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Originally Posted by wofford16
SoBlessed,
Thank you for the advice and words of encouragement. I have to make a confession... I don't think I can do the big chop either :-) It took me years to grow my hair to shoulder length and I don't think I have the heart to just get it chopped off so with that being said what would be the best way for me to transition without chopping off my hair all at once.
Once I get the Transition Diva Kit or the products that you suggested while I wait for the Kit to get back in stock what kind of effect will they have on my hair? Will I still wash, dry, and style my hair as I normally do with my relaxer or will the products over time make my hair more curly?
How often did you get your hair cut during your transition and how much did you allow them to cut each time?
What styles worked for you during your transition. I guess one of my concerns is that I live a very hectic lifestyle and really require minimum fuss when it comes to my hair thats why relaxers were such a big part of my life. I think I have worn the same hair style for ever because its easy and fits into my daily routine.
Again thank you so much for all your helpful advice. It's hard to get the support that a woman needs when she is making such a drastic change and expert advice and support always make any transition easier.
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Hey!
Well, after you do get the products in, then I can tell you this about each of the products:
Curliscious Cleansing Cream-Non-drying cleansing cream that offers moisturizing benefits to your hair.
Curls Asian Hair Tea Conditioner-Deep conditioner that offers excellent hydration, detangling, and smoothing benefits to the hair.
Curls Quenched Moisturizer-Perfect liquid leave-in moisturizer & detangler. It can be used as a quick refresher for your curls or as a great liquid prep product to be used before any of the Curls stylers.
Curls Milkshake-Lightweight cream styler that helps make the hair look smoother, moisturized, and more manageable.
Whenever it comes to using new products on the hair, always start with freshly cleansed and conditioned hair. Next, you would section your hair off (while it is still fairly soaking wet). After doing that, you would take down a section and then spray it with Curls Quenched from root to tip. Once you have sprayed this first section, you would then detangle it using a brush. I personally prefer using a Denman brush to do so. However, if you alread have a favorite brush of yours that you like to use, then that is okay as well. Now, to detangle, you would start from the bottom working your way to the top.
After you finish detangling that first section, then you would apply Curls Milkshake to it and make sure to thoroughly smooth it through. Once you have finished doing this, then you would just move on to the next section and repeat the same process all over again. And, lastly you would just let your hair airdry.
At night, aslways make sure that you have your hair covered with a satin bonnet. If you don't want to wear a satin bonnet to bed, then buying a satin pillowcase and sleeping on that (in order to protect your hair while it sleeps) is a must.
Now, I sleep with a satin pillowcase on my pillow as well as wearing a satin bonnet on my head. So, I make sure that my hair is well protected.
Also, after you exercise you can certainly re-wash your hair with the Curls Cleansing Cream. As, it can actualy be used n a daily basis with no problems. As, it will never strip the hair. I use it once a week on my hair, but you can certainly adjust your wash routine to fit yor own individual needs, if need be.
Now, even though you relax your hair, you can rock a curly style, just by applying the products to your hair and letting it hang down curly. The products will over time help in better defining your natural curl pattern. So, yes the more you use the products while you are transitioning away from relaxers, the better defined your natural curl pattern will actually become. However, I must note that how curly your har actualy ends up becoming while transitioning is more dependent upon your genetics than the products.
I never went to a hairstytlist to gradually get my relaxed ends cut off. Instead, I bevame my own hairstylist and took this part of transitioning (along with other things) into my own hands. I didn't measure how much I actually did cut off each time, but if I had to pinpoint a number I would have to say it was around a 1/2 inch to an 1 inch. And, when I did take te scisors to my hair, it was aproximately every 3 to 3-1/2 months. So, I pretty much tried to stay consistent the whole way through.
When I first began transitioning, I would rock buns and curly pontails alot. I hardly ever wore my hair down actually. I live in a very humid state (Louisiana), so I would be very so worried about my hair frizzing up. And, yes alot of the products that I had tried before Curls had realy done nothing to free frizz at bay with my hair. So, when I came upon the Curls products (i.e. Curls Whipped, Souffle, Asian Hair Tea Conditioner) they really gave me true confidence to be able to wear my hair down and not worry about it looking like a frizzball a couple hours later.
I truly do understand your concerns about transitioning. As, this is a very important journey for a person's hair to undertake. And, it is certainly a journey that is filled with a lot of questions. So, whenever you have any more questions or concerns to ask about transitioning then certainy feel free to share them anytime.