Tell me about yourself!
I am a Detroit native who loves all things hair and beauty related. Three years ago I was sick of frying and dying my hair. Excessive heat and color damage led me to take the big chop plunge. A couple of months post big chop I turned on my camera and decided to share my successes and fails with whoever felt like watching! I hope that my appreciation for natural hair and beauty transcends outward appearance and really inspires other women to do what is right for them in all aspects of life.

Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like?
I was a big chopper all the way. Go big or go home! One morning I woke up and after looking at my stringy heat/color damaged hair, I took scissors to root and went for it! Despite a couple of set backs, my journey so far has been great! I enjoy experimenting with different styles and products. But I have to admit, I miss my twa. It was SO easy.

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My name is Miranda Jaleisa and this is my transition story!

Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?
I transitioned for a total of a year and 2 months before I went ahead and big chopped. I have had long hair for as long as I could remember so the idea of me having short hair was not even possible. I have always been someone who was so concerned about length and just recently came to realize that length means nothing if your hair is unhealthy, so I just went for it!

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Tell me about yourself!
My name is Dayna. I am a wife and mother. I work full time at the corporate office for a large sporting apparel brand. Outside from my full time job, I blog abut fashion and natural hair on my blog CHICNaturalistas. I am originally from Cleveland Ohio, but I currently reside in Baltimore, Maryland. My hair texture is thick, kinky and coily. I have tight curls and kinks. My motto: Keep it simple yet significant

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Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like?
I transitioned without even knowing it.  I wore weaves forever, and had my last relaxer in 2006. But I wasn't taking proper care of my hair, so while I wore weaves all the time I never deep conditioned. I washed my hair only when I removed my weave which was once every month. Sometimes every 2 months.

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Tell me about yourself!
My name is Dorcas. I am proudly Nigerian-Canadian. Born in London, England and living in Toronto, Canada. I am a creator, writer and strive to educate and empower.  I’m also currently wearing mismatched socks.

Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like?
I’m both! My first go at the natural hair thing I transitioned for about 22 months. At different points I took a few inches off but I refused to part with my length.

I did a second big chop (which maybe isn’t the right word… I got a big haircut) in November 2013 after being fully natural for about 10 months.


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Tell me about yourself!
I am an artistic soul, a full time higher education professional by day (working in multicultural student success and access) and a writer / contributor for a variety of platforms by night & weekend. I truly love to laugh and drink tea. I blog on topics like style & style politics, womanism & feminism, faith & spirituality, social justice, (along with occasional “sheerly shenanigans” posts) over at JadeTPerry.com. My personal mission is to offer information, ideas, & counter-cultural narratives that will empower people to thrive and to lovingly and creatively challenge systems toward greater levels of inclusion!

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Tell me about yourself! 
Hello naturals!  My name is Tracee and I am from northern California.

What was your journey like?  
I started off as a straight natural, and I let my perm grow out for 18 months before I cut the rest of the perm off.  From then I was a straight natural for 8 years. Three big chops and three years later I am now a full blown kinky curly natural.

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Tell me about yourself!
Hey! My name is Kanisha Pitchford. I'm 22 years old, and I am an Educational Psychology major at Mississippi State University.

Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like?
I transitioned for 1 year and 5 months. My transition was not hard at all because I used a lot of protective styles such as twists and sew ins to help the process go by smoothly. When I was not protective styling, I mostly did braid outs and bantu knots, or if I was feeling lazy I would just put my hair in a bun. My initial goal was to transition for at least 2 years, but I was over the dead ends and felt I was ready, so I went for it and I'm absolutely loving it so far!

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What was your journey like?
I big chopped. I would big chop every year but would never commit to being natural.  The 3 years ago I decided to stick with it.  It was a little difficult until I found YouTube and that was my saving grace.

Had you always embraced your texture? 
Yes, I never had a problem with my texture. I just didn't know how to style it once my hair grew out, so I always rocked a Caesar or very low curls.

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Tell me about yourself!
I am 29 years old and am a professional commercial print model.

Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like?
I was actually in transition for about 5 months until I got impatient with the two textures so I eventually did the big chop and have gone all natural now for 2 months and loving my natural hair!

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Tell me about yourself!
I am an Intuitive Body & Lifestyle Designer, proud island girl and I use my Exotic Caribbean Cocktail to help smart, ambitious, results-oriented women develop the mindset, habits and skills to take the necessary actions in order to lose weight (or gain a few pounds), develop tons of self love and unshakable confidence to live a fabulous life, on their terms in bodies they love.

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Tell me about yourself!
Hello! My name is Eleanor Barkes. I’m a proudly South African curly girl originally from Cape Town who has just moved to Johannesburg after having lived in Tokyo for 2 years. Even though I’ve been natural for a few years it was only while living in Japan that I learned about natural hair care and started caring for my own hair properly. Now that I’m back in South Africa, I’m continuing my natural hair journey and I’m enjoying connecting and meeting up with other naturals in the country.

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Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like? 
I've always been natural. I only flat ironed my hair almost EVERY day! (Yikes) I just never decided to embrace my curls until about 2 years ago.

Had you always embraced your texture?
 No, my texture is really curly, so being in school I got called names like Jerry curl, or Michael Jackson.

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Tell me about yourself!
Hello, My name is Bridget Williams. I was born and raised in San Francisco, CA.  I am a mother of 5, ages 34, 30, 22, 15 and 10. I have two grandsons, ages, 13 and 12. I’ve been natural now for 2 ½ years, and I’m loving it!

Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like? 
I started out as a transitioner for up to 8 months, but I decided I know longer had the patience to wait for the perm to grow out. So, on June 16, 2013, I did the Big Chop.

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Tell me about yourself!
What’s up Curlfriends! I’m Moe Diva, an up and coming natural hair blogger/vlogger/brand influencer and ambassador. I am a Carolina girl and I LIVE for amazingly textured ethnic hair! Lucky for me I have plenty of it, huh? My son hangs the moon and stars in my world, and is THE purpose for every progressive move that I make. He is autistic and I must say that advocacy for him and the autism community is a very important aspect of my life. You should know that there aren’t many other things that excite me more than hair except for food…I drool for curls and yummy meals!


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Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like?
I was a transitioner. I became natural 5 years ago, but I wasn’t fully natural until 1 year ago. I used to wear weaves and perm my edges and leave outs. This absolutely broke my hair and now I have some areas that are shorter than the others.

Had you always embraced your texture?
No. To be honest it wasn’t until recently that I embraced my texture. I used to wish for looser curls. I would see all the YouTube tutorials of girls with edges that were “laid” and wondered why mine were not doing the same. I came to realize that my hair may not have sleek edges, but it is very tough and resistant…and that toughness is beautiful.

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Tell me about yourself!

What was your journey like?
I had a perm in my hair once or twice. I had horrible experience with a hair stylist in Burlington, NJ. She left the relaxer in my hair and it left burnt marks on my scalp. I never really needed them because my hair would not take. Growing up, my father used to do my hair. Once my parents got divorced, things change. My mother can only french braid my hair, so my older sister did my hair until she left for college.  Me and my sister are 5 years apart. Back then in the 80’s their were no products for mixed chicks, but come to find out white girl products have always worked in my hair.

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