GOING NATURAL WITHOUT "BREAKING HEART'S"

There are lots of people who admire NATURAL HAIR and wish or want to go natural, but are always scared of "STARTING ALLOVER AGAIN" Yes we are scared of starting from scratch, how family and friends are going to embrace our new look, whether or not it will suit us, whether we are ready or not, these and a lot of questions deter us all. well, i must say its not your fault because all most of us know concerning going natural especially from chemically relaxed or treated hair is "the big chop" what most of us don't know is that there are other options aside big chopping (cutting the relaxed hair). For the purpose of this post we are going to look at one of the safe ways to go natural from relaxed hair. this wonderful method is called TRANSITIONING. It simply means Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another. for the purposes of this post it means moving from or passage from CHEMICALLY RELAXED HAIR to NATURAL HAIR over a period of months (depending on the individual) as you grow your NATURAL HAIR. please note, it means you are automatically doing away with chemically treating (RELAXING)your hair to make way for your NEW GROWTH. Now that we are clear about what it means to transition, we will move straight to some TIPS on transitioning.

1. It is not advisable to set a time that you will rock your natural hair completely at the initial stage.it is advised that you allow yourself some time between 4 to 8 months to big chop your hair that way you would have had enough new growth to work with.

2. Find your go to hairstyle, this tip is necessary because you will be working with two different texture of hair (relaxed and natural) and if care is not taken you will loose your hair to breakage. also know that the LINE OF DEMARCATION (where the two hair textures are joined) is very fragile so you need low manipulation hairstyles to protect the hair.

3. Keep your hair MOISTURIZED at all times. Please MOISTURE MOISTURE MOISTURIZE. Note that Water is one of the basic moisturizers you can get and be sure to seal in with any OIL.Use a lot of moisturizers.

4. Always DE-TANGLE only when hair is wet and conditioned to avoid a lot of shedding and do it with a WIDE TOOTH COMB.

5. Avoid or cut down on HEAT USAGE . Instead of Blow Drying or Flat Ironing, AIR DRY your hair.

6. Gradually Cut down damaged ends. Get a trim every month or two.

These are just a few of the tips i compiled. i hope this helps you to take that bold decision to go Natural. who says you cant have it all, enjoy both of the two worlds (relaxed and natural)till you make up your mind. note that the good thing about transitioning is, you can always go back to relaxed if you change your mind before the big chop. cheers.
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