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Journey to Natural- Personal Accounts

Journey to Natural hair from relaxed and chemically processed hair

mcgradylady- A Story of Transition

By Curly Nikki 8 Comments
Gradylady shares her transition story with the CurlyNikki.com community!CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?Gradylady: I transitioned for 8 months. I consider myself a long term transitioner because I transitioned the hard way (as some would say). I didn't get a weave or braids etc. I dealt with two textures for 8 months and it…
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Brittany B.- A Story of Transition

By Curly Nikki 13 Comments
Brittany shares her transition story with the CurlyNikki.com community!CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?Brittany: I was definitely a short term transitioner. I wanted to go natural since I was in high school but my mom wasn't going to allow her daughter to walk around with a nappy head. So once I got the courage…
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ChiChi10- A Story of Transition

By Curly Nikki 8 Comments
ChiChi10 shares her transition to natural hair with the CurlyNikki.com community!CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I had always thought about going natural. My friend at the time went natural twice and she encouraged me to do it, too. I felt like I couldn’t because I was broke and unemployed. I had a bunch of…
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Jennika- A Story of Transition

By Curly Nikki 10 Comments
CN:Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?Jennika: I transitioned for 13 months. Not sure if that is long or short, but I wasn't mentally prepared to have short hair. Also, I wasn't sure what type of hair style I wanted for my wedding. CN: When did you BC? What was your initial reaction to your natural…
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Silky Coils- A Story of Transition

By Curly Nikki 4 Comments
CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why? SC: Surprisingly, I was a short term transitioner. I actually had planned to transition for 12 months…but it ended up being like 8 months. Honestly, I wasn’t sure how I would react to the natural me. With taking a longer time to transition, I wasn’t fully committed and…
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