Re: Then and Now

by tresmom08 7th September 2010, 1:23 pm

npmoore04 wrote:Nov 2002(about 6 months into transitioning with a press)
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February 2008(all Natural just flat ironed)
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Jan 2010(first time wearing my hair naturally culry with no heat)
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Sept 2010(9 months with out any heat and all natural for 7 years since 2003)
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OMG!!!!I SO LOVE YOUR HAIR.....WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING.....I need some tips for real...

by princessstar24 7th September 2010, 1:50 pm

Jan 2010 after two years of wearing half cap wigs(also the last time I had a perm) I decided to show the world my hair lol I didn't know much about taking care of natural hair hence the wigs lol. So I decided to flatiron my hair at this point.

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This pic below was taken last month at this point I am two months in on my no heat challange for myself.
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And last but not least this photo taken last week

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by curlybarbi48 7th September 2010, 8:44 pm

Okay, I thought I'd share a few pics! I LOVE taking pics of my hair now more than ever.

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Relaxed hair (that's me on the right)

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My big chop

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Too much gray, so I did a rinse. This was before I discovered Henna!

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A good puff!

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Me today - 1 year and 2 months natural!

by ChrsLvsBks 8th September 2010, 11:55 am

curlybarbi48 wrote:Okay, I thought I'd share a few pics! I LOVE taking pics of my hair now more than ever.

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Relaxed hair (that's me on the right)

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My big chop

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Too much gray, so I did a rinse. This was before I discovered Henna!

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A good puff!

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Me today - 1 year and 2 months natural!

You are beautiful! Wow, I need to see a DL. You do not look your age AT ALL!! Keep doing what you are doing and share what you are doing!

by freckledmom4 8th September 2010, 1:16 pm

Wow Ms. Barbara! I totally agree^!

by curlybarbi48 8th September 2010, 5:08 pm

Ah, thanks ChrsLvsBks and Freckledmom4! I don't do anything special, other than work out 5 - 6 times a week. I think it's in my genes. My grandmother is gonna be 98 in December and she's still getting around strong! Also, as someone else posted, I think natural hairs takes some years off of us all!

by NuNappyNai 8th September 2010, 5:23 pm

The growth is great, but my hair is so much more healthier then it's ever been....

Relaxed and colored...
http://bglhonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jpg38

One Week After BC 8/18/08...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51214170@N08/4700099151/

Mother's Day May 2009...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51214170@N08/4700097661/in/photostream/

June 2010....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51214170@N08/4700099245/

by NubieNatty 8th September 2010, 7:57 pm

chrs u are sooooo right!! i thought BBD was lying bout her age but Shocked

if thats what old folks are looking like then IM READY!!!

by Cnicoles6 8th September 2010, 10:01 pm

Tranistioning flat ironed

2 months after my last perm (March 2007)
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May 2007
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June 2008
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August 2010
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It's been a pretty long journey but it's getting better all the time.

by DreamMerchant 9th September 2010, 12:12 am

The first one is from November of 2009.
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This is from Feb 2010

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This is August 2010.

I cannot believe the transformation in my hair. Looking back, it looked so scraggly and undefined. I had no idea what I was doing. Then I discovered amla and my hair world changed and my hair started to grow, grow, grow! I ran out of Amla in February and the indian store JUST got it back in so maybe I can get more growth.

by Karameldiva1978 9th September 2010, 12:42 am

DreamMerchant wrote: The first one is from November of 2009.
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This is from Feb 2010

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This is August 2010.

I cannot believe the transformation in my hair. Looking back, it looked so scraggly and undefined. I had no idea what I was doing. Then I discovered amla and my hair world changed and my hair started to grow, grow, grow! I ran out of Amla in February and the indian store JUST got it back in so maybe I can get more growth.

Beautiful!!! I love your lush hair! I want you and Lynnieluve to share your secrets. I have my Amla & Shikakai, I know ayurvedic is the truth, but I'd love to know how your using it. I was mixing 1 tsp of amla and 2 tsps of shikakai and putting them through my coffee maker, allowing to cool and then washing my hair. After a deep conditioner, my hair didn't shed, it was silky and perfect. However, I was relaxed, so I have yet to see how it will do natural.

Share! Share!

by Karameldiva1978 9th September 2010, 1:00 am

I've always been relaxed since I was 6 years old and before than I remember the torturous days of the hot comb!! I don't blame my mom, I have tons of hair, so she did what she could to save time and sanity. Laughing

Before-- April 2009 after a bob cut

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February 2009 before my bob cut
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Then I went pixie:

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And Now:

May 14, 2010 2010 BC
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July 4, 2010
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by SisterBoyd 9th September 2010, 1:43 am

Wow! You guys are great!

