Even though I am still transitioning, can I join? I am going on 25 months of no relaxer and it's really not that big of a challenge because I don't see myself going back to a relaxer, but I would love to help someone else that may be on the fence.
In the past two years, I have retained 12 inches of natural hair but I still have 10 inches of relaxed hair remaining. I have been getting 3-4 inches trimmed off every 3 or 4 months.
I DC weekly with a concoction of quite a few almost empty containers that were under my cabinet which included: ORS, some type of biotin conditioner, a little bit of silicon mix, Suave coconut conditioner, silk amino acid, Tressemee, and coconut oil. I guess I will use up some more stuff under my cabinet when that's gone. I follow that up with a co-wash of Treseemee conditioner. I use Giovanni Direct Leave In, seal with Coconut oil and pull back into a high bun to air dry. After a couple of days when it's dry, I wear it out and just use a jumbo flexi rod to curl it.(and I am actually able to comb through it too!)
That's about it....Oh, I have been using MT since December 1, 2008, but I can't really say that I see a difference.
(using it to get faster growth so I can get rid of the relaxed ends faster)