My Big Chop June 4, 2010

I would have loved to transition for about six months before chopping off my hair. Damage hair and frustrations insisted that I put it out of its misery way before then. I had my last relaxer in March and I was actually planning on getting a relaxer in April, but I ended up booking an appointment with a NATURAL stylist (she was natural, but she didn't advertise specializing in natural hair) that worked in a salon who's clients were mostly Caucasian, but I went there for that reason.  I'm sure you want me to explain why.  So I will briefly say this, in all of my life I have never experienced a professional African American stylist that was interested in the health of my hair (so I had a 'Black' hairstylist stereotype).  Anyways, this stylist told me if I was going to continue to to relax my hair, then I should do it every 4 to 6 MONTHS, because my hair was really soft.  I could have fell on the floor and died, because I could't go past 4 weeks for a relaxer.  So she didn't relax my hair and wasn't going to relax my hair without making me feel bad for doing it. LOL

When June came around I had returned from my trip to the Bahamas and I was so ready to take out the micros that I had in my head for a month.  When I took the micros out I washed my hair without combing it out first, so you probably already know what happened. My long hair, which was past my shoulders, was a tangled mess and it literally took 2 hours maybe 3 to detangle my hair.  By the time I returned home I was so frustrated, because I seriously had strings dangling from my head.  I told my husband I was cutting it off.  He was good with it, in fact he was suppose to help me.  Well before he could help I remember being mad at him about something and I ended up cutting it myself.  Bad mistake, I looked a mess, so I had soften up to him so he can even my hair out.  He shook his head the whole time.  So about 10 minutes later on June 4, 2010 I had less than an inch of healthy beautiful hair.  I absolutely love it and the past two months has been so great