Naptural Hair Diary- My story Part 1

BEFORE TRANSFORMATION

I wanted a change... I let my relaxer grow out in Spring 2008. With the help of a few cuts, trims and chops, It took about 2 years for my relaxer to fully grow out. The journey began when I let my friend style my hair in bantu-knots. This style made my hair spirally but it was also very tangled.  I eventually began doing wet braid-outs, again this style was very tangly. But I refused to do the big chop, so I rolled with the punches. After a while I was frustrated with all of the natural styles , my hair was breaking because the new growth would get tangled with the permed ends. This tangling became a huge issue, thinking my hair was in terrible condition- I finally made a visit to the hair salon. I got my hair pressed and oh was it amazing and such a breath of fresh air. At this time I didn't have the right tools to straighten my hair so after I'd return tho school and the press wore out I'd do more braid outs.
   I continued doing braid outs for a while, until I felt comfortable getting more than an inch chopped off of my hair. Like many women, I couldn't imagine letting go of my beautiful tresses... so I decided to get my hair cut into a long bob. It was cute when styled, but I could only wear a ponytail with the top of my hair up and the back down. I eventually got sick of the bob and week by week I'd cut my own hair. (I advise you all NOT to do this...if you do, please use styling scissors (unlike me). Getting my hair cut into a long bob allowed me to let most of my relaxed ends go without doing the big chop.

MY VERSION OF A BIG CHOP

This was the beginning of my Naptural hair transformation...
I continued doing braid-outs for a while then I realized that twist-outs were much better; braid-outs gave me a crimped look and twist-outs gave me a soft curly look. (It's still my favorite style) Months after my relaxer had completely grown out, which was in Spring 2010 I realized that I could do wash and go styles, with a little bit of leave-in conditioner. To this day dry or wet twist-outs, and wash and go styles save my life...But I'm ready for another change. Maybe color?

Stay tuned for Part 2 of "My Story"... I will post a video with pictures from my transformation.

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