~*~*The Newly Natural Thread*~*~

[sareca]

I big chopped yesterday (3/7/2011). I transitioned for 7 months. I wanted to go for one year but my hairstyles were limited to braids and buns after 4 months. I couldn't take it one minute more. I BC at about midnight last night. So glad I did.

Honestly it doesn't seem that different from my texlaxed hair. The same products and procedures seem to work. This pictures is completely dry and styled with homemade flaxseed gel.

 

[lacreolegurl]

^Looks beautiful! Congrats!!

 

[LoveCraze]

I big chopped yesterday (3/7/2011). I transitioned for 7 months. I wanted to go for one year but my hairstyles were limited to braids and buns after 4 months. I couldn't take it one minute more. I BC at about midnight last night. So glad I did.

Honestly it doesn't seem that different from my texlaxed hair. The same products and procedures seem to work. This pictures is completely dry and styled with homemade flaxseed gel.

Simply gawjus!!! Congrats on your BC and also Congrats and welcome to Roux and fivetimestwo.

This month marks my 2 years relaxer free!!



My puff is growing!!! Yay!!

 

[Roux]

I big chopped yesterday (3/7/2011). I transitioned for 7 months. I wanted to go for one year but my hairstyles were limited to braids and buns after 4 months. I couldn't take it one minute more. I BC at about midnight last night. So glad I did.

Honestly it doesn't seem that different from my texlaxed hair. The same products and procedures seem to work. This pictures is completely dry and styled with homemade flaxseed gel.

hey we bc'd the same day!

 

[Foxglove]

Sigh... I really tried. Braidout with the GVP smoothing ultra styling creme

Pic of the braids

I think whoever mentioned I may have thin hair may be onto something. I can't just unbraid and go

Separated

And of course in a puff for work

ETA I will add the puff was more defined than usual. I like the consistency of the GVP styling creme and I'll use it when I'm going for a more defined look. I just don't think my hair is the unbraid/untwist and go type

 

[MyAngelEyez~C~U]

Well, I'm still puffin it, mostly, though it is growing slowly but surely

 

[MyAngelEyez~C~U]

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[Diamond75]

Thanks to you ladies, I tried my first puff a few weeks ago. I wore in a puff, ponytail or pinned it up for about 3 weeks.

I finally took a photo of my puff. I've caught up on about 5 days of posts and have a crazy shopping list... I'll have to start selling my kidneys for hair products soon.

Btw, I did my BC in 2007, but I was wearing braids then. Came out of braids in Jan. 2010 and had a BKT put in. My last BKT was in Oct and I'm letting it wear off. I want to work with my real natural hair. I had an inch taken off last week when I had it silk pressed. Once I get over my cold, I'll be back in a puff or braids.

 

[NikkiQ]

So I'm still in my twists. I didn't take them down yesterday. I was WAY too tired and pressed for time to really get a chance to play around with them. But I gotta say...my hair is SOOOOOOooooo freakin soft right now! I'll probably take them down today and take a few pics. Took the day off of work b/c of the horrible weather today. Street flooding and everything. Bleh! At least it gives me a chance to go through all of my products and see what I really need and what I can part with.

 

[nestlequik]

Sigh... I really tried. Braidout with the GVP smoothing ultra styling creme

Pic of the braids

I think whoever mentioned I may have thin hair may be onto something. I can't just unbraid and go

Separated

And of course in a puff for work

ETA I will add the puff was more defined than usual. I like the consistency of the GVP styling creme and I'll use it when I'm going for a more defined look. I just don't think my hair is the unbraid/untwist and go type

Foxglove- have you tried 2 strand twists? Braidouts don't give me the defined look that I like compared to twists. The only time I braid, well, I hardly ever do. I suggest trying that and see how it works. BTW, how do you like the styling creme?

 

[pookaloo83]

Sigh... I really tried. Braidout with the GVP smoothing ultra styling creme

Pic of the braids

I think whoever mentioned I may have thin hair may be onto something. I can't just unbraid and go

Separated

And of course in a puff for work

ETA I will add the puff was more defined than usual. I like the consistency of the GVP styling creme and I'll use it when I'm going for a more defined look. I just don't think my hair is the unbraid/untwist and go type

I believe we are hair twins. I have to separate my twist to make it look full. Most of the time I get frustrated and put it in a puff. Here are my braidouts.

Hot mess.

I didn't separate the back, but I did kind of pull apart the front. On ALL of my braidouts I use Qhemets AOHC. It's heavy and it holds well. I put a little water in my hands, one spritz from a spray bottle and then apply the AOHC and braid. I also go through once with my denman before braiding. My hair looks better after unbraiding when it's a teensy weensy bit wet.

 

[sareca]

hey we bc'd the same day!

Congrats!

 

[sareca]

My first "natural protective style." I was feeling ambitious and decided to try 2 strand twists yesterday. I wish I'd made them smaller but otherwise I'm pretty happy with them.
In progress...

All done. It took about 3.5 hours. I added some homemade flaxseed styling lotion to the ends.

Pardon the totally tired face.


This morning I had to spray them to get 'em back laying the right way. They shrunk a lot.

My plan is to leave them in for a month then twist out for a week.

 

[Platinum]

I'm thinking about going to the braid shop today or tomorrow. Should I flat iron my hair first or just leave it in it's natural state? . I haven't been back to the African Braid shop since I BC'd. The last braider wanted me to straighten my hair first, the one before that didn't ask me to straighten but was a little rough with the parting.

