Mi viiiida! I am a few months into going natural, and it is....something else(to say the least, don't want to be cursing all over the place here). The natural hair has been coming in, enough to the point where simple detangling is a nightmare. Because my natural ringlets are so tiny and coiled, I don't even try to comb them. I have to comb the relaxed hair in this odd manner, so there's been a bit too much breakage for my liking. I've been looking for a salon that caters to transitioning hair that doesn't charge an arm and a leg- not to become a regular, mind you, just to teach me how to care for my head better- which is tough going- natural styles are already minimum TWICE what it cost to relax my hair, let alone dealing with much more complicated two texured transitional hair. Pretty annoying. It reminds me of how people are promoting all these eating organic initiatives and going green projects; sure, it's easy to TELL people to buy organic, but fail to realize how most organic food is way more expensive than non-organic products. And people these days just don't have the green(pun intended!) to spend.
That said, I am not about to go back to relaxing. The feeling I get touching my roots is wonderful; the hope of soon seeing what they look like is really too tempting to pass up on. I will be getting a haircut soon though, as soon as I find a manageable style/price/etc. And, though many a pro-natural head will not like to hear this, I do forsee a texturizer in my future! "Blasphemy," they will cry out! "A texturizer is the next step to a perm!" Perhaps for some. But I already know that my hair will be very hard to manage in its currently coiled form, and a texturizer will help ease the tightness of the curls. More on that another time.
See? I knew this would become a whole post! I think I'll jsut leave my second half for a new post tomorrow. Enjoy!
-SG
