Shame on me

I know. I haven't been around all week, but there's a very good reason for that. The pace at school is starting to pick up (I have a quiz Monday in physio) and my son is chatting up a storm, so I've been occupied with my school books and his board books to make sure he's developing language and vocabulary and a general love for learning. I have not, however, forsaken my hair journey. Hahaha.


I haven't really talked much about my goals for growth or length retention because I'm still transitioning. I don't know that I'm really keeping track of my growth yet, but with my one month-no relaxer date coming up I figured I should visit the subject somehow.

This photo was taken August 8, 2010. I clearly still have conditioner in my hair, but the most important part to me was the thick, wavy, kinky, curly, coily stuff at my roots in comparison with my very limp, straight ends (which you can see a bit in this picture). You can also see the thinning at my hairline, which I'm hoping better care will fix during this process.

When I took this picture I was more interested in the texture springing out of my scalp than I was in the length of my hair. This is not to say that I do not want to grow my natural hair long, because I do, but I was so enchanted with the glorious feel of my roots that I got out of the shower before the conditioner was fully rinsed out to snap a pic of the beginning of, well, everything. I love this, and this is why I'm going to keep going.

This photo was taken about a week later on August 15, 2010. Even though there is no conditioner in my hair, I guarantee I jumped out of the shower and snapped this picture because again I was in love with what my roots felt like.

This picture may not be a great representation of growth, but it does show more curl definition. Also, with just a week of TLC (and pretty much leaving it alone and letting it live), my hairline is making a comeback. I know you see it.

Now that I've dug these photos up, I'm going to start doing something in the way of keeping track of any growth.

I'll snap some pics Sunday night after I deep condition then I'll put them up along with my style I hope to hold until Tuesday. I'm just going to do flat twists in the front and do a twist-and-curl out in the back. That should hold for a few days.

I plan to put in some cornrows with extensions Tuesday to brave my upcoming mini-vacation. Part of me wants to leave those in for two weeks, but I know I get to missing my hair when it's braided. When I return I'll probably co-wash and do a length check somehow to celebrate surviving one month of transitioning.