miznissi is naturally obsessed and loving it!!!!

miznissi wrote:Thanks ladies.



I had always wanted to see what my natural hair looked like. I got my first relaxer in the 6th or 7th grade. It was too big and I had just started doing my own hair. Had no idea how to handle it. So my mom let me relax it. The whole time I was relaxed, my hair NEVER did what I wanted it to do. Most likely because I didn't want to pay someone to do what I felt that I could do. From my early teens on, I had chosen my hair idol.



My goodness I wanted her hair so badly. But even though I could sometimes get it as straight and shiny and flowy as hers, sometimes, it never grew to that length.


Fast forward some years. I went without a relaxer for a year or just under 3 times before this final time. It always got to the point that I got frustrated and would just relax it. This picture shows the day after one of my year long relaxer free hair sessions.




I relaxed it but couldn't get it straight. It took a few relaxers to straighten like I had had it before. I guess my hair was fighting hard to try and stay natural....lol

Anywho. I had always said that if I ever had a daughter I would want her to remain relaxer free. I figured the only way that I could do that successfully is if I was relaxer free. So when I got pregnant in 2007, I was of course hoping for a girl since I already had my boy. So of course, I proceeded to begin my transition into natural hairdom. Thankfully, I didn't have to work so I didn't have to go out with my frustrating ponytails because I had NO IDEA what to do with my hair. On top of that, I was sick for at least 2 months of that pregnancy. So I was going through hair hell.

Once I found out that I was having a boy, I figured that there was no need to continue to go through what I was going through with my hair. Not to mention that I had just cut my hair for the very first time in my
life into a bob and to get the full effect, I needed to relax.



I relaxed and felt sooooo much better, except for the fact that deep down I REALLY wanted to be natural and just not for my daughter, if she ever came. Weeeeell, when that little boy was 4 months old, I found out I was 2 months preggo. Yippy! Yea, it was somewhat of a surprise and of course I decided to continue my "go natural for a girl" campaign.

I forgot to mention that I had this girlfriend that had gone natural. She never, ever wears her hair curly. I went with her once to get her hair flat ironed. I was in AWE of how bone straight and full of body her hair was. That was my new motivation. I wanted to find a stylist in MY city that could do what her stylist did to her hair.



So to bring the story to a close. I found out I was going to have a girl. I was going to go natural and find a stylist to do my hair like my friend up there. And all would be well. The first few months of transitioning was hard. I made it through. MY hair started to grow. I fell in love with my curls. A year and a half later, I did the BC, which was 3 weeks ago. And now, I have absolutely NO desire to straighten my hair. I can finally call it MY HAIR. It is the hair intended for me and I couldn't be happier.

beautifuleyez wrote:

miznissi wrote:Thanks ladies.



I had always wanted to see what my natural hair looked like. I got my first relaxer in the 6th or 7th grade. It was too big and I had just started doing my own hair. Had no idea how to handle it. So my mom let me relax it. The whole time I was relaxed, my hair NEVER did what I wanted it to do. Most likely because I didn't want to pay someone to do what I felt that I could do. From my early teens on, I had chosen my hair idol.



My goodness I wanted her hair so badly. But even though I could sometimes get it as straight and shiny and flowy as hers, sometimes, it never grew to that length.


Fast forward some years. I went without a relaxer for a year or just under 3 times before this final time. It always got to the point that I got frustrated and would just relax it. This picture shows the day after one of my year long relaxer free hair sessions.




I relaxed it but couldn't get it straight. It took a few relaxers to straighten like I had had it before. I guess my hair was fighting hard to try and stay natural....lol

Anywho. I had always said that if I ever had a daughter I would want her to remain relaxer free. I figured the only way that I could do that successfully is if I was relaxer free. So when I got pregnant in 2007, I was of course hoping for a girl since I already had my boy. So of course, I proceeded to begin my transition into natural hairdom. Thankfully, I didn't have to work so I didn't have to go out with my frustrating ponytails because I had NO IDEA what to do with my hair. On top of that, I was sick for at least 2 months of that pregnancy. So I was going through hair hell.

Once I found out that I was having a boy, I figured that there was no need to continue to go through what I was going through with my hair. Not to mention that I had just cut my hair for the very first time in my
life into a bob and to get the full effect, I needed to relax.



I relaxed and felt sooooo much better, except for the fact that deep down I REALLY wanted to be natural and just not for my daughter, if she ever came. Weeeeell, when that little boy was 4 months old, I found out I was 2 months preggo. Yippy! Yea, it was somewhat of a surprise and of course I decided to continue my "go natural for a girl" campaign.

I forgot to mention that I had this girlfriend that had gone natural. She never, ever wears her hair curly. I went with her once to get her hair flat ironed. I was in AWE of how bone straight and full of body her hair was. That was my new motivation. I wanted to find a stylist in MY city that could do what her stylist did to her hair.



So to bring the story to a close. I found out I was going to have a girl. I was going to go natural and find a stylist to do my hair like my friend up there. And all would be well. The first few months of transitioning was hard. I made it through. MY hair started to grow. I fell in love with my curls. A year and a half later, I did the BC, which was 3 weeks ago. And now, I have absolutely NO desire to straighten my hair. I can finally call it MY HAIR. It is the hair intended for me and I couldn't be happier.

It's funny what can motivate us to go back to our roots! When I first decided to go natural....well, actually it wasn't to go completely natural. I wanted to try some chemical process that Debbie Allen was reppin' late one night on BET. To save my life, I cannot even remember what it was called, I just remember that you couldn't have a relaxer in your hair to get it, and it gave you the versatility to go from curly to straight hair. I was like "WOW, what a great idea!" And then decided that I needed to grow out my relaxer. But as it goes, I wasn't successful that first time either and it took 3 times before I BC'd and was relaxer free! By that time, I had grown to love and appreciate my natural hair and didn't even think about putting any other chems in my hair except hair color, which I have recently decided to replace with henna in order to be 100% chem free!

Anyway, your hair looks really great! Congrats on your BC! What products are you using! Your hair looks so shiny and healthy! Just FABULOUS!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Blessings!

miznissi wrote:Ok, I've seen some growth and I'm really excited. The fro has grown some and I'm JUST starting to experiment with styles. lol




THIS TWIST






TURNED INTO THIS





IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET A GOOD CLEAR PIC!!!

AND MY PUFF HAS GROWN SOME.




I LOVE WHEN IT'S MESSY FOR SOME REASON, lol.

miznissi wrote:Thanks for the compliments and suggestions, ladies!

I untwisted the twists.
By the time I took the pics, it was frizzy.
It's hard for me to remember to take pics sometimes.