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A few weeks ago I was having a fair amount of breakage but I trimmed my hair I've had minimal breakage since.I wear my hair in two strand twists throughout the week and the low manipulation has also helped reduce breakage. This week has made it officially 1 year since my last relaxer. I'm so happy to have made it to this point. :grin: I'm really itching to BC.
 
MochaMooch said:
A few weeks ago I was having a fair amount of breakage but I trimmed my hair I've had minimal breakage since.I wear my hair in two strand twists throughout the week and the low manipulation has also helped reduce breakage. This week has made it officially 1 year since my last relaxer. I'm so happy to have made it to this point. :grin: I'm really itching to BC.
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Congrats!
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ahhh I've been gone all weekend b/c I had to move into my new apartment. My poor hair has been ignored the whole time :(
 
I am trying to hang in there with my relaxed ends but it doesn't seem to be my decision...they keep breaking off by themselves. I've just really noticed that nearly the whole back of my head has broke off but the sides and front are still holding true. I have no idea what the deal is. I've decided to stop being scared of protein and instead try a protein treatment. So here I went with Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayo...ummm, I don't think this is really doing anything. Wondering if I should step it up and go for the Aphogee 2 step.
 
NikkiQ said:
ahhh I've been gone all weekend b/c I had to move into my new apartment. My poor hair has been ignored the whole time :(
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No wonder I haven't seen you post :lachen: welcome to your new place though!

Question: Do we post on here after the new year? I see there's a transitioners support thread for 2011 but not for Transitioning without BC :confused: sorry if I sound silly.
 
Some of you might remember that I cut "test patches" in my nape, side, and crown a couple of months ago. If you don't remember, here is the video for that. Well...I've been scissor happy again!. I cut off another rather large portion of hair on the side of my head about two weeks ago!:blush::lachen:

Yes, it sounds harsh, and I thought it was going to look awful. But guess what...I flat ironed my hair and you can't even tell a huge chunk is missing. I guess having thick hair is a blessing...otherwise I would have been looking like Cassie gone wrong.:nono:

But anyway, I have been wearing it flat ironed since I cut it. I can't fully wash my head for a few days, but I decided to wet/cowash the new "test patch" bc I missed it being curly. And here it is ladies...making it's grand debut on LHCF. All of the pics are in my Fotki album. There is one album full of wet hair pics, and another full of dry hair pics. All photos were taken today...ENJOY!

Oh, also please excuse how unruly my nape area is looking! I did not wet the hair in the back/nape at all today. It is all smashed up bc I slept on it, and didn't wet it before the photos.:lachen:


P.S...I will post pics of my hair washed and flat ironed so y'all can see it doesn't look all crazy...lol.I will probably do that over the weekend!

Lastly, I don't think I will cut any other "test patches." However, I am more than happy with the ones I have! It feels amazing to have some natural hair to experiment with while transitioning. So quite honestly, I would recommend that curious long term transitioners cut at least one "test patch" (provided they have enough hair to camouflage it).

But anyway, here are the pics!


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Click here to see what it looks like dry...






Enjoy...Thanks
 
^^^^ cute curlies Ms. Martina! You're brave -- that's a big patch you cut. I'm tempted to cut a little piece.
 
I've decided it's about time to start ending this transition. I've started trimming my hair and by mid May next year, all my relaxed ends WILL be gone. And so will end my 3 year transition :grin:
 
Hey People!!!
A friend of mine borrowed my camera to travel with so I won't have any pics until end of January I guess and I will be getting some kinky twists during the holidays. I took out my crochet braids after 5 weeks and from the look of it, my hair has grown up and i started to see more coils in my hair... yyaaaayyy!!! I also think I am a slow grower, I honestly have 3 inches of NG so far and I am 9 months post...Oh well, it will grow but I am loving this going natural thing :)
 
dr.j said:
^^^^ cute curlies Ms. Martina! You're brave -- that's a big patch you cut. I'm tempted to cut a little piece.
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Thanks, it started off as just a couple curls, and then I worked my way to a patch...lol. I plan to stay away from the scissors until my final bc though. I have 6 more months to go.
 
Everyone's curlies are so cute!
I thought my hair was mostly "ramen noodle" but after laying off heat the past couple months, I'm now starting to see more spirals. The whole front and crown is still wavy, but I think that's the natural texture. Here are some pics I took this morning:

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okay I'm back in business now. Internet hooked up in the new apartment and I see I have LOTS to catch up on...
 
