My Knatural Journey

Here is a picture of me my senior year of high schoold before I went knatural. Never in a million years would I ever think I would go without a relaxer. I had always had long, thick hair, and always received many compliments on it, but, without a perm every 8 weeks, I thought I was helpless!!

This was a picture of me in April 2007 when I was transitioning. I had had my last relaxer of Christmas Eve 2006 and was well on my way to being natural. While my hair looked pretty good from a distance, when you got closer, you could see my roots screaming out for help! This was a hard time for me because I didn't know exactly what to do with my hair. I had a good amount of hair to do the "big chop", but I wasn't ready to give up my only bit of confidence that I had. I was in love with my hair, it defined me. But I knew that if I continued down this shallow road, that I would never gain the authentic confidence that I needed.

This is me and my mom attending a event at my church. After I realize how fast my hair was growing without the perm, I had to do something with it. I wasn't ready to cut it quite yet, so I got long kinky twist extensions in my hair. I loved it!

When I first told my mom that I was going natural, she called me crazy. But when she started researching the benefits of going natural, she decided to take the plunge with me! It's great to have support when you go through such a transition.

This picture was taking on my 20th birthday (July 2007). I had been transitioning 6 months and decided to get my straighten one more time. I also started to cut it off bit by bit, to make it easier when I finally decided to do the big chop. After this, I would have no other choice but to cut it, I was too anxious, to excited...a month later I decided that I would do the big chop.

I finally did it!!! I actually cut my hair!! August 2007 is when I started my journey. While I was scared of what people would think, I was excited about gaining my new found confidence, without my hair being my safety net. This is where my knatural journey began, but its not where it ends!!

until next time!!!