Easter Brunch taking pictures with my mother's glass hahaha
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Class of 89! You couldn't tell me I wasn't cute Wink

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Goofy at my prom party in my dad's glasses
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My grown'n'sexy blonde days...the beginning of breakage and thinning
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After 2 bad haircuts...on my way to going natural
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Mixed Chicks didn't help those straight pieces - I so wanted this to be a real afro
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Straight pieces gone. Now let the growing begin.
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What?!?!?! Is that an afro puff? afro

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This past Saturday
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by Fleur 9th September 2010, 9:57 pm

Sisterboyd, you're hair was on point in all of your pics!!!! Very Happy

by Fleur 9th September 2010, 10:31 pm

Ok, here it goes:

2007 (relaxed) with my best friends
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2009 Relaxed...this is when it goes downhill. It'll grow shoulder-length and break off. This happened every year for the past 5 years!!!!
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August 2010...Just about a month Post-BC
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September 2010...2 Months Post-BC. Due to today's extreme heat, I gave my hair some extra moisturizer using Curls Revitalizer Spray, (which I LOVE because it really works long after I put it in)
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Today with Curls Revitalizer Spray and Giovanni Leave-In. It looks greasy--but surprisingly, it wasn't! It dried soft and shiny.
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Finally, do you like this pic? Don't I look sun-kissed and dewey? NOT!!! It was almost 100 degrees in San Antonio today and I was sweating so bad in my long scrubs. I looked at this picture and decided that I was NOT taking another one. Sweat means that I work hard, lol.

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by DreamMerchant 10th September 2010, 2:21 am

Karameldiva1978 wrote:I've always been relaxed since I was 6 years old and before than I remember the torturous days of the hot comb!! I don't blame my mom, I have tons of hair, so she did what she could to save time and sanity.

Before-- April 2009 after a bob cut

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February 2009 before my bob cut
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Then I went pixie:

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And Now:

May 14, 2010 2010 BC
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July 4, 2010
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Oh girl! I remember every Sunday night when I was in Junior High sitting in the kitchen by that stove with that metal flat iron laying on the eye smokin away! My grandmother said that she used that same hot comb as a little girl. I can feel that metal burning my scalp and my aunt trying to blow on it as it scraped my scalp talking about "That is not metal burning you, that is the grease melting". Yea, whatever! That was metal to scalp, not grease! It did look pretty from what I remember but you could sweat it out easy.

by DreamMerchant 10th September 2010, 2:55 am

Karameldiva1978 wrote:
DreamMerchant wrote: The first one is from November of 2009.
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This is from Feb 2010

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This is August 2010.

I cannot believe the transformation in my hair. Looking back, it looked so scraggly and undefined. I had no idea what I was doing. Then I discovered amla and my hair world changed and my hair started to grow, grow, grow! I ran out of Amla in February and the indian store JUST got it back in so maybe I can get more growth.

Beautiful!!! I love your lush hair! I want you and Lynnieluve to share your secrets. I have my Amla & Shikakai, I know ayurvedic is the truth, but I'd love to know how your using it. I was mixing 1 tsp of amla and 2 tsps of shikakai and putting them through my coffee maker, allowing to cool and then washing my hair. After a deep conditioner, my hair didn't shed, it was silky and perfect. However, I was relaxed, so I have yet to see how it will do natural.

Share! Share!

You are too kind! Lynnieluve has AWESOME hair! I was natural for years but in November, I finally started "feeding" my hair. First of all, I cannot believe I went around looking like that in that November picture Shocked

. Ooooh and I thought that was cute, lol!

I started trying to make my hair look better by visiting my local indian store. I asked the woman behind the counter to tell me what hair products she had to make my hair shiney, healthy and retain length. She filled up my basket with these things and told me these things about those products:
1. Amla - to promote hair growth and strength. Adds shine and good for scalp
2. Henna (Jamila) - to strengthen and retain length. Adds shine
3. Vatika Coconut oil - to penetrate the hair shaft and add shine
4. Vatika Enriched Olive oil - to seal and add shine
5. Ancient Formula Almond Herbal Hair Oil - to penetrate the scalp to promote growth
6. Nyle Herbal Shampoo - when using henna, you must use Nyle to wash it out she said
7. Madra Sunflower Oil - for oil washes and moisturize
I am telling you, that woman had a braid down her back as long as my leg and as thick as my arm.

