Natural Hair Journey 2010

In 2010 I did the big chop and started my natural hair journey. I was natural for 3 years before I decided to relax my hair again all because I started to miss my straight hair. That was a MISTAKE! Now my hair is damaged and my ends are damaged. I noticed all of the small things after educating myself on natural hair and the damaging effects of chemicals. However,  it was not until I relaxed my hair again last summer that I realized no matter how good my hair is, it is NOT meant to be relaxed. I have started transitioning again. So far it has been 6 months since a relaxer and I plan on cutting my hair next summer when it has some length. I dare not do the big chop right now...I couldn't deal with the awkwardness during my first year of teaching. The pics that I will be posting today show my hair in 2010 when I first did the "BIG CHOP". I will also be posting pics from the past three years of hair products and styles that I have tried that may or may not have worked on my hair type (mainly 3B with a mixture of 3A and 3C). If you are wondering about my ethnicity, I am one half African American, one fourth Puerto Rican, one eighth Italian, and one eighth German. I will continue to post these older pics until I can update you with my fresh head of natural hair once again.