this transition is driving me crazy!

i'm 10 months in and i planned on BCing around june/july..but i dont think i can wait that long...I am going insane. these two textures are driving me nuts, but i dont like super short hair..and since i cut 5 inches of relaxed hair off in october the back of my hair is shoulder length which means shrinkage to the max. is there anything i can do to achieve that natural texture on the relaxed ends? i feel stuck.

Yeah I totally feel you. I lasted 10 months and then I chopped. I dont think there is anything to achieve that natural texture as far as products but maybe some syles might mask the two textures. Have you tried braid outs, twist outs, anything like that? I know that helped me a lot when transitioning to braid about 6 or 7 cornrows and then take them down in the a.m. once fully dry. A rod set might look cute also, I tried that in transitioning but that does make the hair look short. You can always try to stretch the hair before doign a style which will show some of your length..It does get easier without those ends though.

I've been transitioning for 18 months. I agree that the cornrow braidouts are great. I braid it when its about to 50%+ dry because my hair is thick that way it'll br dry by the morning. Or you can just do the cornrows in the front and single braids in the back. Either way twist ots don't work good on transitioning hair in my opinion.

bantu knots never let me down! i'm a newbie but when i do a bantu knot out and seal those ugly ends with my hair serum in the morning they look very nice, and curled as so does the rest of my hair (roots) try it! http://www.gotcurls.blogspot.com - my look on bantu knots (: and the products i use

like tiff sugessted is what worked the best for me. when i was transitioning i box braided my hair and when i loosed it out it blended crazily...sadly i permed my hair (BUT THAT IS THE LAST TIME:evil:)...HTH