Natural Hair Journey

As an individual who is transitioning from relaxed to natural, I realized that there is not much information pertaining to caring for your hair while they have two different textures. While transitioning, I noticed that many females usually opt to the Big Chop, but many of us know that the BC can be very emotional as well as life changing. I personally prefer to wait until Spring 2012 to do my BC mainly because during these long winter months it can get pretty cold so I would rather wait until it gets a bit warmer to take that next step in my Natural Hair Journey. In the meantime, during the transitioning process with my relaxed/natural hair my goal is to combat the idea that your hair falls off if you stop getting a perm as well as learning various hair styles that can keep my hair protected without using heat or weaves. Although I have nothing against weaves or hairstyles containing heat, my personal goal is to use hairstyles without them, since they create a great deal of breakage, especially when not done properly. I also plan on becoming informed on how to get the most out of the transitioning process so that others can get a better understanding on how they can transition as well without incurring a lot of breakage.