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6 Mini Chops Later

Going Natural (Round 2)
I wish I could say cutting my own hair and giving myself the power to get rid of my dead ends made me feel better and made it a whole lot easier. And in some ways it did. While the first cut was the hardest, transitioning almost every inch of relaxed hair was a very hard thing to do. 

It Was Still Hard...
One I was seeing the hair I had grown out literally get chopped in half gradually. Seeing where it was before and where it now was kind of a big shock, even though I was gradually working my way up to it.  Some of the mini chops were close together because I had times where I was becoming impatient. I just wanted to get to the end of the journey since transitioning my hair is taking so long.

Aftermath
The aftermath is a little messy too. While I did a decent job cutting off my relaxed ends, it's not really styled. Prior to going natural, my hair was uneven long in the back and shorter in the front. It looked more intentional. But it wasn't until I started cutting my relaxed ends that I realized my hair was now growing at three different rates, the hair in the very front slowly, the hair in the front to middle medium speed and the hair in the back was growing faster. Now I had 3 layers instead of 2! Yikes!  My hair looked short curly or straight. I felt self-conscious of it because my goal was longer and healthier hair, not hair that continually became short. It was kind of the same shock as the first cut where it was like, oh my gosh what have I done? However, I had to remind myself the best is yet to come and I did this for longer and healthier hair. 

1 Year Mark
I am proud of myself for going on this journey, though. The good news is even though I did cut my hair, I learned that my hair was growing. I have hair at various lengths from my chin to my shoulders that are all natural curls. So my fear of my hair never growing back after it was cut  was not true.

Now What?
I am almost 100% free of my relaxed ends. I probably have less than 5% left. I've decided I have cut enough for now. I am going to let my hair grow mostly free of relaxed ends. Depending on how fast the hair grows, I will go in to see my hairdresser for my final haircut to even out the three layers in 4 months. When I went natural the first time, 14 months was when I caved and got a relaxer again. So getting to 14 months and staying natural will be significant. 

See how my hair looks now by clicking here

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