This may be a dumb question, but is your natural anniversary....

[Diva_Esq]

...calculated from your last relaxer date or your big chop date?

 

[Liberianmami26]

most people calculate from their big chop date and say my nappiversary is let say 2 years but i've been relaxer free for 3 years if they had transitioned for a year before they bc

 

[SouthernStunner]

I would think its your BC date because before that you are not natural. I see where some people put in their siggys the last relaxer date and then the fully natural date.

HTH

 

[Taina]

I calculate mine on my BC as i did not transitioned.

 

[pink219]

I want to say last relaxer, but that doesn't necessarily mean that "all" of your hair is natural so I'm gonna go with big chop... good question though!

 

[Diva_Esq]

most people calculate from their big chop date and say my nappiversary is let say 2 years but i've been relaxer free for 3 years if they had transitioned for a year before they bc

I am BCing tomorrow, so I wasn't sure. Last relaxer was May 2nd. Didn't wanna be claiming the wrong dates.

Thanks for clarifying, ladies.

 

[Southern Belle]

I am BCing tomorrow, so I wasn't sure. Last relaxer was May 2nd. Didn't wanna be claiming the wrong dates.

Thanks for clarifying, ladies.

Yaaaayyyy!

Congrats in advance!

 

[song_of_serenity]

I say big chop because before the chop you're basically still relaxed with a bit or tons of newgrowth. >_> When the chemically processed hair is GONE, THEN you are natural.

But some do have two anniversaries.

 

[afrikurl]

can't wait to see your bc pics!

 

[BlkOnyx488]

my last relaxer was march 2007, September 07 was when I was fully natural so this september I will be 3 years fully natural. Please let me get to APL by then LOL

 

[isawstars]

this isn't a dumb question!

I'm obviously not natural but i always thought that it was the date of your last relaxer. i'm glad that i'm still learning things on lhcf!

 

[it_comes_naturally]

I count from my BC. I transitioned for 1yr and I don't count that time as being natural.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

I didn't BC. Last relaxer was 12/30/07 and I was fully natural (mini chops & breakage) by 12/30/2009 (took out extensions).

 

[Nonie]

I didn't BC either but did mini-trims and I would say it's from the day I trimmed off the last bit of my relaxed hair and became 100% natural.

 

[hothair]

I said for date of last relaxer, simply because of the confusion when you see someone that transitioned for a year then BC-ed showing you their 6 month nappiversary, I think WOW all of that in 6 months?

I guess if its clearly stated when they transitioned then from the date of the BC...

 

[cutenss]

I said my last relaxer, because I did not "big chop". I did slow trims. So I consider by anniversary July 2004, my birthday month. It took me about 2 years.

 

[Truth]

I say from my BC...

 

[ms.blue]

I guess is when you bc. My last relaxer was dec 2007 and I bc'd june 2008.

 

[HeavenlySkies]

bc date...anything before that is transitioning therefore you arent fully natural yet.

 

[Poohbear]

I calculate my natural anniversary from my Big Chop date. I stopped relaxing in October 2004 and then chop my hair off in May 2005.

 

[glamazon386]

BC Date.......

 

[Janet']

Well, I said "Some other date" because I didn't BC...My date was the date that I had completely transitioned to natural. So, I was in the process of going natural for about 2 years before I was completely natural and then that is when I consider my natural "date"...However, for you, since you are planning to do a BC- I would say, count it from that day forward...

 

[DMJ's Mom]

I count from my BC when I became completely natural

 

[BostonMaria]

most people calculate from their big chop date and say my nappiversary is let say 2 years but i've been relaxer free for 3 years if they had transitioned for a year before they bc

Yes that's exactly how I calculate it. I will be 3 years natural in September, but it will be 4 years since my last relaxer in Nov.

 

[tailormade84]

i calculate from my BC ( i stopped perming a year before, but since i flat ironed that whole year and had to cut off that damaged hair i really dont count it)....

 

[vainღ♥♡jane]

i count from the bc. so feb 2011 i'd say that its my one year natural anniversary. but i'd let people know that i have 24 months of natural growth. so people won't get confused and discouraged thinking i grew 12 inches of hair in just a year. ♥

 

[Diva_Esq]

I said for date of last relaxer, simply because of the confusion when you see someone that transitioned for a year then BC-ed showing you their 6 month nappiversary, I think WOW all of that in 6 months?

I guess if its clearly stated when they transitioned then from the date of the BC...

i count from the bc. so feb 2011 i'd say that its my one year natural anniversary. but i'd let people know that i have 24 months of natural growth. so people won't get confused and discouraged thinking i grew 12 inches of hair in just a year. ♥

I agree, ladies! I want to be clear b/c I have transitioned for a year.

 

[Determined22]

I count from my BC date, because that's when I was fully natural.

 

[Renovating]

You're not natural until the relaxed ends have been removed, so I count from the BC date.

 

[LunadeMiel]

I count from my BC date.