Transitioning
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Printed Date: November 05 2025 at 9:21pm
Topic: Transitioning
Posted By: Renee
Subject: Transitioning
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 1:56am
Hi  ...err...im a little excited because i decided to transition. i was going to go to hair cuttery to get a buzz cut but all my friends freaked out when i told them. im tired of trying to get my hair into a good state and changing from no-lye to lye and then ALWAYS getting underprocessed hair, not even getting the new growth relaxed, or having the new growth revert after relaxing. i dont have th epatience for that and i personally think im a curly girl at heart. and i think ill be able to handle my natural hair easily than having both naturla and relaxed and then relaxing. do y'all understand what im trying to say? lol i think im blabbing. anyhoo, ill stop relaxing and cut off the ends which doesnt take much energy cos i always have my scissors handy. when them relaxed ends start misbehaving, ill chop them off without thinkign about it. wow, its 3 am and i need to go to bed. goodnight!!
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Posted By: carameldiva
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 10:21am
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Congradulations Renee, I am so happy for you. I really hope that you enjoy the new journey that you are about to undertake. I got ya back if you need some support. ------------- Me and you, your cousin and your momma too rollin on da strip on bow's |
Posted By: cebnn
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:27am
Congradulations on your decision!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
Fotki updated on 10/28 address in profile |
Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:47am
thanks a lot for your support. im so excited and cant wait to become fully natural!! ------------- |
Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 11:50am
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Congrats! I'm all excited and it's not even me.
------------- Type: 3c/4a Natural Current Length: 6" Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair. BC: 02/08/06 |
Posted By: BrownEyez2
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 12:07pm
Wow, going natural huh? Was that a hard decision for you? I can't say I've ever thought about it, but I totally understand your frustration w/ relaxers, over/under proc., etc  I glanced @ your Fotki and looking at your pics from Jan to May, you've made lots of good progress. Your hair seemed to have gotten longer and thicker as well! Anyway, good luck on your transitioning and CONGRATS!  ------------- ~~  LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE!~~
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Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 1:24pm
i have been thinking about it and i got really frustrated and i finally decided that my hair wont be making much progress if it is relaxed. my mother warned me and i didnt listen :) i miss my natural hair texture and i want it back now!!  ------------- |
Posted By: Kim J
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 1:33pm
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Congrads! ------------- -Happy Hair Days Kim |
Posted By: SimplyAlex
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 4:48pm
| Good luck you won't regret it! |
Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 7:00am
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Renee, the link in your siggy doesn't work.
------------- Type: 3c/4a Natural Current Length: 6" Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair. BC: 02/08/06 |
Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 12:04pm
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fixed it :) ------------- |
Posted By: sakura07
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 9:09am
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Congrats! If you want a good source of inforamtion on being natural/transitioning check out http://www.nappturality.com/index.php - http://www.nappturality.com/ they have lots of good information and a lot of people on the fourms that will really help you out. |
Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 11:36am
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thanks sakura! i joined ------------- |
Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 12:53pm
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Congrats! ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 9:03am
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Congrats on deciding to become natural. I feel you on the whole relaxer thing. I grew mine out too cuz I got tired of all the breakage, and I wouldn't go back to one for the world. What hair type do you have and how is the transitioning going so far? ------------- |
Posted By: Honeydoo
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 9:16am
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You are braver than I am! Congradulations!!! Keep us posted!! ------------- http://public.fotki.com/Honeydoo pw: bombay |
Posted By: SimplyAlex
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 10:28am
| I find it ironic that it's a bigger decision to stay natural than it is to put a relaxer in your head. It should be the other way around. |
Posted By: Renee
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 11:59am
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i guess you dont learn your lessons until you experience the downside of relaxing. relaxing works for some people but it doesnt work for me. and it wasnt a big decision for me to go natural. im not even rethinking my decision ------------- |