends by Thanksgiving. My main thing is keeping a shape where the crown is longer and where I have a pretty good amount of hair peeking above my scarf. My first goal too is to have my sides as long as my top currently is where I can get it over the roller pretty good. Right now I'm just rollersetting the top part and whatever I can grasp on my uppersides.
 
I wanna see some pics of all this beautiful transitioning hair and new growth.

Hey Ladies! Y'all are doing good ! Post some pics up in here :p
 
itismehmmkay said:
Just making a lil announcement above. So semi-big chopped. I see myself cutting the rest of the ends by Thanksgiving. My main thing is keeping a shape where the crown is longer and where I have a pretty good amount of hair peeking above my scarf. My first goal too is to have my sides as long as my top currently is where I can get it over the roller pretty good. Right now I'm just rollersetting the top part and whatever I can grasp on my uppersides.
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Thats a great idea! My front is no where near ready to be chopped, but the rest of my hair is.
 
Inspiration for new color; I straightened my hair. I'm 10 months into my transition. I don't plan to cut anymore, just trim 1/4" monthly from here on.

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Made it past the hardest remains temptations- my birthday last Wednesday and four day trip abroad the same day.

It did get a bit frustrating tying my hair back every day and having my flat ironed side bangs frizz up every time I walked out of the hotel apartment but I got through it. Didn't feel I was looking my best though :down:

Didn't dare wash my full head, only my bangs so felt a bit icky.

Can't wait til I have a full head of at least shoulder length natural hair I can just wash and go.. Trying not to think how long and lush my hair would be if I relaxed.
 
Traveling while transitioning sucks. I'm in Paris for a month and I've been in a bun since. I brought my soft cap hair dryer but I'm afraid to mess it up with the outlet converter, and I have no time to sit around waiting for braidouts/Curlformers to dry so buns it is.

I'm glad I don't bun much at home so it's making me feel sorta sophisticated. I've been playing with bunning with a banana clip which makes it look so much larger, people keep thinking my hair is massively long and uh...it's just APLish. :lol:
 
Amarilles said:
Traveling while transitioning sucks. I'm in Paris for a month and I've been in a bun since. I brought my soft cap hair dryer but I'm afraid to mess it up with the outlet converter, and I have no time to sit around waiting for braidouts/Curlformers to dry so buns it is.

I'm glad I don't bun much at home so it's making me feel sorta sophisticated. I've been playing with bunning with a banana clip which makes it look so much larger, people keep thinking my hair is massively long and uh...it's just APLish. :lol:
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I was gonna say this. You're in Par-ee, you'll just look extra chic. :yep:
 
I chopped last night! 13 1/2 long months!
I'm going to trade off between wearing wigs and my own hair until I figure this styling thing out. I can't bun it yet so I have to actually make an attempt :lol:. I put my hair in about 12 braids, took them out this morning and only half my hair was dry after 18 hours! Wore it like that for a little bit cause the definition wasn't too bad, then put it in a puff kinda thing.

Still have a few areas that need to be trimmed a little more, but I might just leave it for now. No idea what my new regimen will be. Going to wing it and see what sticks :grin:
 

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Got the de treatment done yesterday. Hoping this will allow me me to transition more easily.

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Hey ladies! I'm still around lurking =)... Can anyone recommend a good leave in conditioner, I'm 14 months into my transition and rollerset and wear my hair straight 100% of the time... I'm finding that using oils on my hair doesn't hold my natural hair down and makes my relaxed hair stiff. I'm thinking a leave in conditioner will help me get that soft bouncy hair that I used to have but I'm not sure what some good ones are. TIA
 
Think I'm about to big chop forreal next week or so. This week I won't wear it with as much poof at the top to mimic how it would be with it cut off; I'm just going to lay it down. All while still wearing a scarf. With my twa I plan to wear the scarf-headband as well. :)
 
@veesweets

Congrats Veronica!!! :yay:
I'll see you on the otherside on of these days!

Mjon912
My staple is Jessicurl Too Shea. It is a conditioner but can be used as a leave-in. It is nice, thick and creamy and gives good slip. I use it to rollerset and my hair comes out soft and bouncy. HTH
 
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