theprincess098
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Congratulations!!! 
Can't wait to see your pictures..
Can't wait to see your pictures..
12 MONTHS INTO TRANSITION???
- Thread starter SouthernTease
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aloof one
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I'm 10 months and itching to get some scissors...
But I had a nightmare two nights ago after considering getting a relaxer. It was awful. I had 1 inch of hair in the front and the rest of my head somehow came out perfectly square shaped and looked/felt like a brillo pad. I had washed my hair and felt all these little biddy curls and it was soft and everything like usual... Then all of a sudden after I had cut and my hair dried it turned into this cubic chunk of hair. The combs wouldn't go in, nothing would make it lay down, and I refused to leave the house
I woke up and decided I can't relax and I'm going to just wait until late fall to BC. I really can't wait for the 1 year mark though, so I can see how much growth I have.
But I had a nightmare two nights ago after considering getting a relaxer. It was awful. I had 1 inch of hair in the front and the rest of my head somehow came out perfectly square shaped and looked/felt like a brillo pad. I had washed my hair and felt all these little biddy curls and it was soft and everything like usual... Then all of a sudden after I had cut and my hair dried it turned into this cubic chunk of hair. The combs wouldn't go in, nothing would make it lay down, and I refused to leave the house
I woke up and decided I can't relax and I'm going to just wait until late fall to BC. I really can't wait for the 1 year mark though, so I can see how much growth I have.
SouthernTease
New Member
Ok... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
transition photos.
OrangeMoon
Well-Known Member
Ok... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
Yayyyyyyyyyyyy SouthernTease very inspiring...did you get a chance to measure your growth?
DarkAngell
Well-Known Member
Ok... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
hm.....we might be hair twins. or cousins or something. mine looks very similar! ( i have no good pics to show...sorry).
kiesha8185
Active Member
Your texture is BEAUTIFUL!!!!! With hair like that, no relaxer would have EVER touched my head!!!Ok... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
Mook's hair
New Member
I am also 10 months into my transition and my plan is the same as Southern Tease. Last week was a rough one. But I switched up some products and tried a new style and I'm back in the game.
MiWay
New Member
Ok... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
I'm loving your texture! Congrats on hitting the one year mark. Y'all are making me want to go natural.
HAIRapy
SuperDuper Member
Beautiful!! It looks so soft and thick! SouthernTease, do you put your texture into any category? If so, what texture would you say your hair is? I believe my texture is VERY similar to yours and I'm still confused about the grouping. TIAOk... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
SouthernTease
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THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS!!!
No... but I was thinking about it last night... I will do it tonight when I get home and post to this thread and my blog.
I don't do hair typing...some people have suggested I was 3b/c-4a... but since I'm not into that... I just say my hair is FINE and curly.
No... but I was thinking about it last night... I will do it tonight when I get home and post to this thread and my blog.
Beautiful!! It looks so soft and thick! SouthernTease, do you put your texture into any category? If so, what texture would you say your hair is? I believe my texture is VERY similar to yours and I'm still confused about the grouping. TIA
I don't do hair typing...some people have suggested I was 3b/c-4a... but since I'm not into that... I just say my hair is FINE and curly.
HAIRapy
SuperDuper Member
Well your growth is gorgeous! Even if you did a BC, which I know you don't want to do, your NG looks like it would be the same length or alittle longer (when straightened) than when you first started your journey to healthy hair. You've done a good job!
DDTexlaxed
TRANSITION OVER! 11-22-14
Dang! How do you keep your hair so strait?! Your hair is da bomb!
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blackbarbie
New Member
ST, your hair looks absolutely gorgeous; congrats on the year!
How do you wear it on a daily basis?
How do you wear it on a daily basis?
Ok... as promised... my 12 month into
transition photos.
Don't mean to jack your thread but your hair is GORGEOUS SouthernTease! Your hair texture looks very similar looking to mine, but as we all know, looks can be deceiving.
Of course your relaxed hair is going to stretch it out a lot, but if you have shrinkage anything like me, just know that it will hold an awesome twist or braidout! Here is an old pic of mine in its longer state, directly out of the shower, soaking wet and starting to shrink:
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SouthernTease
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I measured it tonight... it's about 5" of new growth... which would mean that I'm right on target with the 6" inches in a year. I will make a year in April so I should get that extra inch and maybe a little more if I'm lucky!!!
Oh... here's my new growth chart. So it will have taken me a year to get from whatever I was in April (see siggy) to APL... that's 6".
Oh... here's my new growth chart. So it will have taken me a year to get from whatever I was in April (see siggy) to APL... that's 6".
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but this thread wasnt around.
SimpleBrooklyn
New Member
Hey ladies. My last relaxer was in March of 2007. So I am almost a full year into my transition. I can't wait until it gets to a length that I am happy with so that I can chop off these relaxed ends.
**Glamourlicious**
Well-Known Member
Beautiful growth!!!!
I am just about to nine months....can not WAIT to see what happens at 12 months!
I am just about to nine months....can not WAIT to see what happens at 12 months!
OrangeMoon
Well-Known Member
I measured it tonight... it's about 5" of new growth... which would mean that I'm right on target with the 6" inches in a year. I will make a year in April so I should get that extra inch and maybe a little more if I'm lucky!!!
Oh... here's my new growth chart. So it will have taken me a year to get from whatever I was in April (see siggy) to APL... that's 6".
Thanks Southerntease...I swear you and other transitioning without the big chop are enticing me to give up the creamy crack.
TaraDyan
Natural again ... this time for good!
OK wait ... now I'm confused.
Is April your one year mark or is it February? I thought it was this month (hence the reason for this thread)?
SouthernTease
New Member
OK wait ... now I'm confused.
Right.
My last relaxer was February 2007... so I just made 1 YEAR RELAXER FREE this month.
I didn't start charting my growth until April 2007... I didn't join LHCF until APRIL 2007... so APRIL 2008 will officially be my 1 year anniversary on LHCF... I am kind of following Cathy Howse's 6" in one year deal-i-o....
cocoberry10
New Member
I'm about 9 months into my transition. I think I am going to BC. I didn't want to, but I feel like why wait! I will probably use braids and weaves to get me to one year. I think my hair grows pretty fast, and the difference in texture is becoming too much to bare!
SouthernTease
New Member
Thanks. I really can't believe I did it.
I remember sitting in my apartment
last year thinking I could never transition...
I didn't even know what transitioning was.
I can't wait to be 100% natural, but my
first goal is to get to BSL when straight
and then I will begin trimming my ends...
I plan to hit BSL by the end of '08.
I remember sitting in my apartment
last year thinking I could never transition...
I didn't even know what transitioning was.
I can't wait to be 100% natural, but my
first goal is to get to BSL when straight
and then I will begin trimming my ends...
I plan to hit BSL by the end of '08.
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