I Big Chopped :-)

So on December 7th, 2010, exactly 8 months to the day of my last relaxer, I was going through a regular routine of trimming my ends when I grabbed a strand, and snipped it...the rest is history! My entire household is natural now (I'm the last to take the journey...oh well lol).

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October 2010 at a Battle of the Bands (SCSU vs. NSU)...BEFORE...

I didn't know I wanted to go on the natural journey until July of this year. I usually went 8-10 weeks without a relaxer anyway, so it was no big deal for me to resist the temptation of a relaxer. But deep into month three without one, I hit a heavy stress...I actually bought a relaxer just so I could put it in myself. But THANK GOODNESS I didn't do it.

During the transition, I straightened with a flat iron, but seeing and feeling the natural texture after my deep conditioning regimen did me in. I knew sooner rather than later, I wanted to do the chop.

Like I said, one afternoon after my daily workouts, I came home to shower and wash my hair. I had recently had two-strand twists just to save me some time in the morning. I took the twists out, washed my hair, and in the midst of trimming my ends, started the chop...and I LOVE IT!

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The Big Chop Day...

Any suggestions for styles are definitely welcome, as well as product suggestions too...I really want to loc, but I'm seeing the wonders of just letting it flow!

TTYL ;-)