 

[tmkersha]

Hi everyone. My name is Tierra and I am new to this forum. I have recently decided to start a blog for myself to keep track of my hair progress. I am inviting everyone to subscribe. It may be helpful for all of you newly naturals. I will be posting pictures of my hair progress, various hair styles, and keep you updated on my hair regimen. My goal is to keep myself and my subscribers in growing healthy natural hair. God Bless everyone.

You can follow this link to go to my blog. http://tierrasjourney.blogspot.com/ Thanks.

 

[SmilingElephant]

Hey

Sooo did they change the pic feature on here where you could have pics saved on here so you could upload them to different threads?

If so...then i already uploaded pics in my WL2013 thread...im on a library computer so i can't save pics on here.

 

[Foxglove]

Foxglove- have you tried 2 strand twists? Braidouts don't give me the defined look that I like compared to twists. The only time I braid, well, I hardly ever do. I suggest trying that and see how it works. BTW, how do you like the styling creme?

Twists have the same outcome for me. Different curl/crimp pattern but the same outcome once I separate. The GVP is the perfect gel alternative I would say. I was looking for something to give me more definition in braid/twistouts and gel is notorious for leaving your hair too hard. In the past I tried mixing gel with leave in or oil but the outcome was still a little crunchy. I'll see if the definition lasts longer with this and I suspect it will. Normally by day 3-4 I lose definition and it starts looking like a regular puff. I'll post updates on day 4-5.

 

[Skiggle]

Twists have the same outcome for me. Different curl/crimp pattern but the same outcome once I separate. The GVP is the perfect gel alternative I would say. I was looking for something to give me more definition in braid/twistouts and gel is notorious for leaving your hair too hard. In the past I tried mixing gel with leave in or oil but the outcome was still a little crunchy. I'll see if the definition lasts longer with this and I suspect it will. Normally by day 3-4 I lose definition and it starts looking like a regular puff. I'll post updates on day 4-5.

You can try LongAidCurl Activator Gel!
I use it and it never made my hard or anything, great definition and a soft hold. Maybe you can do a puff and a bang/or side updo like MA2010 for alternative styles with braid/twist outs

 

[Foxglove]

You can try LongAidCurl Activator Gel!
I use it and it never made my hard or anything, great definition and a soft hold. Maybe you can do a puff and a bang/or side updo like MA2010 for alternative styles with braid/twist outs

Y'all are really trying to bring out my PJ tendencies
I'll add this to my list since I just bought the GVP. I'll pick this up when I finish something (I've been on an unofficial finish something before I buy something personal challenge)
ETA ya know I haven't done a bang in a while. I'll try one in the next couple of days

 

[Evallusion]

I'm thinking about going to the braid shop today or tomorrow. Should I flat iron my hair first or just leave it in it's natural state? . I haven't been back to the African Braid shop since I BC'd. The last braider wanted me to straighten my hair first, the one before that didn't ask me to straighten but was a little rough with the parting.

I definitely wouldn't straighten before braiding. Most of the time I band my hair before braiding. Or if I'm in a hurry or if I don't mind heat at the time, I'll do a light blow dry on a low setting to stretch my hair. What kind of braids are you going to get by the way?

 

[Roux]

sareca how long did you transition? your hair is so long!

 

[NikkiQ]

Cowashed my hair tonight with Skala Ceramides and would you know it...my curls popped up in my crown! I guess that trim and protein treatment helped a bit. SO happy!! Plus I found out that I'm about 2.5-3" from SL (according to the SO) so hopefully by my wedding in September I can claim it comfortably. Yay!

 

[Platinum]

I definitely wouldn't straighten before braiding. Most of the time I band my hair before braiding. Or if I'm in a hurry or if I don't mind heat at the time, I'll do a light blow dry on a low setting to stretch my hair. What kind of braids are you going to get by the way?

Evallusion I decided to just do a protein treatment, DC, and blow dry. I used Wild Growth Hair Oil on damp hair then blow dried on low. My hair was so soft! I'll do this again for the next install. The braider was really surprised with the softness.

ETA: I got box braids and I'm keeping them for about 8-10 weeks. I also plan to do the crown and glory method.

 

[Cheekychica]

Foxglove, before you separate your braid outs they look really defined- I think they're "frizzing" up when you start undoing them. Maybe you should try dipping your fingers in oil (evoo, castor etc) as you separate. Hopefully that way you can still keep them smooth and defined. I really want them to work for you! I actually think I have similar hair to yours because if I don't separate enough I feel like I have too much scalp showing I've learned to separate carefully and sometimes I use castor oil (although I usually seal with castor oil when I braid it).

 

[sareca]

Wow, I love this "New Mentions" thingy under "Your Notifications."

Roux ; I made it 7 months into my supposedly 1 year transition. Since I've never had hair this short I thought there was no way I could survive with hair this short. It's only been 3 days since I BC but I loved it the first day and I love it more each passing day (shrinkage and all).

 

[Roux]

that's 7 months of growth??? wow I have no where near that much hair!

 

[mrsjohnson75]

My puff today..it started out as a twistout puff but the rain got me so its an afro puff

 

[andromeda]

^^^ love the texture of your puff and that braid across is very smart - I'll have to try that in the future because my beloved puffs put too much tension on my edges.

 

[Roux]

^^^ love the texture of your puff and that braid across is very smart - I'll have to try that in the future because my beloved puffs put too much tension on my edges.

this is what I do on my DD's hair when I do puffs.

 

[Platinum]

mrsjohnson75 Your puff is beautiful!