Hair I Am Again...!

That title is SO cheesy I almost didn't even put that up. But oh well. I thought I'd show you guys a little more of what's going on with my hair through this transition. I took these pictures after washing and air drying it under a scarf overnight.

Shrinkage is real, people!
I know I should already know this having a son (and daughter)
with curly but waist-length long hair,
but it still surprises me how much the hair draws up due to curls/waves. 

It's straighter on the top because of the scarf I use to keep my hair from getting all over
the place when I sleep or am doing things around the house flattens it. 

Lots and lots of new growth. It's been since end of
September since I had my last a "tex-lax"

I DO love the waves 

Parted the sea to check the waves beneath

So freakin' thick

I should really start measuring my hair so I can have some method of charting progress. If I were to guess from my initial pictures, I would say I have about 5" left of perm left before it's all wavy/curly. I have been tempted to call the lady that trims my hair to chop it, but I am resisting...for now. I really wanted to transition for AT LEAST a year (with regular trims every 8 weeks) before I did anything drastic. 

The next night, I flat ironed it to see just how much hair
I would be working with to cut in preparation for the Big Bang

So feeling like Cousin It, right now

After reading all of the suggestions about my bangs and checking a few YouTube videos on how to cut your own bangs, I decided it was time. After lunch with my husband, I went to Sally's to get some professional-grade sheers and determined what hair was 'outta here'.

I took "measure twice, cut once" literally x5. I think I measured and pre-measured at least 6-7 times before I grabbed my scissors.

Starting LONG because I did NOT want to cut too much.

The first cut is the deepest hardest.

3-1/2". I measured. 

Checking the damage

The next cut - 2"

5-1/2" lighter in the front

Me kinda diggin' it. 

Bangs with a ponytail or up-do was a BIG TEST
on whether I did the right thing or not

Okaaay... Feelin' my "Sexy", now

And it was all down hill from there...

Channeling my inner "Tyra"

Gotta learn not to take my sexy too far.
Pull the brakes, Rania! Pull.The.Breaks!!

I bet this would look good using my pearl wand
or dry twisting as Ok, Dani suggested for soft waves

Really? Really, dude?
Now I'm just being STUPID

Finally calming down from the self-induced scissor-happy high
woo-saa

Could use a little "cleaning up" by a professional but overall I am quite pleased. I feel sexy and that's what I was hoping for. I know the bangs are still in my eyes but I did that on purpose. I wanted to still be able to do a side sweep bang if I wanted to (thanks luvlymskrissy, you and I were on the SAME PAGE with that) and I also wanted to be able to maintain them in a pushed back style. Also I kept them longer because I was concerned with the bangs with curlier hair trickery that could happen which commenter Monique mentioned. (Thanks lookin' out, girlie!)

Thank you ALL for giving me the positive feedback from my Vlog and courage to do it. I know it's ONLY HAIR and it wasn't even my full HEAD OF HAIR - just the bangs - but seriously I've been debating this for about three years now. Don't know why it was such a big deal to me, it just was. NOW do you see how I am?? This is why a long transition is the way to go for me. LOL

To close out on a CRAZY/AWESOME note: My fourteen year old son just walked in on me right before I started this post and was like "Wow, MOM! You look like Nicki Minaj! Yeah!!" YESSSS! Sounds like he likes it. My husband just saw me at lunch (pre hair cut) so it will be interesting to see what his reaction and that of the little ones will be since last time they saw me I did not have this 'style'.

So, we'll see how that goes. I will keep you posted.