Transition

Hey!

So I recently decided to make a big step in my life...I'm going to grow out my relaxed hair. I know this doesn't sound like that big a deal but it is! For those that don't know relaxer is a chemical product you put in your hair to make it permanently straight. It's not something you can just wash out like a dye because it sort of reconstructs the hair follicle to make it straight. I've been relaxing my hair for god knows how long and I'm completely fed up of it. I use the mildest version of it i.e. the kids relaxer and it still burns enough to leave bloody scabs on my scalp. When this happened the hair had obviously been over processed (I left the relaxer on for too long) but when I don't leave it on for this long my hair doesn't go straight. So after every session every six weeks I had a very tender scalp which meant I didn't dare brush my hair for a few days because it hurt so much. On top of all this relaxer is so bad for your health as it contains sodium hydroxide which noone should ever put near this skin, ever. But in the pursuit of straight, easily manageable hair, many people use relaxer. But I'm so done with it. So done.

So for the next couple of years I'll have to wear my hair in protective styles like plaits which worries me a lot. I used to wear plaits all the time because it lasts about 4 weeks and it's very low maintenance but...I look awful with plaits. Seriously it's terrible. I just can't pull it off at all I look completely ridiculous so I was so happy when my mum finally said I could stop doing them and just have my hair out all the time. But now I have to reverse the process and go back to my natural hair. To be honest I don't even know what my natural hair is as noone has seen it since I was ten. I even looked through old photo albums and there are hardly any pictures of my with my hair out, it's always in plaits. So it'll be interesting when it grows out.

I wish I could just grow it out normally but the hair will break where my natural hair meets the relaxed hair and I'll start losing clumps of hair. I originally wanted to do the 'big chop' and just shave all my hair off but my mum/hairdresser/family/everyone went ballistic. It's my hair guys leave me alone! So instead I've opted for the long two/three year growing out process. So goodbye chemically processed hair and burnt scalp!

Peace out!

Choom xoxo