Janet36603--Why I've been MIA and lots of pics!

Looks great!!

Congratulations!! You curls are poppin already. I cant wait to see pics of your twist. What products do you plan to use?

Congratulations!!

Congrats!! You look great!

Muz wrote: Congrats! Looks good

npmoore04 wrote:Looks great!!

Lynnieluve wrote:Congratulations!! You curls are poppin already. I cant wait to see pics of your twist. What products do you plan to use?

krazy coils wrote:Congratulations!!

sweetdrk1 wrote:Congrats!! You look great!

Thanks ladies!

@ Lynnieluv I wasn't really planning on taking pics of my twists but I will for you lol they're nothing special...still super short. I have just enough hair to get it to stay together in the twist lol. I'll probably use the same products I used in my transition. EVOO, aloe vera gel, jojoba oil, HEHH, etc. I'm going to try the curly girl method so I'll be using my conditioner as my leave in/styler. We'll see how it goes!

CONGRATS JANET!!! ur curls are popping already and u look good wit ur twa ...i dont know how long is it? u may need to join us for the BAA challenge.

NubieNatty wrote:CONGRATS JANET!!! ur curls are popping already and u look good wit ur twa ...i dont know how long is it? u may need to join us for the BAA challenge.

Thanks! I might need to check that challenge out. I think my hair is about 5-6 inches or so. I didn't check today but I mini chopped a little curl patch a few weeks ago near the front of my hairline and it was just about at my eyebrow stretched.

uh...yea u definitely need to join us! i can see u twistin it up already! have fun and enjoy...cant wait to see ur progress!

You've got great curls. Very cool. I'm excited for you. Have fun getting to know the completely natural you.

Congrats!!! I love it! Can't wait til my hair gets that long!

Yay!!! Yay!!! Yay!!! Look at those curls justa poppin' all over! Congrats! You look great, chica!

NubieNatty wrote:uh...yea u definitely need to join us! i can see u twistin it up already! have fun and enjoy...cant wait to see ur progress!

Well the twist out didn't turn out how I wanted it so I just pulled it back in a puff lol gotta love natural hair

Renny wrote:You've got great curls. Very cool. I'm excited for you. Have fun getting to know the completely natural you.

WhosThatRedHead wrote:Congrats!!! I love it! Can't wait til my hair gets that long!

CurlsGalore wrote:Yay!!! Yay!!! Yay!!! Look at those curls justa poppin' all over! Congrats! You look great, chica!

Thanks everyone! I hope I don't wake up tomorrow like what have I done?!?! lol just kidding!

Hey guys! I'm back with just a few more pics and a video! I made the video a couple of weeks ago and was just waiting to put my BC pics in to finish it off lol

I actually recorded some of me doing the actual BC (the first section of 4 and a little bit of the very last section) but I don't know if I'll post that since it might be pretty boring...

But anyway here's my natural journey video!


Hope you guys enjoy it!

Janet,

Your hair is so thick. If you follow the right hair care regimen you're bound to have the length you want. You look great. Just have patience and the journey will be worth it.

Loved the video

Renny wrote:Janet,

Your hair is so thick. If you follow the right hair care regimen you're bound to have the length you want. You look great. Just have patience and the journey will be worth it.

Yes I learned it was thick during the transition. I love it! It made me think of how wimpy my permed ends were by comparison though.

bholmes87 wrote:Loved the video

Thanks! I was hoping it wouldn't be too boring lol

That's what I'm seeing. Your hair looked so thin relaxed and look how healthy and full it really is. It's exciting. I'm excited for you.

i would love to see the part of video with you actually bc'ing, not boring, but let's me see how someone else did it. i am going to do my own bc also.

Great video! Congratulations again on your BC!!

Cute puff!!

Tip for twist: Next time do them smaller. When your hair is at that length, you have to do small twist in order to get a good twist out.

Renny wrote:That's what I'm seeing. Your hair looked so thin relaxed and look how healthy and full it really is. It's exciting. I'm excited for you.

I guess God knew to give me thick hair to cover this big ol' head

HappyCurly wrote:i would love to see the part of video with you actually bc'ing, not boring, but let's me see how someone else did it. i am going to do my own bc also.

I'll probably put it up a little later today. I edited it a little yesterday. I just show me starting and then some of the end so the video is only about 4 min, but it might help you!

Lynnieluve wrote:Great video! Congratulations again on your BC!!

Cute puff!!

Tip for twist: Next time do them smaller. When your hair is at that length, you have to do small twist in order to get a good twist out.

Yeah I plan to make them smaller next time but I was being kinda lazy. My arms were tired after all of that cutting! lol Plus I knew if I didn't like how it turned out, I could always rewet my hair and do a Wash and Go

Yay, you did it!

TriniCherryPrincess wrote: Yay, you did it!

Yes ma'am I'm 2 days natural now! My dad was not very pleased lol

Hey again ladies!

I'm 2 days natural now! Yay! Here's a pic of the frowhawk I did for my birthday yesterday.



side view


I have no idea what I'm going to do to it today, but I know if all else fails I can do a puff! I might need to mix up a little tea tree oil and some olive oil or something and give myself a scalp massage. It's been itchy today.

I also thought about doing smaller twists for a dry twistout today...but i want to mix up some shealoe mix for that. Man I should get on some of that stuff huh? lol

I emailed my family the pictures of my BC. My mom knew i was planning to cut it (my dad too but that's another story) and after she first saw the pics she told me "no no no put it back" (she was joking) and said it looked like my brother came home early (he's in the navy over seas right now ). My sister said she liked it but asked if I had told my dad and my brother emailed me and said that dad was going to whip my butt lol.

My dad didn't look at it until that night apparently because when he called me for my birthday and mentioned it he was just like "I dunno....." and talked about my crown being my glory, to which I replied that I was now wearing my hair how God made it for me. He's used to me and my sister and even my neices having fairly long hair so I think this was a pretty big shock (even thought one of my nieces ended up cutting her hair super short (shorter than mine) a few months ago because the perm broke her hair off pretty bad but she still has some chemical thing in it to "make it curl" so I guess she's not 100% natural and she HAD to cut it not just willy nilly like me lol

My mom told me later that when he looked at the pics he said "now that just don't make no sense" and she said he acted like I cut the hair off of HIS head. He'll be ok though. Hair grows back lol. He got the same way when my sister trimmed her hair (from shoulder length to about chin length) and highlighted it. He kept playfully hitting her on the back of the head and saying "you cut all of that hair off" lol.

So far I'm still loving it. Can't keep my hands out of it, and I even keep squishing it through my silk bonnet that I'm still wearing lol. Must go hair accessory shopping!