I did it! I did it!! For the first time ever (as a natural) I was able to successfully straighten my hair and get it straight like it was from the salon
. Though that was the first time I saw my hair actually straight as a natural.
Took me 3 hours and 20 mins because I didn't know what I was doing but I was willing to go slowly and get it right. I lost 2 hamsters worth of hair, and my ends were horrific
. I had knots all up and down my strands and splits galore!! But after I blowdried my hair felt thicker than it has ever felt in my life. It was like I had someone else's hair in my brush and comb. But you know what? I absolutely love it. 3 hours, a trim, and an ungodly amount of hair loss later were all worth because I am so glad that I don't have to deal with my curls when I wake up in the morning
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Now I'm a little past APL partially due to recent breakage and partially due to my trim tonight. It's okay though. I feel renewed in reaching my length goals, but I'm going to experiment with going at it from a new angle. So no HL for me unless I get some unicorn hair growth genes
(I kid. I kid). But I'm going to hang around because I love this thread so much