twinkletoes17
Active Member
Night after night I would be on the phone with my SO, either complaining about my hair or embracing it. In other words, my hair made me bipolar. I couldn't wait to become fully natural! At the same time, I missed my straight hair oh so much. I deliberated hard about this one. The last time I stretched/transitioned, I lasted 5.5 months before relaxing. I missed my curls almost immediately. So far I'm not missing my curls a bit 
I constantly thought, "When I'm natural, what will I do?" I don't have time to be doing braidouts, twistouts, trying to stretch my hair so it's more manageable. Washing in sections? I tried to do that while transitioning. I'm very lazy. I successfully washed in sections once. I noticed a big difference, but no way could I do that all the time. I saw pictures of my relaxed hair, then it hit me. I was fixing what wasn't broken. My last detangling session was the last straw. So much matted hair. If Stevie Wonder stuck his fingers in my hair, he would've thought he was touching the head of Ziggy Marley. With a lot of patience I detangled without losing too much hair. I'm very lucky my hair looks the way it does. Yes, I'm in need of a trim, but my length is still there. With all the panicking, I'm more than pleased with the results. I'll have to take better care of my hair however. Okay, quick rant's over.
I cowashed with Aphogee 2-Minute on Wednesday and then detangled my hair yesterday. I kept my hair in braids till this morning, bunned, and was off to the salon, anxious!
I always like to post Before and After pics
Here are some pics of my coils and new growth (some of the ones I took this morning were too blurry so I added some from late April):
Shrinkage!
I was a hot mess this morning
I managed to put my hair in a bun before heading off to the salon:
And here's my hair post-relaxer
I was too lazy to get up so I took some with the webcam on my laptop lol:
Edges:
Lastly, can I claim anything? My bra is like MBL or lower so it's hard for me to determine anything between APL and WL lol (ignore back fat pleeeease):
I constantly thought, "When I'm natural, what will I do?" I don't have time to be doing braidouts, twistouts, trying to stretch my hair so it's more manageable. Washing in sections? I tried to do that while transitioning. I'm very lazy. I successfully washed in sections once. I noticed a big difference, but no way could I do that all the time. I saw pictures of my relaxed hair, then it hit me. I was fixing what wasn't broken. My last detangling session was the last straw. So much matted hair. If Stevie Wonder stuck his fingers in my hair, he would've thought he was touching the head of Ziggy Marley. With a lot of patience I detangled without losing too much hair. I'm very lucky my hair looks the way it does. Yes, I'm in need of a trim, but my length is still there. With all the panicking, I'm more than pleased with the results. I'll have to take better care of my hair however. Okay, quick rant's over.
I cowashed with Aphogee 2-Minute on Wednesday and then detangled my hair yesterday. I kept my hair in braids till this morning, bunned, and was off to the salon, anxious!
I always like to post Before and After pics
Here are some pics of my coils and new growth (some of the ones I took this morning were too blurry so I added some from late April):
Shrinkage!
I was a hot mess this morning
I managed to put my hair in a bun before heading off to the salon:
And here's my hair post-relaxer
I was too lazy to get up so I took some with the webcam on my laptop lol:
Edges:
Lastly, can I claim anything? My bra is like MBL or lower so it's hard for me to determine anything between APL and WL lol (ignore back fat pleeeease):
I'm glad you decided what's best for you. I'm currently going through the same deliberation, wondering if I'm trying to fix something that's not broken 
congrats on making MBL Twink.
