Long Hair Don't Care

Diary of a Newly Natural Diva - 1 Week After the Big Chop!

This video was recorded on February 14, 2011 & I'm feeling good!  I honestly think that the long term transition was the way to go for me!  My hair is long enough to do pretty much anything that I want to do AND, even though I cut a LOT of hair off between the two chops [approximate 8"], people don't notice any change in the length of my hair!  This is becuase I mainly wore twist/braid outs during my transition. 

I'm growing more comfortable with the length...but all in all, I'm happy!  I shoulda did this a LONG time ago!

Diary of a Newly Natural Diva: after the big chop! + topic of the day: WHAT EXACTLY IS A BIG CHOP?

I recorded this vlog the day after I did my final big chop - February 8, 2011.  I posed a question at the end of this video, is what I did considered a "big chop" why or why not?

After posting this video on my YouTube channel last night - February 21, 2011, I've gotten some very good feedback as to how some people feel about the "big chop". 

In my opinion, a "big chop" is when one cuts or chops a significant amount of their hair's length.

Diary of a Newly Natural Diva!

SOOOOOOOOOOOO.........You read it RIGHT! I am 100% natural as of today! When I woke up this morning I had ZERO intentions of cutting my hair, BUT the spirit moved me to go ahead and let the rest go, so I did!

When I announced my transition back in August, I told myself that I was going to rid myself of the remaining relaxed ends on 02.15.12 - my bday...but after I did the first mini-chop, I told myself I was going to cut the rest of the relaxer out on 07.04.11...see, I wanted to chop on a date that has some kind of significance, like New Year's or something...anyway, I couldn't wait any longer!

I'm ready to start focusing on growth again and as long as I'm holding on to relaxed ends, I can't do that.

Now that the relaxed ends are GONE I can get back to my growth journey!

Ironically, my hair is about the same length as it was when I started growing my hair out back in 2007 - a full shoulder length - nearing arm-pit length.

My twist-out after 3 days + how I maintain it!

In the last video I showed you step by step, how I achieve my "super DUPER defined" twist-out & today I want to show you what my twist out looks like after 3 days and 2 nights of wearing it!  I typically get about 4-5 days of wear from a twist-out and this [along with my cheat fro] have been my go-to hair styles for this transition.

Twist out tutorial

 

Topic of the Day: Tools for transitioners!

 

What are some of your go-to hair tools???

Transitioning | BIG [mini] CHOP Hair Update!

 

Diary of a Long Term Transitioner: Entry #6 - the journey to natural hair continues!!

So, today I cut about 4" of relaxed ends off of my hair!  My hair is still hovering around my bra strap when stretched and I still have anywhere between 2 and 4 inches of relaxed ends left to cut, but this was HUGE for me!  I'm proud of me!

Topic of the Day: How I Detangle My Transitioning Hair

 

What are some of your detangling tips?

 

Other LHDC ACV posts:

A twist to the ACV rinse!

ACV SPRITZ questions answered!

Diary of a long-term transistioner: Entry #5 - the honeymoon is O.V.E.R.!

OK, I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not in love with my hair right now!  Let me rephrase that...I'm so over the same ol' same ol'.  My hair at this point is mostly natural.  I have much more new growth than relaxed ends and there are some spots where there are NO relaxed ends at all.  I'm starting to concern myself with how am I going to wear my natural hair on a daily basis.  I'm still sticking to out styles (variations of twist/braid outs) but I'm TIRED of them!  I try to switch it up by using different sized rollers or twists/braids but it really ends up being the same look just more or less "tame".  SIGH.

At the beginning I couldn't understand why someone who was natural would want to straighten their hair regularly, but now I can fully see why they would. 

I don't know...I'm just not in a state of ecstacy with my hair like I was for the past few months.  I'm gonna keep on pushin' and take this month as just the ups and downs that come with long-term transitioning.

Until next month, y'all!!!

 

Follow my transitioning journey! Entry #4, Entry #3, Entry #2, Entry #1

Pre-transitioning entries:   Entry #3, Entry #2, Entry #1