coolsista-paris
Well-Known Member
I'm so glad I came on the board today and found this thread. I'm sitting in my bathroom now with a box perm trying to decide if I'm really throwing in the towel after 3 years of being natural. I'm only half way through the thread but I've already decided to go through with it. I went natural because I thought it was healthier and I really thought I was going to have hair like naptural85- big and shiny and thick, and I was going to always have it in some awesome natural style. Well 3 years later and I have yet to pull off a successful braid out, or twist out, I can't cornrow to save my life and I've worn my hair in bun styles so long that my hair line is starting to break off and thin. I also wear wash n gos and puffs but I don't have to tell you what a nightmare that is to detangle! I dread wash day! I never had this problem when I was relaxed. As a matter of fact, I went one summer where I washed my hair every day and wore wet buns and my hair went from shoulder length to bra strap length in 3 or 4 months. My natural hair has been stuck at shoulder length since last September. I was trying to find a new regimen for length retention and the answer seems to be to spend MORE time on my hair. I can't do it. It's gotten to the point where I hate my hair now. I used to love doing my hair. Now it just seems like a chore. I got my hair professionally straightened a month ago and it took 2 people ripping through my hair and a million watts of heat to get it straight. I wanted to get it done again though because my hair looked amazing when they were done, but I don't want to go through that experience again. So I'm relaxing my hair. I feel like a quitter and I probably will regret it at some point but I'll get over it eventually. I need to fall in love with my hair again.
this is why i relaxed after 6 years being natural.
in was fed up, and i wanted a change like " now "
i told myself "its just hair , have fun do want you want and if i want to switch back, i'll just do it"
besides i was so mad at my hair that i felt like shaving it! (anger)
so i did it, i was sooooooo happy. i had fun with it, not for long but it was still fun.
im transitionning i guess (10 month post) but you never know .... if i feel like doing something i will go for it . we only live once