Transition Completion

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In this tutorial, I am going to complete my friend Cherie’s transition from relaxed to natural hair and review some products from Dark and Lovely’s Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage line!

For more transitioning information and tips, view these posts and tutorials

• From Relaxed To Natural – transitioning tips
• Straightening and trimming transitioning hair
• Build Your Own Transition Kit
• Family Hair Care: Transitioning Bantu Knots

Featured products:

All of the products in the Dark and Lovely Au Naturale Anti-Shrinkage line have mango seed oil, which is packed with Vitamin A, a vitamin that helps prevent hair loss and helps your scalp produce natural oils to prevent dryness and dandruff. They also contain bambusa vulgaris extract, or bamboo extract, which is a source of natural silica that will strengthen hair and also help prevent hair loss. There are also several variations of organic coconut that will help with moisture penetration.  What I love about this line is that all of the products apply easily to the hair, they have a light, tropical floral smell and none of the products are sticky, and you can feel the moisture in each one.

• Hydrating Soak Shampoo
• Knot Out Conditioner
• Coil Moisturizing Soufflé
• 10-n-1 Styles Gelée
• Sheen Sealing Nectar

Other products and tools:

• ApHogee Curlific Texture Treatment
• Denman 9-Row Brush
• Design Essentials Honey Shea Edge Tamer

Total time:

Total time for the style, omitting the cutting and overnight dry time was about 90 minutes.

Keep and care:

To preserve this style you can re-twist your perimeter hair and tie a silk scarf around it. You can also co-wash with a hydrating conditioner or product specifically formulated for co-washing and reset your hair mid-week if necessary.