My Transition to Natural Hair!
Why did I decide to go natural?
The first time that I attempted, I just wanted to try something different. I was tired of my straight and plain relaxed hair. It was so boring! So I went about two months w/o a relaxer and then I decided to do a sew in to help with the transition. I kept it in for 2-3 months. Little did I know, that would hurt me more than help me! After removing the sew in, I had no idea what to do with my two textures! I had watched videos on YouTube, but I hadn’t researched nearly as much as I should have. So of course… I resorted back to my relaxer! That lasted for about a month or two. During those couple of months, I was finding more natural vloggers on YouTube and I became obsessed with natural hair!
Second attempt… The sew had wreaked havoc on my hair! I was fed up and I wanted healthy hair! When I started transitioning, my hair was in the worst state that I can ever remember it being in! It was awful and depressing! It just felt thin and brittle. I had split ends galore! I began transitioning again. This time I knew that I had to really take care of my hair. I planned to transition for about a year. After 6-7 months, I’d had enough of two textures and I was in love with my curly roots! I had a serious case of HIH (hand in hair) and I still do!
I had worn a straw set for about 2 weeks and a few people thought I had already done the Big Chop. I loved the straw set! So the day after washing out the straw set, I came home from work, grabbed my scissors and spray bottle, and my TWA (teeny weeny afro… I had no idea what TWA was at first) was born!
Here are a few pictures to show my transitioning journey! These are all from my second transitioning period.
This is about 1-2 months after my last relaxer. - July 2010
This is when I realized how damaged my hair was (not sure if you can tell) and decided to give it another try! - July 2010
Transitioning - My 1st straw set - September 2010
Sew in - October 2010
I was loving my texture! - November 2010
Another transitioning style - November 2010
2nd straw set… I loved this and this is what convinced me to go ahead and Big Chop! - December 2010
My TWA!!! This was 10 days after my Big Chop, which I did on 1/10/11! I have no idea why I didn’t take pictures of the BC!
