Journey to Natural- Personal Accounts

CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I was definitely a short term transitioner. I was a long term transitioner in my head but I ended up doing the BC a lot earlier than I expected. I only transitioned for 2 months. My BC was actually last minute. It was an accident, kind of. LoL. I…

CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I was a short term transitioner. I was just done with limp, thinning relaxed hair and I have always wanted to be natural anyway, so I finally made the decision to cut it all off. I know this sounds cliché, but it really was a liberating feeling. It was…

CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why? I thought I could be a long term transistioner but I couldn't handle the new growth. I have zero patience! I transisitioned about 5-6 months. I was too excited to see my natural hair anyway and try new natural hair styles. Twists, twistouts, etc were looking so hot…

CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why?I transitioned for approximately 11 months, from mid June 2008 to May 2009 and it was for a number of reasons. Initially, I was tired of covering up my damaged hair with weaves all the time and reached a breaking point. Then, once I realized there was plenty of…

CN: Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why? I was a long term transitioner (if that is what you would call about 11 months), it all started my first year of college 2002, I dyed my hair for my senior prom and had done a strong perm on my hair. I had been getting perms for…