What do YOU do when you're near a Chemical Processing Relapse?

Hold up! I forgot to update you guys on the progression of my natural hair! I have yet to attempt the BIG CHOP so I guess we can say that I'm still transitioning.With all that being said I have been relaxer-free for....................................................A year & 6 months! I don't know what my hair type is but my hair is made up of very small coils. Idk know how I feel about it just yet but my hair has grown a lot without all of the chemical processing! I'm slightly tempted to relax it i'm not even gonna lie...So what do you natural gals do when you think of going back to the creamy crack! HELLLLP!

hmmm...going natural?

                                  

"What? you're going natural? Man, thats some beautiful shit."

 

First of all..just let me say I am one to be completely honest with myself.I am one of these ppl that "all of a sudden" wants to go natural. With that being said, I do have my reasons.Shit i'm tired of buying weave and the prices ain't doing nothing but going up! Don't get me wrong I love my weave but dammit I'm tired of buying it!secondly...I'm tired of looking like every other bitch out here in Houston...I want to be free from the shit I feel like I have to do to my hair..[weaves,perms, all of the above] I've been contemplating this for a minute though..when I decided to take a break from the perms and just rocked sew-ins for a couple of months[6 months to be exact], I was shocked to see how much my hair grew without any chemical processing. BUT  it hadn't crossed my mind to "go natural" at that point so......I got a perm.  & I ain't even gon' lie though, I like perms. But wait! don't eat me alive just yet! I've been wearing weaves for about 7 years so I never knew how to manage or style my natural hair or even the hair that has been processed! people in my family have always made it seem like perming my hair was the right thing to do...and I was completely in the dark about the process of going natural up until this year! But it's been about 7 months since that last one and of course I have my weave in...well until I decide what I'm going to do..I'm excited and nervous all at once!