CN:Are you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?
I am a long term transitioner, I am currently 9 months into my transition. I have always worn the latest short styles (Halle Berry cut, bobs, etc… ). Now I want to enjoy having some length.
CN:When are you going to BC?
On April 6th 2010, a stylist cut off 3 1/2 inches of my mid-back length hair without my approval. She did such a sloppy job that I had to go to another stylist and have her cut off another inch and a half to make my hair look decent. That for me was my big chop. Since then I have had about 2 1/2 more inches trimmed off keeping my hair at armpit length.
CN: How did family and friends react to your decision to go natural?
My husband is trying to get used to the idea. As for others, I don’t know what they think nor do I care. My son is my biggest cheerleader, he loves the waves in my hair.
CN:What is your transition routine?
I wash and deep condition weekly with a light protein conditioner for 15 to 30 minutes followed by a moisturizing conditioner for an hour with my heatcap. I rinse my conditioner out lightly and apply my leave-in in the shower and detangle. I then towel blot with my microfiber towel and apply my moisturizer of choice followed by a light oil. I then proceed to rollerset.
CN: How do you moisturize your hair to prevent breakage at the new growth line?.
I apply my UBH lotion creme moisturizer or the komaza shea butter hair lotion to my hair daily.
CN: Why did you choose to go natural?
I see lots of black women with thin hair and bald spots and I know most of it is from them relaxing their hair– I don’t want that to be me one day. Plus I am just tired of relaxing my hair and all that goes with it.
CN: What is your staple hair style during your transition?
At the beginning of my transition I was doing lots of twist and braidouts on wet hair but I did not like what my hair looked like with the new growth and straight ends so now I do braidouts on rollerset hair mostly. I rollerset then braid or I will straighten my hair out with my ceramic iron every 10 to 14 days in case I feel like dusting the ends.I never blowdry because blowdryers deplete moisture from the hair. Now that I have a lot more new growth I do plan on doing more wet sets.
I am a 17 year old girl and decided to go natural this summer past and let me just say all of your stories are really helping me.
good to hear of another naturally curly girl who does wetsets! my hair works really well in a rollerset and I do them often as well. i do a no heat wetset often if I have the time (it takes a long time)and am going to try curlformers this weekend! Its a "no heat necessary" curl. Best of luck on your continued journey.
@ Melanie Aisha Johnson the site is Hairlista.com
Melanie I got the shirt from Hairlista. She sells all types of t-shirts with the no#s on her site.
The site is actually Hairlista.com
Yay Kelly!! I'm definitely inspired. 🙂
@melanie aisha johnson — i saw t-shirts like that at a site called myhairsistas.com
Where did you get the t-shirt in the last pic?