Long Term Transitioner - 37 months update

brg240

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Hello ladies, so I've been transitioning about 3 years, my last relaxer was mid October 2008, and I figured I'd share my progress with you all. I know that it would be better in it's naturally curly state but um my hair came out straighter(does acv rinse make it straighter?) than i expected also my hair tangles very badly if i let it airdry out of braids. So this will do unless i take some pics next week and replace these.

My relaxed hair mostly starts maybe an inch or two under wl. I really should just cut it all off but i'm one of those people that don't want to give up length even if it's 5 strands :rofl: I've been steadily trimming though 2-4" every 6 months.

I took pics because i plan to trim off a couple inches this week. :yep:

anyway here is my update pic.
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So havilland andSolitude asked some good questions so i decided to add them to the first post. I'm sorry that I'm kind of long winded :( If this is better put on the second page tell me please.
What is your regimen????

My Current Regimen
*I will say in advance I'm not always consistent*
  • Prepoo with aloe vera juice and sunflower oil (i separate my hair into four sections and then saturate each section with aloe vera juice, put each section in a bantu knot as i go, then i will rub sunflower oil over each section and then braid and put on a shower cap for 1-24hr)
  • Wash with Suave Daily Clarifying Shampoo *(I only do this once a month or if i have a lot of build up and I don't always use it on the length of my hair.)///Alternative wash with Burt's Bees Moisturizing Raspberry and Brazil Nut Shampoo
  • Do mild protein treatment eggs//conditioner//mayo//soybean oil; leave on for 30 min - 3 hrs. **I only do this about once a month
  • Condition with Suave Almond and Shea Conditioner and baggy for 1-24 hrs:look:
  • Rinse conditioner out towel dry partially
  • spray with aloe vera juice and seal with avacodo(sometimes) and sunflower oil(always)
  • rebraid if i've left them out after conditioning.
Ignoring the protein and shampoo, i cowash every week.
I wear my hair in a bun(out) or pigtails(at home)


And how has it changed over the last couple of years?
I am truly a forgetful person. So while I know my regimen has changed over time. I can't tell you exactly how. I did have a blog entry on it in 09 but that's long been deleted.
I can tell you some products that I don't use anymore though.

I try to moisturize every day or every other day.

  • I know last year I used coconut oil, i barely used it this year. I really do like it though.
  • I was using suave coconut conditioner for cowashing and as a leave in. But I like the Suave Almond and Shea better.
  • I don't really use conditioner as a daily moisturizer anymore since discovering Aloe Vera Juice in march.
  • I was using burt's bees Raspberry and Brazil Nut moisturizing conditioner and that worked amazingly for me. I just didn't want to buy it. :look:
  • I know in the beginning in 09 i was not cowashing really and when i started that, it helped so much.

What made you decide to transition?

I decided to transition for a couple reasons. But first let me say when i first starting transitioning it was not a concious descion. In 07 I had become bored of the pin straight hair relaxers gave me. I also hated getting chemical burns on my scalp. So I was having my mom leave them on a shorter amount of time and waiting longer and longer before I'd get the next one. Then I just decided not to get a touchup.
Also, in the spring semester of 08 I had a professor that was natural and her hair was so gorgeous. I would literally stare at her hair instead of listening to her lecture. :look: I decided I would grow my hair out and wouldn't bother with a relaxer.
However, I did end up getting one in the summer at the request of someone for a funeral. I really didn't want to but honestly my hair looked a mess. And again in october because I was so frustrated that i was not longer in my transition b/c of the summer relaxer.
Well anyway decided the october one would be the last one because after i got it i was like i don't really like relaxed hair anymore. So yeah hopefully that explains why. Around that time i was really getting bothered about how relaxers are pushed on little girls and we were all expected to get them.


I know that's rather jumbled but i hope you can get my reasoning out of that.




How have you managed to avoid breakage, mainly?
Um I haven't avoided breakage, i think the end of last year my hair stared breaking :( And when I started I think my hair was breaking as well. I believe that it's still okay though because I protective style 90% of the time.
Oh and I think trimming helps, I trim a chunk of hair off so that probably gets rid of some of most breakage.

Do you use protein treatments?
I do mild protein treatments with mayo and eggs. I've used a cheap protein conditioner but I hated it. I've also tried yogurt/egg/mayo mix and I think that worked okay. This coming year I'm stepping up my protein though.

What was your starting length relaxed?
I believe MBL, I don't have any pics from the fall/winter of 08 but these are from earlier in the year.
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I'm soooo glad to see your progress report - Good job!
Happy to know I'm not the only one who's transitioning past 3 years. I'm 34 months post, now. I need to get a ticker so I won't have to keep updating my siggy, lol
 
I love to see lt transitioner updates!

Your hair looks great.

What is your regimen???? And how has it changed over the last couple of years?

What made you decide to transition?

Spill!.......:)


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Beautiful! This is the kind of encouragement I need. I'm 6 months into a 3 year transition.
 
Very pretty! I'd love to get the details of your regi, too. How have you managed to avoid breakage, mainly? Do you use protein treatments? What was your starting length relaxed? TIA.
 
mmmmm I wanna say can I touch it but I know how we get hehe
but very beautiful hair!! Keep up the awesome job!
 
Seriously? My relaxer was 10/08 and I've transitioned, bc'd, texturized. Now you have patients! I might consider doing a long-term transition... Thnx 4 sharing
 
brg240 Your hair is so gorgeous! I'd like to transition for as long as you have, so far I'm 14 months in, mind sharing your reggie?
 
I'm soooo glad to see your progress report - Good job!

Happy to know I'm not the only one who's transitioning past 3 years. I'm 34 months post, now. I need to get a ticker so I won't have to keep updating my siggy, lol

Oh you're coming right on the 3 year mark! Good luck! I used to have updates in my sig but I get too bored with them. But yeah a ticker would do all the work for you.

Now this is how you long term transition! Beautiful & thanks for the inspiration

thank you so much and you are welcome



Beautiful! This is the kind of encouragement I need. I'm 6 months into a 3 year transition.

Glad I can be an encouragement. I hope you have a great transition, one with out many tangles. If you ever get frustrated remember that it won't last forever.


mmmmm I wanna say can I touch it but I know how we get hehe

but very beautiful hair!! Keep up the awesome job!
Nubenap22 you must have missedthis thread I made :sekret:

thank you very much

Seriously? My relaxer was 10/08 and I've transitioned, bc'd, texturized. Now you have patients! I might consider doing a long-term transition... Thnx 4 sharing

haha, you did it all. If you do decide to transition long term I wish you the best of luck.

thanks for all the compliments ladies, answers to questions and my reggie are forthcoming.
 
Too Beautiful and Too Gorgeous! I could look at your hair all day...this needs to go under the "hair porn" thread...lol...HHG!
 
OH My! You ARE my inspiration! I am long-term transitioning as well. I love your hair. It is so pretty! I have been going for two years now. I am really trying for three years. Please post pics when you are completely natural as well!
 
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