NATURALS: Before and after textures.

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cieramichele

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Show your hair relaxed, then natural. Transitioners apply also.

I want to see the textures with chemicals and without.

WOOT! :drunk:
 
I am relaxed but four months into my transition.
Below are close up pics of my NG.
It is going smoothly (God willing).



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Sorry pics are so huge!!!
 
Click on the pictures for a better view
My first texturizer

A few months later after reversion and touch up and first color

This is after the double process color. so basically im triple processed here with little-no product. i have a few inches of NG as well


here it is 3 months before my bc. some how my natural hair engulfed the texturized ends(no product)

after my bc

Here it is brushed with a denman and i have cholesterol in it

Here it is with a little bit of CAG(as you can see its doing nothing, my hair needs alot just to make a wave or coil)

Texturized for the second time

Newly texturized styled

My itty bitty texturized bun( i really need a trim)

This whole folder shows texture shots while transitioning(in all i have some type of heavy product in my hair) and i have plenty more in my fotki. i hope this helps.
http://public.fotki.com/Nappylicious/hair-albums/funny-how-i-never-r/

I have such a weird texture. i never seen a curl in my hair when it was wet. ONLY with gel, heavy conditioner like cholesterol(suave or HH dont cut it) or EQP mango butter. other than that i have no obvious curl pattern which gets on my nerve. i thought i didnt have one for a quite some time. I cannot wash n go with constant results. for the short time i was fully unrelaxed i did a successful wash n go 2 times both of which required quite a bit of gel and my hair was wet for days
 
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I love both of yalls hair!

and WOW @ the super focus. Thats a good camera!
 
Relaxed hair

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November 2006
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Natural Hair
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October 2007 Flat Iron
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November 2007
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January 2008
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I honestly miss my relaxed length but I am in love with my natural Hair!!!:afro:
 
Relaxed hair


March 2006
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November 2006
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Natural Hair
January 2007 days after BC
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October 2007 Flat Iron
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November 2007
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January 2008
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I honestly miss my relaxed length but I am in love with my natural Hair!!!:afro:
The close up shots look great! And, you'll have the length back in no time. :yep:
 
This was an excellent thread idea. I'm going back and forth with whether or not I want to continue relaxing or go back natural. All of the comparison pics look wonderful.
 
relaxed:
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transitioning pic 12 months post
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Natural since last month!

no product..
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with gel..
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flat ironed
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transitioning (it's no wonder why i had to :look:):


natural:


blow-out


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Curly Relaxed............... Culy Natural
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Straight Relaxed.............Straight Natural

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The straight looks the same natural or relaxed. This is the main reason I stopped relaxing. I still had to flat iron when relaxed so what's the point. Plus my curly hair looks much better natural.
 
Curly Relaxed............... Culy Natural
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Straight Relaxed.............Straight Natural

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The straight looks the same natural or relaxed. This is the main reason I stopped relaxing. I still had to flat iron when relaxed so what's the point. Plus my curly hair looks much better natural.

your hair is so nice and I love the color!! a real inspiration :grin:
 
I actually don't have any pics of my hair relaxed since I stopped relaxing back in 03/04 BUT i do have pics of my hair when I flat ironed it to death:

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Jan 05

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Sometime last year or the yr before
 
This is a great thread! I was just looking at my ng, wondering what it would become. I now have "helmet head," as I have not had a relaxer since November (20 weeks post!). I was it often and wear braid outs. I don't have pics but maybe I should start something to chart my progress.
 
This is a great thread! I was just looking at my ng, wondering what it would become. I now have "helmet head," as I have not had a relaxer since November (20 weeks post!). I was it often and wear braid outs. I don't have pics but maybe I should start something to chart my progress.


same here! :grin:
 
Relaxed (actually, I was transitioning but kept the newgrowth flat ironed. This is mostly relaxed hair):

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Way too darn thick:lachen:
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Natural


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ETA: Any time you see defined curls, there is product in there.:yep:
 
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Wow, all the hair in this thread is beautiful!

Tffy, I hope I have as much progress as you in 6 months. Your hairs is just gorgeous.:yep:
 
transitioning (it's no wonder why i had to :look:):

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natural:

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blow-out

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all of these styles shown were created with stretched hair of some kind, so coils etc are not really present. i haven't done texture shots for a while but you can get an idea of it here, here & here.


I'm loving the first pic with the fro, that's whats up:yep:
 
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