Journey to Natural- Personal Accounts

-Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I was a short term transitioner. I am an all or nothing kind of girl, it's either I was relaxed or natural. Like everything in life, I knew I wouldn't like the in between gray area. I also wanted to experience all phases of being natural from short to medium…

-Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I was a long term transitioner. I first relaxed my hair at the age of 12 and began to transition out of relaxers at the age of 17. (I've been natual now for 17 years). I noticed that my hair never grew beyond my shoulders with a relaxer. No matter…

-Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?My intention was to transition from March 2006-March 2007, as I hadn’t had short hair since infancy and I didn’t think my big melon cabeza would look good sporting a TWA. However, I had a horrific detangling session one Friday night at the 8.5 month mark and decided that a…

-Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why? I originally was going to transition for a year maybe even two. After about 2 months of growing it out, my friends convinced me to go to a hair dresser and get it all chopped off. The main reason I did it is because I was tired of trying…

-Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I was a short term transitioner. I transitioned for 4.5 months. I had plans to wait until January to do the big chop, but I grew tired of the two textures and went ahead and got it cut.-When did you BC? What was your initial reaction to your natural hair?I…