Hey Ladies! :wave: :wave: :wave:

I'm new here. I've been transitioning for 19 weeks now and I plan to try to make it to at least 18-24 months or shoulder length before I trim off my relaxed ends. Currently wearing single braids and I can't wait to take them out next week. It's been rough these past couple of weeks but I'm trying to stay patient and motivated.

Happy HHJ!
 
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You're welcome kandi we're almost 2 weeks apart!
My aphogee 2 minute finally came I will be trying it sometime next week.
 
Ok, I decided that I am going to continue my transition for another year. No BC for me. I think that by the end of 2011 I should be WL. Then I will trim. I hope my relaxed ends can make it another year! Everyone keep it up. I never thought I would be almost two years post relaxer!
 
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^^^ I may be following your lead Bun Mistress. I'll be 24 months post in June and probably will transition another year.
 
Hey Ladies,
Just chekin in, I have my hair in an bantu knot out updo today and will probably have that until Chrismas. I am going to get my hair braided in kinky twists the 30th of December. How are you guys doing?
 
:hiya2: SherylsTresses checking in.

I'm still doing my dry donut bun without gel. This help me to leave my hair alone and not notice the difference in textures. Yay dry donut buns...!!! LOL
 
I am just starting on this journey with no plans to BC. I look forward to reading all of the past posts and getting good advice.
 
Poutchi said:
Hey Ladies,
Just chekin in, I have my hair in an bantu knot out updo today and will probably have that until Chrismas. I am going to get my hair braided in kinky twists the 30th of December. How are you guys doing?
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I'm thinking about getting kinky twist to with hold the transition process..any tips or advice?
 
I have a question... So my sister's coming this weekend and I told her to bring me Roux Porosity control because my hair is porous. Anyway I also have the Aphogee 2 min but didn't try it yet. So I was wondering should I use both the same day (before I flat iron) or should I use them a few days apart to see what works and what didn't? Also can I DC overnight with 2 tablespoons of Roux in my DC?
 
bibirockz said:
I have a question... So my sister's coming this weekend and I told her to bring me Roux Porosity control because my hair is porous. Anyway I also have the Aphogee 2 min but didn't try it yet. So I was wondering should I use both the same day (before I flat iron) or should I use them a few days apart to see what works and what didn't? Also can I DC overnight with 2 tablespoons of Roux in my DC?
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Without knowing alot about your hair here is my flat iron routine, recently updated (need to post this somewhere). If you are going to D/C prepoo I would use (a little) of a moisture con with a little natural oil. My fave is PM the detangler and camellia but coconut oil will do, just stay away from mineral (oil may not be nessicary I just do it). I don't pre-poo overnight anymore just for an hour but I didin the past.

Then shampoo (I only done this once, it to get the oil out you you flat ironed hair isn't sticky). then if you want , and I would depending on the last protein you used use the aphogee focusing on your relaxed ends.

Then use the pousity control as is states, apply to hait for a minute and rinse, I never get more out of it but leaving it on longer.

Apply ONE leave in with a heat protectant. Blow dry, I use the tension method, and flat iron.

This is what I learned yesterday, which I wish I had thought of sooner. I ad a little serum to my end before the comb/flat iron step to help with the final detangle. Also there is more heat on my end (flat iron then a curl pass only on the ends). Donn't use alot, I dab the serum on my finger tips and detange first with fingers then comb.

I saw so many fewer broken hair (yes I still see broken hairs).

Tips:
If I pre-poo I don't DC, I find I don't need to.

If I'm going to prepoo and not DC I try to make sure there isn't alot of product on my hair. So the pree-poo is effective. If you have alot of product bluid up, you may just still need to DC.

Find your favortive sorty of cheap moisture conditioner and stock up. I don't ususally pile on the conditoiner but if I flat iron I usua;;y haven't detangled in a look time so the conditioner helps with that.

As always keep the combing to a minium. When I flat iron I comb only befor ethe blow dry and then right before I flat iron.

Especially if you use oils, you must shampoo. You only have to do it once if you want and just let the water run through your hair. But you have to shampoo!

Lastly, using the pre-poo and making sure your hair is well moisturized is the key to hair that doesn't revert. Think of reverting hair as the hair that is dry and stealing moisture from the air.

I hope this helps. Sorry for the long post.
 
^Bun Mistress thanks a bunch for the useful tips, I'll incorporate this into my flat iron routine next week :yep:! You're a doll :bighug:
 
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