Roller set Natural Hair – 35 Weeks and 1 day post relaxer I washed 3 times this weekend and completely understand now why so many ladies chop off the relaxed hair. I never noticed until today how prominent my line of demarcation is in my hair. I had a rough time this weekend...

      Dominican Blowout on Natural Hair For my birthday I decided to treat myself to a salon style.  I got a Dominican Blowout and asked that the stylist use my products.  It was a Dominican salon which I did end up using a few times.  I was 64 weeks and 3 days post relaxer,...

  Full Wigs – Protective Hairstyle for Natural Hair Modu Invisilace 101 When I was 27 weeks post relaxer, I started to experiment with full wigs as a protective hairstyle while I transitioned from relaxed to natural hair.  I purchased a synthetic lace front wig called Modu...

  100% Natural Hair – 104 Weeks Post relaxer As I was updating my keratin treatment photo album, I realized that it had been 104 weeks since my last relaxer! I finally stopped counting post relaxer dates in weeks. I did not see anymore straight ends; however, I did have 3...

      Roller Set Natural Hair and Flat Iron – 49 weeks and 6 days post relaxer I decided to do an Aphogee 2 minute protein treatment, followed by a flexi rod set (which I thought looked a hot mess). I ended up doing a flat iron with my Maxiglide and used Sabino Moisture...

      Blowout Attempt – 24 weeks and 2 days post relaxer I attempted to do a Dominican blow out on my own hair after a roller set and it was a disaster. I tried a method I found on-line which included spritzing a bit of water on the hair before the blow out. DISASTER. I...

    WEN was a pleasant surprise – 49 weeks post relaxer I was 49 weeks post relaxer at this time in my transition from relaxed to natural.  I used WEN Fig cleansing conditioner again and am pleasantly surprised.  This was my second use of WEN. I used about 10 pumps of WEN...

        First Mini Chop – 46 weeks and 6 days post relaxer I had my hair trimmed to get rid of the straggly ends and to give my hair some shape. I was holding on to length just for the sake of length. I finally came to the conclusion that so long as I can pull my hair...

    Wash & Go – sort of at 21 weeks & 3 days post I did a morning cowash and detangled with my denman brush.   I sat under the dryer for a few minutes (running late for work) so as not to leave the house with soaking wet hair.  I rode to work for about 1 hour...

    At 11 days post relaxer I attempted a ponytail roller set. The mesh rollers did not come out as expected so I tried magnetic rollers. I put my hair into a series of ponytails with elastic bands. Again, I aired dried my hair since I did not have a hood dryer at the time. The...

      Washing Your Own Hair – Tips for Transitioning from Relaxed to Natural Hair As you are transitioning from permed to natural hair, you will eventually wash your own hair instead of always using a salon. The first thing that you should know is that all of those...

Tree Braids – First Attempt At 26 weeks and 6 days post relaxer, I made the mistake of trying tree braids.  The stylist that I used was recommended by a friend; however, the stylist obviously was not honest about her experience with tree braids.  I was looking for a style that was...

      Rejuvenol  Keratin Treatment on Natural Hair (done at home) I decided to try a Keratin treatment at home after having two treatments done at the salon.  My first treatment was with Lasio One Day and my second treatment was with Rejuvenol.  I preferred the Rejuvenol...

      Protective Hairstyles for Transitioning Hair You have done it – you have decided to transition from relaxed to natural hair over the course of a few months or even a few years and now you need protective hairstyles for transitioning hair. Step 1 is to determine if...

      Signature Hairstyle for Transition – Updo at 7 weeks and 5 days post relaxer I was often asked how I do my signature bun hairstyle so I recorded a live video of how I do my hair. Check it out below. I started using this hairstyle at 7 weeks and 5 days post...

    Maxiglide flat iron- 25 weeks and 5 days post relaxer I had been contemplating relaxing for weeks since my hair has looked a hot mess.  My last relaxer stretch was 18 weeks and 3 days so this was new territory for me to go this long without a relaxer. Instead of relaxing again,...