Help with Transition Styles!
HELP! I've been transitioning for about a month now. So, I'm just at that stage where I either need to seriously commit to going natural or go back to the relaxer. I ordered the 'Transitioning Diva' kit and a few other things recently and they are great! However, I'm starting to wonder if I have the skills and patience for all of this!
The trouble is that I have a very active lifestyle. I swim three or more times a week and usually go straight to the office from the pool. I've been wearing a 'wash and go' style for the last two months, but it's starting to look a little tired. I co-wash every morning, spray on a little moisturizer and then work a little 'Milkshake' around the edges before I put a headwrap on. However, by late afternoon, it starts to look dry and a little bushy.
I keep hoping that once it grows out a little more I'll get a more manageable texture. Right now, I've got about 5-6 inches of relaxed hair and an inch or two of new growth. I can only get the (very wide-toothed) comb through it if it is good and wet.
On the positive side, I absolutely love getting my hair wet whenever I want and not worrying about it. I also love not frying my hair (or my ears, neck, etc.) with curling irons and smelling burnt hair all day. I do understand the feeling of liberation that curlies talk about and it is quite wonderful.
HELP! My husband tells me it's beautiful but my mother keeps telling me to get to the hairdresser as fast as I can -- since I don't have 'good' hair. I just want a style that works through this transition period that will last all day. HELP!
-- Having second thoughts in Birmingham, AL
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