When I used these 7 products in conjunction with each other. I gained about 6 to 8 inches in 4 months. I know that sounds crazy but the pics don't lie! I even started to grow new hair from my scalp. In my hair, I have a 7 inch twa within my hair. I did not think that I would sprout new hair from the scalp but that is ok. I will take it! WHen my hair grows, my scalp itches like crazy. My scalp itched for 4 months and it drove me crazy but I knew that meant growth.

Anyway, from November to February, I has every oil known to man in my hair. I started with the Amla. Even though my Dh says it smells like an old man's urinal Rolling Eyes

I used it every day and I did not wash it out. I put Amla in my conditioner, shampoo, henna and some in my shea butter. THe Madra Sunflower oil was used as an oil wash. She said that you do it once a week on dry clean hair. Pour the oil onto your hair and massage it into the HAIR, not the scalp. Sit under a dryer if you can for at least 30 minutes. Then wash out with the Nyle.

She said that when using herbal products you have to use an herbal shampoo. She said that Nyle and Henna go hand in hand. That is about it. I have not had Amla since February but I just got some so I hope that the growth will start back up. I hope that helps!

by JazmineB 10th September 2010, 6:26 am

mine is actually a cut, but ive been natural for 7 years. i had 5 INCHES of split ends fom neglect. I'm so happy I found CN.

Before: split ends, uneveness, heat damage

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After: Even, NO SPLIT ENDS! First time in my life. =]
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^ The length before was INTENSE. . I miss it a lot.

by SisterBoyd 10th September 2010, 1:59 pm

fleur_nouvelle wrote:Sisterboyd, you're hair was on point in all of your pics!!!!

Thank you!

by **Lynnieluve** 10th September 2010, 3:14 pm

Karameldiva1978 wrote:

Beautiful!!! I love your lush hair! I want you and Lynnieluve to share your secrets. I have my Amla & Shikakai, I know ayurvedic is the truth, but I'd love to know how your using it. I was mixing 1 tsp of amla and 2 tsps of shikakai and putting them through my coffee maker, allowing to cool and then washing my hair. After a deep conditioner, my hair didn't shed, it was silky and perfect. However, I was relaxed, so I have yet to see how it will do natural.

Share! Share!

Shampoo once a week (Creme of Nature or KBB Conditioning Shampoo)
Detangle using Giovanni Smooth As Silk or Aussie Moist
Deep Condition once a week (Shea Moisture Deep Treatment Masque or EVOO/coconut oil combo)
Leave in conditioner - Modified KimmayTube Leave in
Oil - Organic Virgin Coconut oil (unrefined)
Butters - my shea butter mix or Koils By Nature Hair and Body Butter
Gel - Koils By Nature Eucalyptus gel
Protein Treatment once a month (Giovanni Smooth As Silk Extreme Protein)
Protective Styles 90-95% of the time

That's it!!!

by **Lynnieluve** 10th September 2010, 3:16 pm

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I love your hair in this pic!!! I love the way it falls. BTW: I liked your gray hair [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by cutiezphib 10th September 2010, 8:35 pm

Ok here it is:

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Just washed and flat ironed my hair

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My first twist out during my transition!!!

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Big Chop Dec 09

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My current look

by netta 10th September 2010, 9:09 pm

ALL of you ladies have BEAUTIFUL !!!! Pics ! here are my before and after. Starting way back. I am 51 now.[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] me with perm in the 1980s. me [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]in 97.
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by curlybarbi48 10th September 2010, 9:36 pm

Lynnieluve wrote:
curlybarbi48 wrote:
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I love your hair in this pic!!! I love the way it falls. BTW: I liked your gray hair [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Thanks Lynnieluve! I did a twist out using Blended Beauty Happy Nappy Curl Creme. I had it in the back of my cabinet and decided to give it a try. The next time I use it, I will add a little Eco, because it didn't hold as well as I'd like.

I LOVE your hair and I want my hair to look like yours when it grows up! Smile

by **Lynnieluve** 10th September 2010, 9:51 pm

curlybarbi48 wrote:
Lynnieluve wrote:
curlybarbi48 wrote:
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I love your hair in this pic!!! I love the way it falls. BTW: I liked your gray hair [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Thanks Lynnieluve! I did a twist out using Blended Beauty Happy Nappy Curl Creme. I had it in the back of my cabinet and decided to give it a try. The next time I use it, I will add a little Eco, because it didn't hold as well as I'd like.

I LOVE your hair and I want my hair to look like yours when it grows up!

Thanks!! Your hair is already long enough to look just like that!!

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