So the past few days my scalp has been itching quite a bit and I think I know what it could be. In the period, I have used a cut off piece of stocking to tie around my hair to make a puff. Since then, my head has been itching like crazy. I knew it was this because whenever I would take it out at night and wash my hair, it would be fine. If I didn't put it in between the time I got up in the morning until I put it back it, it was fine. After I would tie my hair back with it, the itching would start sometime later. So right now I am seeing if that could be the problem and not the cause of a new product I bought the other day. So far, it's not itching as much with just a regular headband in, but I guess my scalp is allergic or something to the nylon in the stocking.

Sometime in the next week or so, I'm going to hunt around for some scarves to jazz up my puff a bit. Right now it's getting a bit boring in a way since I can't do to much with it, but I'm glad that it is growing though and it seems to be grown pretty fast. It has been a month of me being natural as I did my BC last month on the 5th. (talk about that more another time). I bought some Lustasilk's Right On activator moisturizing cream and like it so far. I have to get some more of the smooth and shine curl activator gel as I am completely out and I love this stuff. It keeps my hair very soft and my curls come out more.

There are many, many hair care products that you can use while you are transitioning to natural hair. I am still a newbie myself on this and therefore these are just my opinion and experiences for my hair. During my transitioning, I only used three products from the same brand. They were Cantu Shampoo, Cantu Conditioner and Cantu Leave-In Conditioner. These worked great and kept the moisture in my hair as my hair would tend to dry very, very easily. But like I said, I don't think that that you would need to change your current products while you are transitioning unless you find something that would work great while you are in the process. I've read that shea butter is a good thing for your hair and that product that I used did have some of that in it. This is a good start to learn what you hair likes and dislikes and will be a trial and error sort of thing.

There is no time frame that you have to keep while you transition to natural hair. Transitioning means to grown your perm out and your new growth to come in. Many women either may decide not to transition at all and go directly to the big chop (bc) or transition for up to 2 or 3 years. It just depends on your preference and comfort level. There are many hairstyles that you can use while you are transitioning such as roller sets, cornrows, buns and flat twist just to name a few. Three types that I used for the 3 to 4 months while I transitioned were kinky twists, twist outs and braid outs and when those styles didn't work out for the following day or so, I bring out my trusty scarf. Below is a couple of websites that list some more hairstyles for transitioning.

Yahoo Answers

Hair Milk.com

So you have decided on becoming natural. Great. Welcome to the natural hair world. This blog will be of my personal experiences, products that I've found, things to jazz up your new do and other tips and helpful information. Thinking about becoming natural is one of the major steps, in my opinion, because you have decide to stop chemically processing your hair with perms/relaxers and get the feel of what actual state of hair will look and feel like and it can be exciting, nervousness, omg what am I doing, and other feelings wrapped all together.

So I hope as the blog further progresses that it will encourage you to progress into your beautiful natural hair.