Eight Month Wash Day!

Oh my goodness! You guys, I washed my hair yesterday and finally detangled it…It took me three hours to detangle my hair. I think the main reason for that is because I had worn a braid out after having braids for 3 ½ weeks, so all of the shed hair was kind of clumped in the unseparated hair. Also I used my fingers for 97% of the process. But nonetheless, after detangling, my hair felt a whole better and I got so excited. I can see so much progress now!!! My natural hair is about an inch and a half to two inches (with the shrinkage!) so stretched I get almost three inches!!!! That is amazing!!!! This is 8 months into a transition, with ugly relaxed ends in the way, and I had no idea what I was doing! As I detangling sections yesterday, I was so stoked seeing the very clear and defined curls with no product but conditioner drooping past my ears and that was without me stretching it! I seriously considered doing a length check because I would love to know how long my hair is now all over, but then I thought maybe I could do that at the year mark in November because then it would be even more shocking and astounding to see the difference. I know my hair is healthier, thicker, more manageable (at least the natural part is), more interesting, and fuller than it has been in the past 7 years. That is crazy to see the difference between pictures of my hair from last Christmas and my hair now. I can’t wait to see how much more progress I can get in the next four months.

 

Something else I’ve been thinking about is…. Should I big chop in November or try to go longer? I know everybody does what’s best for them and even if you think you’re ready to chop, it’ll still be an adjustment period because your hair will be different. I’m just debating with myself if I would be truly ready to embrace the loss of length for the small adjustment period while remembering I would be stoked to not have to deal with relaxed ends ever again. The lazy side of me is  convinced that heck chopping now would make my life easier, at least for styling and manipulating. But the proud side of me is saying that my hair would be too short for me to feel completely comfortable with it hitting right above my chin or shorter. I don’t know what I’m gonna do. I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. What are your thoughts on the subject of big chop? When did you do yours?