The Ultimate Detailed Guide For Transitioning To Natural Hair 4C

So this is my natural hair everyone, so I have been natural for a year and a half now and yeah. So today I will be helping you on going natural. I know a lot of people are thinking about going natural, whether you have relaxed hair, which is chemically straightened or you have heat damage or a heat trained hair, and you just want to rock your natural kinks and curls and coils and be free about it. I will be guiding you through how to actually make the transition from being straight to being natural. Yes, so let's jump right into it, so the first tip for going natural is to make sure that you are doing this for you and only you. A lot of people make the mistake of going natural for other peoples based on fitting in or the pressure from their family and friends and the media that you have to be natural. But if you are not making this decision to go natural for yourself, then this journey will be a lot harder than it should be, and it will be a lot more strenuous. It will make you upset. It will make you unhappy. It will have a toll on your mental health because you are not truly happy with your decision and you won't put in the proper work and the proper effort to care for your natural hair. So if you are not there yet, then take the time to develop that inspiration or that motivation or whatever it may be, take the time to truly sit down and feel that this is what you want to do and once you get to that level where this Is what you want to do, and it's not based on anything outside of yourself, then you can make the decision to go natural so for the people who are new to the hair world, the only way to go natural is to get rid of the straight end. So once your hair is heat damaged or your hair is chemically straighten with a relaxer. The only way you can go natural is to get rid of that part of the hair that has the chemical or the heat damage. So you cannot revert that hair. I still get that question so whether you decide to cut it off or you allow it to fall off on its own. Naturally, those that is the only way you can truly go natural. So what you want to do is stop your processes, so stop! Relaxing your hair stop using heat to allow your new growth to spring up from your scalp, so that you can have the natural hair that you're going to have once you cut away those straight ends, so there are two ways to begin your natural hair journey. So you can choose to just go cold turkey and chop it all off right away known as the big chop or you can shave your head ball. That'S one way to go natural or you can slowly transition and cut the hair little by little. So that is how I transitioned for about eleven months. I allowed my new growth to grow in without applying a relaxer and then every month I will cut about two inches or inch off of my hair and slowly get rid of the hair until 11 months went by and my hair was just totally damaged and destroyed From not relaxing it, so while you are transitioning, your hair is going to naturally become damaged, and that is okay. It is a part of the transition in phase, it's called the ugly face. It'S not gon na be cute you're, not gon na feel your best and that's okay. So the changes your hair is gon na go through. It'S that it's gon na look a lot more thin. It'S gon na look damaged. It'S gon na look real and you're gon na have two different textures. It'S gon na be harder to style, but that is all a part of the process. So you don't want to use heat during this process. Do not try to match your new growth with the straight ends. Do not do that because you're defeating the purpose of transitioning. If you are heat styling your unless your goal after you go natural, is to actually wear your hair straight and be a straight natural. Then it's okay to start flat, ironing and blow drying the new growth. Why you transition? But if your goal is to wear your hair like this and to have kings and coils and to still have your natural curl pattern, then you don't want to use heat during your transition and face because or else you're not transitioning, because the new girl will become Damaged and then will become straight and heat damaged and it will match the ends of your hair. Eventually. So, while you're transitioning, you will notice that you have two textures, you have the straight part of your hair and you have the natural kinky curly part of your hair. So the line where the straight part and the natural texture meet is called the line of demarcation. So that light is very, very fragile, so the most important thing while you're transitioning, is to keep that line from breaking off as much as possible. Some breakage is normal. It is totally normal when the line of demarcation is breaking off during your transition, because of the big difference in hair. Texture adds a lot of strain to that line so to limit the breakage. You want to keep that area moisturized. You want to deep conditioned weekly that is very important, while you're transitioning, deep condition we cliffs and deep conditioners, add the ultimate amount of moisture to your hair, make sure that you are using steam when you need condition, you want to keep a spray bottle moisturizer so That you can moisturize the line of demarcation daily, so another tip for transitioning is to limit your amount of manipulation. So, as I said, the line of demarcation is very, very fragile, so you don't want to comb your hair every single day limit your combing to once. A week on your wash day, that should be the only day that the comb touches. Your hair is when you're actually watching and detangle in your hair with conditioner. So do not your hair. While it is dry, that is a big no-no, while you're transitioning, your hair, shall only be combed in a wet state with conditioner. So even before you wash your hair while your transition and make sure that you add conditioner to your hair and detangle your hair first. So beware of the tools you use why you are detangle in your tendons in your hair, so you should only detangle your transitioning hair with a wide tooth comb. Small-Tooth comb should never touch your transitioning hair. A detangle and brush is good depending on your texture. If your texture is more on the looser side and you may get away with a detangling brush, but always finger detangle first and then go in with your white to comb with