Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread

I saw a few childhood pictures this weekend and I need to recommit to this hair journey thing. My mom used to use water and grease on my hair and somehow managed to have it grow down my back. I was natural back then and my hair took a turn when she started relying on salons to do my hair and give me the worst relaxers.
I really want to be fully natural APL by the end of 2015.
 
PlainJane said:
I saw a few childhood pictures this weekend and I need to recommit to this hair journey thing. My mom used to use water and grease on my hair and somehow managed to have it grow down my back. I was natural back then and my hair took a turn when she started relying on salons to do my hair and give me the worst relaxers. I really want to be fully natural APL by the end of 2015.
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PlainJane

Me too girl

My hair was HL with pink lotion
Relaxers and salons killed and broke my hair!

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Im bc'in this weekend. I've decided to let go all that i don't want or need going into the next year. My relaxed ends are one of them.

Im going to bc and go right back to wigs:)
 
I was going to cut off all my bonelaxed ends today, but after making the first snip I chickened out. It was a lot of hair (~3 inches) and I was having a hard time seeing the demarcation between the texlaxed and bonelaxed hair.

Maybe I'll let my stylist do it when I see her in Feb. Then I think I'll let my hair grow to WL and then slowly get rid of my texlaxed hair.
 
GettingKinky said:
I was going to cut off all my bonelaxed ends today, but after making the first snip I chickened out. It was a lot of hair (~3 inches) and I was having a hard time seeing the demarcation between the texlaxed and bonelaxed hair.

Maybe I'll let my stylist do it when I see her in Feb. Then I think I'll let my hair grow to WL and then slowly get rid of my texlaxed hair.
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Your hair is gorg!!!
 
EnExitStageLeft said:
Im bc'in this weekend. I've decided to let go all that i don't want or need going into the next year. My relaxed ends are one of them.

Im going to bc and go right back to wigs:)
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I was thinking about this too. I'm only 8 months post relaxer but I just don't have the time and the energy to deal with the transition anymore. Between dh's work schedule and an active 1 year old, I just can't do it anymore! I need to be either all the way relaxed or all the way natural, and I want to stick with my goal of being natural. :yep:
 
EnExitStageLeft said:
Im bc'in this weekend. I've decided to let go all that i don't want or need going into the next year. My relaxed ends are one of them. Im going to bc and go right back to wigs:)
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Girl, that hair of yours is beautiful and appears to grow so fast. I can't imagine that you don't already have more natural hair than you do relaxed. Happy chopping!
 
bebezazueta said:
:look:

What's going on in here?! I'm 16 months post and still holding on. Is anyone still holding on with me?
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You're not alone bebezazueta
I'm 13 or 14 months post right now and I plan to still go to at least 24+ months.
Unless one wash day before then I suddenly have like 1/2" of relaxed ends left or something :look:
 
bebezazueta said:
:look: What's going on in here?! I'm 16 months post and still holding on. Is anyone still holding on with me?
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I'm still holding on. I can't say the same about my relaxed ends though. I've experienced so much breakage in the back you would think I gave myself a mini chop already. I would like to grow until my natural hair is APL.
 
bebezazueta said:
:look: What's going on in here?! I'm 16 months post and still holding on. Is anyone still holding on with me?
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bebezazueta I'm past 16 months and I'm still holding on. My hair has relaxed ends in the front- but the back is pretty much all natural - I'm planning to go until the front grows in


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shyekiera said:
I just rediscovered pink lotion lol
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PlainJane

girls i forgot that used to exist!!!!!! lol

how is i working for you?

my aunts used to put either pink lotion or blue magic or vaseline..... i was natural when young and with bsl and wl hair .....

what the heck happened????! i know it started to all break when i had my first relaxer at 9 years old......
 
bebezazueta said:
Do what's best for you lady. For some reason I am not experiencing any breakage at line of demarcation. And I am too lazy to not have a bun as an option all the time.
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this is me. im now 13 months post and the option of wearing a bun is saving me! im too lazy to do much.
i will try braiding or doing something this month but..... i will see, nothing sure yet
 
coolsista-paris said:
PlainJane

girls i forgot that used to exist!!!!!! lol

how is i working for you?

my aunts used to put either pink lotion or blue magic or vaseline..... i was natural when young and with bsl and wl hair .....

what the heck happened????! i know it started to all break when i had my first relaxer at 9 years old......
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My hair was always thick and long too... it really does help keep my hair moisturized. . It's so heavy though I only use it when my hair is braided dow somrn or needs some weight
 
:)......Words cannot explain how good I feel.

I'M AU'NATURALE NOW!

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I had ALOT of relaxed ends left, so BC'in was a bit of a #Struggle but I'm happy I did it. I think I'm 4a/b now that my ends are gone and I LOVE IT!

Ladies if you're thinking of BC'in go ahead and chop. I did and its probably one the best decisions I've made in a really......REALLY long time.
 
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