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Transitioning without BC'ing Support Thread
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havilland
Magical Mythical Princess
Rae81
Well-Known Member
I am getting tired of my hair. Why won't it just cooperate and give me a nice braid out. The relaxed hair don't want to hold a curl and my natural hair is looking good. I don't understand before I was transitioning my relaxed cooperated with the braid outs now it just laughs at me. I'm getting tired of buns
sent from my galaxy
sent from my galaxy
OneShinyface
Well-Known Member
I have several sorority events this weekend so tonight is going to be hair night.
My hair has been in a side bun all week so I'm planning to detangle with oil and put my hair in 8-10 braids and wash in the shower. Then I'll attempt to blow dry and flat iron each section. Crossing my fingers all goes well as I'm 42 weeks post...
My hair has been in a side bun all week so I'm planning to detangle with oil and put my hair in 8-10 braids and wash in the shower. Then I'll attempt to blow dry and flat iron each section. Crossing my fingers all goes well as I'm 42 weeks post...
havilland
Magical Mythical Princess
Rae81
Well-Known Member
shunta
New Member
I'm so mad that I didn't transition back in 2008 when I was really wanting to. I made it to 3 mos and relaxed. I could've had a full head of natural hair now. Ugh!!! I'm so mad at myself.
I'm almost 4 mos post now and just have pretty much been rocking twistouts. It hasn't been too bad so far, but I'm sure the worst is yet to come.
I'm almost 4 mos post now and just have pretty much been rocking twistouts. It hasn't been too bad so far, but I'm sure the worst is yet to come.
nemi95
Well-Known Member
I've been thinking about doing this. How often do you use heat?
havilland
Magical Mythical Princess
Jobwright
Well-Known Member
uofmpanther
4ab, lopo, fine, low-med density
Woohoo! Congrats!!!
Rae81
Well-Known Member
Mjon912
Well-Known Member
I just hit 5 months post!!! Proud of Myself but still have a loooong way to go, I'll post a pic later! I cut my bangs in an attempt to get rid of my itch to cut and I hate them, I doubt I will be able to wear bangs when fully natural but il loving the thickness, my bang area is now almost fully natural! Other then that I've been staying faithful to my Reggie...
Wash 2-3 times a month...prepoo, wash, deep condition, apply oils and leave in, roller set and sit under the dryer, flat iron new growth and wrap! I also dust at least once a month
Wash 2-3 times a month...prepoo, wash, deep condition, apply oils and leave in, roller set and sit under the dryer, flat iron new growth and wrap! I also dust at least once a month
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havilland
Magical Mythical Princess
I also would like to know this as well
LOL
PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE
i started out by telling myself i was stretching.....i would see how it went and take it a month at a time. i didn't even claim that i was transitioning until i hit about 12 months post, i think.
i also made a goal. my goal was that i was going to long term transition OR i was going to go back to relaxing. i was NOT going to BC my hair before i was ready. this gave me the freedom to feel like i could be out at anytime. if times got too rough, cutting my hair was never an option. i would go back to relaxing in a heartbeat if it came between cutting and relaxing. it may sound funny
but having a hard set in stone goal, keeps me focused and free. i don't feel trapped...i can get out if i want. but i really am committed to never relaxing again. so i work very hard at maintaining my transition.other than that, my secrets:
DEEP CONDITIONER
WIDE TOOTH COMB
ECO STYLER GEL
IC FANTASIA GEL
BABY BRUSH - to smooth out edges (reminding myself that these edges will never look like they did when i relaxed)
SILK SCARF
HALF WIGS for when i just can't take it anymore
GOOD PROFESSIONAL SCISSORS for trimming my ends on a regular basis
and YOUTUBE for when i get frustrated. i watch other women who transitioned longer than one or two years and i watch naturals who have waistlength hair. keeps me focused.
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havilland
Magical Mythical Princess
shunta
New Member
I'm so excited about my new growth. I just can't keep my hands out of it. I hope everything keeps going well with the transition. My products that I use make it pretty easy I must say. I still use my KeraCare Hydrating with Elucence as a conditioner. My leave-in is Kinky Curly Knot Today. I just bought this about 3 weeks ago and it makes my hair sooooo soft. So far, so good.
Coming up on my one year mark in March. Although I have quite a bit of new growth, I am hesitant to cut knowing I will not be able to bun it. Most of my relaxed ends are at the back, some of the ones in the middle and front had either broken off early on in my transition, or had been snipped off long ago.
havilland
Magical Mythical Princess
congrats on making it to 10 months....ten month mark was a game changer for me. once i hit month ten i knew i could do this long term. keep up the good work.
congrats on making it to 10 months....ten month mark was a game changer for me. once i hit month ten i knew i could do this long term. keep up the good work.
Thank you.
I'm really leaning towards waiting another year, or as coming as close to two years as possible. I'm sure at some point I won't even give those ends a second thought, if I keep going.
I'll be 14 months post relaxer on Friday!
I have decided that I MUST transition for at least 6 more months.
3.5 of those months will be spent in Single Braids and Kinky twists(I still haven't worn any added hair since the start of this transition), so I believe the remainder of my transition will be smooth sailing.
@Rae81 Sorry for the late response! Because I don't use heat, I wear my hair primarily in twists,(small twists if I want them in for 3 weeks and chunky twists for 1 week) high buns, braid or twist n curls and that's about it.
I have decided that I MUST transition for at least 6 more months.
3.5 of those months will be spent in Single Braids and Kinky twists(I still haven't worn any added hair since the start of this transition), so I believe the remainder of my transition will be smooth sailing.
@Rae81 Sorry for the late response! Because I don't use heat, I wear my hair primarily in twists,(small twists if I want them in for 3 weeks and chunky twists for 1 week) high buns, braid or twist n curls and that's about it.
BornAgainNatural2012
New Member
I will not be cutting my hair till I have a good length. The first time I went natural, I did the big chop and my hair was 2 inches long. I will be dusting my hair every month following the Moroccan lunar chart.
I'm so excited but can't wait to be fully natural...just can't let go of these ragedy ends because they make my buns 
january noir
Sunny On a Cloudy Day
Well, I'm in my 7th month and it's been interesting.
My hair is "ballooning" and yesterday and today I wore my hair smoothed "up" and my relaxed ends tucked. My kinks/coils are in full view now!
I can just imagine the covert looks I'll be getting from my co-workers tomorrow. They know that I'm growing my hair out though.
My hair is "ballooning" and yesterday and today I wore my hair smoothed "up" and my relaxed ends tucked. My kinks/coils are in full view now!
I can just imagine the covert looks I'll be getting from my co-workers tomorrow.
They know that I'm growing my hair out though.
Napp
In hair purgatory
nemi95
I rollerset pretty much weekly. If i am in a rush i will blow dry and flat iron(no more than 1x a month)
I wear my hair straight but i typically do not flat iron the length. i will usually rollerset and flat iron the roots. if my roots are smooth enough i would just press the crown and edges to use less heat.
I personally like to alternate how much direct heat i use. if one week i did a blow dry and flat iron the next week i would rollerset and just press the crown and edges. i think by alternating the heat amounts reduces the risk of unwanted permanent curl loss (AKA heat damage)
