5 Reasons Why We Do Not Recommend Transitioning

The BIG CHOP is not for everyone. There are those who choose to gradually ease into the fabulous life of natural hood. Everyone has a unique journey in life and the way you choose to become fully natural is no different. For V there were a couple months of going back and forth with the idea of cutting off all her processed hair. When she finally made that decision she had gorgeous curls that naturally formed with ease. This inspired me to give up my own quest to transition....but my journey was completely different. My hair was chemically processed for so long that it forgot how to naturally curl. I had to retrain my hair to curl by two strand twisting and finger coiling. Below are 10 reasons why V and I prefer to big chop:

1. You cannot see your true curl pattern until those processed ends are removed.

2. It is not easy to moisturize/style two different textures. 

3. While transitioning you will wind up spending a lot of time protective styling. (braids, twists, and the list goes on...) 

4. Depending on how long your current hair is you may miss out on the TWA phase. Honestly, I yearn for my TWA some days because wash day was less stressful and time consuming in those days. 

5. Being on the fence about anything in life is never a good thing. That fear of whether you will love your natural pattern becomes greater and before you know it you have talked yourself out of going natural!

Do yourself a favor and take the plunge! Do not be afraid to love the hair that grows out of your follicles! 

It Is Just Hair!

Hi loves! It has been a while! We have been super busy! I know our instagram and facebook followers have noticed us posting bridal fashion. This is because Virtuous Assets has now ventured into event planning! It is an exciting time for us! We already have our first lovely bride! I just wanted to give a little insight, but I will save all the details for another post!

The diet is going well! Second week I lost 4 lbs! My husband has even made a statement about how my stomach is flatter. I seriously credit the reduction in that area to wrapping. If you have not tried it...then I do not know what you are waiting for! (read my post before last for instructions on what I use)

Okay so the more I handle my hair the more I have noticed one of these textures does not look like the other! I opted to skip the professional hair cut and big chop my own hair for personal reasons. Well here lately I have been feeling like my roots do not look like my ends.

So my roots look all nice, silky, and smooth while some of my ends were very rough! 

So this happened. Hey why hang on to that frizzy stuff... and I could see some straight pieces. I probably will not be able to goddess braid for a while :( but it is all for the greater good! 

Last thing before I sign off... coconut oil... I am most likely late, but I will most likely never buy lotion again... I got some coconut oil on my skin while applying to my hair and my skin feels like butter! 

GIRL BYE! 

Created Protective Style

About maybe one week into my natural hair journey I knew this was going to a learning process! Boy was I right!!! Although it is a learning process it is a fun process that I genuinely enjoy.

Let us first discuss what I have been doing wrong! I was shampooing my hair as if it was still relaxed. I would just shampoo all my hair at once and I would exit the shower with an afro. A bangin afro but still an afro ha ha! This would confuse me because  when I would comb it there was not that much volume!

My usual shampoo results

I figured out that I was creating this volume by my improper shampoo method. Yesterday was the first time I sectioned off my hair and shampooed/conditioned in sections. Let me tell you this has made a world of difference! I cannot believe the retention of texture by just making this one change!

Also I have jumped on the coconut oil band wagon. I love it for conditioning my hair but do not...I repeat do not use it to seal in your moisture. All the bloggers spoke of how much it will add moisture to your hair but no one said it would grease up my darn pillow case! I swear to you I only used a very small amount! I sleep with a satin bonnet on too, but the next morning coconut oil was on my pillow case and on my neck lol! So I suggest using the coconut oil as a conditioner. Even after you rinse your hair you can still feel the moisture/oil on your tresses.



Okay back on topic. This protective style I created is pretty simple and not very time consuming. I basically created three flat twist in the back portion of my head. One flat twist on each side of my head and two strand twist for the center.

Flat twist on right side of head. I am still learning to perfect my flat twist.

Flat twist on left side. Importance of putting them on best sides was for versatility. I wanted to make sure that I could switch sides if one side started to look raggedy. I like to stretch my protective styles to last.

This picture was taken today. Never trust your husband to take a picture of your hair lol. Love him but he is no photographer. You can see two things in this picture. 1. I am no perfectionist he he 2. My texture is really starting to come into its own! I love you hair!!! 

This  one is a tad blurry, but gives you an overall view of what can be done. You do not have to do yours exactly like mine. Play with your hair! Learn every inch of it. Modify hairstyles to accentuate your assets! Make it YOU! 

The end result! 

Leave your creations in the comments! I love to see new and different hair manipulations. 

Bantu Knot Results

I finally have enough hair to try Bantu knots! It is all very exciting. I was not overjoyed with the results but I was able to look presentable. I believe I created too many smaller knots. Moving forward I will try larger knots to get more volume/definition. We all have to start somewhere!

I want to also share a quick style I had to create while in a hurry. As I am exiting the shower hubby yells come with me to the gun store....I hate to tell him no when it comes to spending time together but my hair is dripping wet! I ask for 20 minutes and this what I come up with.

As my hair grows it has become increasingly fun to develop new ways of adapting to my new texture! I love it and would not change a thing! Happy Sunday all! 

Natural Journey Update

I just realized I have not given an update on my hair! I guess I have been too busy loving it! I urge everyone who has chemically altered their hair to try it.

The evening I did my big chop I could my husband say"there you go with those damn scissors again"

I was previously trying to slowly trim off the chemically processed hair. Hubby had no idea this time was different. I just hacked it all off...no lie I was in a trance. I was just tired of being so afraid of the unknown. Whether I would like it or if I would want to relax my hair again. Looking back now...my thoughts/fears were crazy, but what can I say we all have doubts. Honestly when It was all gone I wanted to cry...silly I know it is just hair... but all I could do was laugh. In that moment I thought it is done now so how are we going to fix it?

I do not even know what type hair I have and frankly I do not care. All I know is that it is beautiful and it grows naturally out of my follicles. That is all that matters to me! I have fallen in love with two strand twist. That is the only protective style I have tried so far. The biggest change I notice is my growth has tripled! My hair grows so fast now! I faithfully shampoo and  deep condition every week. Detangling is not an issue for me. When sectioning I can now gather my hair in little afro puffs! I honestly do not have one negative thing to say about my hair! When I previously chemically relaxed my hair the negative list was quite long.


This picture was taken last night after I unbraided the two strand twist. (this will buy me another two days before I have to wash and deep condition)

These pictures were taken on wash day during the process:

I like to section off my hair without using a comb. 

One of these curls does not belong... I promise you every time I style my hair I see something different!

completed the back section first. 

started my twist on the right side of my head and curled the ends with a bone roller. 

finished product! I am still learning...that is the fun part! 

This is a style i saw on Pinterest. I am thinking about giving it a try. Not sure if I have enough hair yet....we shall see!