TRANSITION UPDATE: Hair Setback or Transition Blessing in Disguise

Sooooo I got braids on May 29, 2009. They were for my vacay and I thought I would wear them through July 4th holiday. Well that didn't work out as planned. The quality of hair wasn't the best, my BSS SUCKS!!!!!! So I decided to take them out...that's when the problems happened. I had the darndest time taking them out and was getting so frustrated that I started cutting them out haphazardly so I could go to bed. As a result, I cut my own hair TREMENDOUSLY...

It's my own fault, so I take the L for this. I've never really tripped about my hair being "too" short, I wore short hair for most of my 20s. But since I've been on the hair growth thing, this would be seen as a MAJOR setback. But as a transitioner, I wonder if this could be a blessing in disguise.

So essentially, I went from this...

to this...(Looks alot like the plant huh? LOL)

The pic really doesn't do it proper justice, it's kinda wild and cute...

Here are some other pics to give you an idea of the length...

So I began to think whether or not I should go ahead and BC and get it over with. For the past two days I've been looking on the forum and at YT trying to psyche myself up for possibly doing a BC. So I wet a section of hair (the section I chose was probably not the best indicator of how much I would have to cut, but I had to go back to work) to see how much NG I had, here's what I saw...

After consulting the women on LHCF I decided to try another style before I BC'd. So last night I rollerset my hair. Here's what I did...

• DC'd with no heat with Mane and Tail and Cantu Oil
• Co-washed with Aussie Moist and Mane & Tail
• ACV rinse
• Rollerset with small rollers (1/2" I think--they are green) using rollerset mix
• Dryer for 45 min (only upside to shorter hair--shorter drying time LOL)
• Slept in rollers

Here are some shots of my wet texture before I rollerset...

This morning I unrolled and styled...here are the results...

I really like this style. For me, it's somewhat of an indication of what life as a natural will look like. I pinned the front slightly off center because that was all I could think to do at the time. I'm going to look online today for some other styling inspirations.

I think this is going to be my transition style for the next month or until I am ready to BC. I think next week I will go ahead and BC below my ear, some of that is already natural from what I can tell. I will keep the height and fullness at the top and keep this style for a while.

I must say that while co-washing my hair, I LOVED the texture. It was soft and curly...I can't wait until it's all natural.

Last relaxer: December 16, 2008

Last texlaxer: March 13, 2009