conditioner in your hand, your hair should be damp or wet when you detangle it. So do not wait too long to detangle your hair. That is a big mistake that a lot of people make while they are transitioning, you should be detangling your hair at least once a week max. You should not go over that anything over that. You run the risk of your hair matted to the point of no return where you would just be forced to instantly big chop your hair. So you don't want to be forced to cut your hair. So if you plan on transitioning as long as possible, do not allow your hair to get matted, why do you go natural? You want to look at the way you style your hair, so your hair should be put in a hairstyle that you do not touch until your next wash date. So buns are perfect for this. If your hair is long enough, putting it in a bun is one of the most perfect transitional hairstyles, because you can just put it in a bun on your watch day and then throughout the week. You just focus on brushing the edges without combing through the entire hair. You can try twist. You can try twist outs, no manipulation, curly yourselves, like twist outs and breathe out. Those are great for matching the texture because it creates a curl and it camouflages your natural hair with the straight ends yeah. So the hairstyles you two should camouflage the new growth with a straight end. So do not make the mistake of transitioning and wigs and weaves do not make that mistake, especially if you are on this journey to embrace your natural hair and to really learn your natural hair. Do not transition in wings and weaves, because you're not getting to know your hair you're, not understanding your hair. You don't learn what products work for your hair. You don't learn the proper techniques that works for your hair, so try to stay away from that as much as possible and another thing with transitioning and wigs and weaves is that you don't get to get used to how your hair looks. You know a lot of women struggle with rocking their hair with confidence, because they don't like how their natural hair look, because they didn't get used to it in the transition and face. So the transition and phase is so perfect for getting used to how your face is gon na look with afro kinky hair, because it does change. You look different with straight hair than an afro there's a difference with the way you look and you want to get used to that. If you're just wearing straight weaves your whole transitioning period, then most likely, you won't love and embrace the way your natural hair looks and you're gon na carry on that same cycle after you go natural with wearing wigs and weaves and being dependent on them. So when I transition, I deliberately didn't wear any wigs and weaves, because I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted to learn my hair. I wanted to, you, know, be able to have somewhere to go tonight and whip out a hairstyle. I wanted to get to that level and the only way I got to that level is by practicing while I was transitioning. So, yes, the transitioning phase, when you stop relaxing your hair or stop heat styling your hair, it is an ugly phase and you have to embrace it, but that phase goes by so fast. It does not last compared to the amount of time I spent transitioning come here how long I've been natural. Now I'm telling you that face felt like it went by like this. I can't even think up the time I transitioned I'm like. Oh, my goodness. Where did the time go? So your hair is nothing all look good. The two textures are not gon na make you look the best but keep pushing, and after you cut off those straight ends, it will definitely look a whole lot better and don't be fooled by your hair looking damaged while you're transitioning. That'S just how transition in hair it looks, it does look damaged. It looks frail and look stringy embrace that moment and know that it won't last forever. So another big thing with transitioning to natural hair is the types of shampoos you use, so be careful with the type of shampoo you use. Try to use really really gentle shampoo throughout this whole transitioning period. I would even tell you to stay clear of clarifying and detoxing your hair, because those things can be really really harsh on the hair, and you don't want your hair to lock with the shampoo yeah Shampoo has the power to lock your hair and matte it. If you use the wrong shampoo, that's to to stripping so try to use more moisturizing creamy base shampoos that really detangles the hair, while it cleanses. Also, while you are transitioning, you will find that your hair becomes tangles so easily and to cut back on this is to keep your ends cut. Yes, I think cut not trim. You'Re gon na have to cut your hair regularly, so trim it off a little bit. Every month it's not gon na do it. You need to do mini chops, whether it's every three months every six months, but you should be chopping off a good amount of hair. So you want to keep your ends as blunt as possible. You don't want your ends to be uneven until fall, naturally, because that will create more tangles at the ends and the more tangles you have, the more breakage you have and the harder this journey is going to be. So when I was transitioning I would cut about. I would say every other month I was cutting off about 2 to 3 inches of hair. I would do big, I'm not big chops but mini chops. So that's a big thing, but getting through the transitioning period yeah. So those were my best tips for transitioning to natural hair. No, that dish journey does not last forever. It'S a very brief journey in your hair journey when you transition it goes by so so fast when you're in it. It feels so long. You just want to get it over it, but hang in there stick in there do not give up, keep going, keep pushing and you will learn your hair as you go and the journey will be over before you know it. Thank you all so much for watching this video. I hope that you found it helpful and I wish you the best on your transitioning journey. If you have any other questions, leave them down below. Also, if you want me to cover anything else in the transitioning hair world, then leave your questions down below, and I will follow up with videos on more transitioning advice and tips. Thank you all so much for watching and give this video a rating subscribe for weekly videos, and I will see you in my next video bye, guys.