My Journey [[Transitioning]]

Transitioning is the hardest part of going natural and this is what deters most women that have a desire to go natural. In my own experience, THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART!!! uggghhhhh some days, many days actually I almost decided to get back on the relaxer.... not to mention my jamaican mom in my ear, "why yer hair stay suh?... yuh needa perm man, just perm it nuh, why yuh don jus perm it"

There are those days when you just can't get it into any style... up, down, pinned, then I just ended up with a hat..... Don't be fooled by the pictures, I had many days where I couldn't do anything with my hair and I refused to do the BIG CHOP.... big chop and my big head does not go together... TOO MUCH bigness for me... but that could just be my own insecurities peeking out :/ Above are the highlights of the major styles I did to transition...

Starting from the bottom photo (black n white shirt), this is when I first started growing it out... I would just let my hair grow, get it pressed by the dominicans, and then I would cut it myself... I would take inches off at a time... but I tried to keep it at the length shown...

The next photo up, I got braids for the first time ever!... I really liked it because it was easy and I had come to a point where I didn't know what to do with my hair and pressing it wasn't doing it anymore.... BUT.... when I had to take them out it was HELL!!!! never ever ever ever again will I get braids, I don't have the patience... when I took my braids out my hair was half permed and half natural... basically a HOT MESS....

The next photo up, i twisted my hair into knots (aka chiney bumps haha) and slicked it back with jam into a head band... this style was a saving grace because it looked good and it hid my permed ends

The last two photos are of my FAVORITE transition!!! Thats why I put up two pictures!!! This is a weave and it was great!!!... I actually miss it sometimes... it was Indian wet and wavy human hair.... One cool day in September of 2008 I got fed up with my half permed and half natural hair and just started chopping out the rest of the perm... then after I was done I looked at myself and realized I had no hair... well not none, but not enough!!!.... i said oh Jesus, what am I going to do with this now.. haha... thats when I decided to get the weave ASAP [[shout out to my girl Betty for hooking it upppp!!] I kept re-weaving until January 2009 when I finally let myself be truly free...

stay tuned...

much love