My Story

Hello everyone!


I had my first relaxer when I was about six or seven years old. Before doing my BC, I had no recollection of what my natural hair texture was like. Initially, my mom was not able to "manage" my hair because it was so "thick" and "unmanageable", so to make things easier on her, she relaxed my hair. I continued to get relaxers until I was 27 years old. My last relaxer was October 27, 2010. Going natural wasn't something I had set out to do. When I got my last relaxer in October 2010, I had intended on waiting until January to get my "annual birthday perm." Every year, I would start the year off with a "fresh perm" for my birthday. However, little did I know, things were going to be a bit different this year. In early January, my husband was watching the movie "Good Hair" with Chris Rock. I started to watch the movie with him and the more I watched, the more put off I became with all of the wealth of information I was receiving. For years, I never really gave relaxers a second thought nor did I think that it was damaging my hair. All I knew was I just wanted my hair as bone straight as possible, and sometimes that meant enduring through a few chemical burns. My husband wasn't a fan of the idea of going au natural. He thought it was something that could wait for a while because like all men, he loves the look of long hair. I convinced him that this was gonna be a good change for me. Slowly he came around to the idea and now I can gladly announce that he supports me 100%, so much so that he actually did my big chop for me! Yes he did! He went in with some scissors and chopped all my relaxed hair off. Initially when I BC'ed I was NOT a fan. I thought I looked weird,unattractive, and a small part of me thought I had made a HUGE mistake. I originally wanted to transition for at least nine months, but I got impatient and frustrated dealing with the two different textures. So on a whim, I told my husband to cut my hair for me. As he cut the hair and the strands fell into to bathroom sink, I felt nothing...it wasn't until after when I saw the results, I was sad, I felt UGH! That's when I started to second guess my decision to cut my hair so soon, I felt like I should have waited until June, my original month to do my BC. But I went to the barbershop and tapered up my hair and as the days went on, I started to fall in love with my natural hair. I now have the "hand in the hair" syndrome. I can't resist. I love the ease of my TWA and I am looking forward to my new journey! So please join me on my blog as I share with you the journey. I will be posting hair tutorials, product reviews, styling tips, health and fitness tips, fashion and make-up. If you have any suggestions and comments please feel free to share. I am always open for suggestions. Stay tuned!

Love,
NCE