Tell me about yourself! My name is Amber. I’m 21, a student, and have been natural for 2 years. I study international affairs and economics at Northeastern University in Boston. I love to travel and have been to quite a few places (Spain, France, Italy, China, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands). I also write and perform spoken word poetry. A…
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Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why? I was definitely a short term transitioner. Initially I desired to transition long term. After watching many YouTube channels on long term transitioning, I was eager to begin my transition. However, after eight months of transitioning, I became very frustrated with the two textures and I really wanted to…
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Tell me about yourself! I’m a 37 year old divorcee. I have a 7 year old son and work full time. I first decided to go natural in 2010. My last relaxer was in March of 2010. I was inspired by my best friend who started her journey back in 2007. I loved her hair, and I was tired of…
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Were you a transitioner or a Big Chopper? What was your journey like? I was a transitioned for about two years on heat damaged arm pit length hair. I wore protective styles throughout the two years back to back. My go-to protective style was a sew-in because I missed my long straight hair. Between sew-ins, I trimmed about two inches…
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Were you a long term or short term transitioner, and why? I transitioned for seven months before doing my big chop. My aim was to grow my natural hair to a length that would allow me to create a ponytail, but as you can well imagine, 7 months of transitioning hair was not long enough for my desired up-do. When…
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