Waiting for that Big Hair!!

Hiya Girls!!

I have been an inactive member of this wonderful forum for months now and added my first post today so thought I should introduce myself.

Having had my hair relaxed from the age of 4 (my mum thinks) I had no idea what my real texture was like. I have always wanted BIG natural hair and started contemplating going natural about 2 years ago. I had no idea where to start so it sat on the back burner for a while. Until I went onto YouTube last year and WOW I entered a new dimension; you guys know what it's like.

My last relaxer was in May and in August I cut off all but 2-3 inches of hair. I transitioned with various styles, and probably flat ironed one too many times (knew nothing of heat damage at this time). I wanted to enter 2011 as a natural and ended up bc'ing on November 23rd. My first reaction was to laugh but I really liked it, until I woke up the next morning to find 90% of shrinkage!! Pause, breathe, it's cool. There was nothing to do other than to embrace it. I was however not ready for what others would have to say (other than close friends) and wore hats for a couple of weeks (it's winter here in the UK so no one thought anything about it).

Transitioning
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The Morning After
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I have since probably cut of an additional inch of hair. At first it was to get rid of relaxed ends, or what I thought were relaxed ends before realising that some of my hair grows somewhat straight!! Then I had to attack those SSKs, thought I could do the whole Wash and Go thing. Yea unfortunately not for me. Defining curls with gel, HA my hair had none of it. I now just style my hair in twists and twisted out.

Fist Twist Out
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I'm loving the journey so far and can't wait for that big hair, I will be sure to let you guys know when I get there.
Stay Blessed xoxo

Big Hair
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Welcome!!!

Welcome and congrats and you look gorgeous with your natural hair i'm still in transition

loved your story!! and WELCOME!! I like how you have your headband in the pic with your twist out too

your hair is thick like thickum (my hair name)

Welcome and congratulations! Your hair is beautiful and I love the scarf!

Welcome, if you think you learned a lot from Youtube wait until you've been on this site for a length of time. There is tons of info. here and probably so much more to come.

Gurl, enjoy your journey. It has its up and half ways downs but all in all in will be one big experience that is worth talking about

Thanks everyone! It's amazing the amount of information there is regarding natural hair.