Relaxed Hair Thread

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Im newly relaxed about two months now. I need to find a low manipulation hairstyle.

I may put Sengalese twists in my hair in about 2 weeks, to give my hair a break. The stylists that relaxed my hair made it BONE STRAIGHT and my hair is reacting negatively to it.

I did a touch up to knock some of the curls out, but I'm still suffering from breakage.

 

[Guinan]

I think my hair processed super fast this go around. It was 20 minutes start to finish (roughly) and my hair was bone straight, like bone straight. I didn't expect that at all as I've never had that happen when I used to relax. I can't say it was excessive smoothing either.

I plan on stretching my relaxers to every 2-3 months and building to every 5-6mths. Just like you, I recently relaxed. I'm still trying to build my reggie back and figuring out what products and styles work for my lifestyle and hair. Right now, I'm currently wearing my hair in wng's. My hair turned out straighter that I would like but it hasn't impacted my ability to do wng's b/c of my technique.

What kind of styles are you looking to do; straight or more textured ie wng or a roller set? For me, I think I'm going to stick to wng's and curlformer sets; as they are easier to do and maintain.

 

[Evolving78]

Im newly relaxed about two months now. I need to find a low manipulation hairstyle.

I may put Sengalese twists in my hair in about 2 weeks, to give my hair a break. The stylists that relaxed my hair made it BONE STRAIGHT and my hair is reacting negatively to it.

I did a touch up to knock some of the curls out, but I'm still suffering from breakage.

What are you doing with your hair currently?

 

[Britt]

I plan on stretching my relaxers to every 2-3 months and building to every 5-6mths. Just like you, I recently relaxed. I'm still trying to build my reggie back and figuring out what products and styles work for my lifestyle and hair. Right now, I'm currently wearing my hair in wng's. My hair turned out straighter that I would like but it hasn't impacted my ability to do wng's b/c of my technique.

What kind of styles are you looking to do; straight or more textured ie wng or a roller set? For me, I think I'm going to stick to wng's and curlformer sets; as they are easier to do and maintain.

Since my hair is bone straight I've been wearing it in a ponytail or pulled back ponytail with ends tucked under. I have some clip ins that I might start using, especially when i get a little more new growth. I'll see how things go further on in the stretch of things.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I need to wash my hair. I knew I should have done it yesterday, now I might not have time to do it today.

 

[Fotchygirl]

Do you guys stretch your relaxers? My goal is to stretch, even if I have to use braids to help out.

I stretch to about 16 to 20 weeks but it's hard because I'm lazy and sometimes neglect to moisturize and seal my hair every 2nd day. Come wash day my hair is usually fuzzy from the braids I wear every week.

 

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What are you doing with your hair currently?

Right now braid outs, buns,

 

[MzSwift]

We're hosting my little man's baby dedication at our house this weekend. I'm still in these cornrows because it's so practical with trying to get everything together and moving boxes. We've only been in this house two weeks!! I was planning to wear a wig for the ceremony. But this is a special event and the pictures will last for a long time, I'm not sure I want to look back on them and see a wig on my head. Lol. I'm about 12 weeks post, so I'm gonna try to straighten my hair and do some classic hairstyle. Can't decide if I want to do bone straight or blow out straight. If it turns out well, I'll post some pix.

Also, I bought a big bottle of Joico K-pak and Hydrating Moisture conditioners. I'm going to use those when I straighten. Wish me luck!!

 

[LushLox]

I'm gonna try using CON SFEden leave-in and the repair oil to seal until next wash day. I washed my hair and started today. I used ORS creamy aloe shampoo...smh glad it was just a packet... got my hair and scalp clean.. just stripped the heck out of it! I need to restock on some DE products... not right now though. Gotta use up some things.

Yeah I used that ORS poo last week as I'm conscious of chelating, haven't done it for ages but my hair was so dry and frizzy - not great.

 

[LushLox]

I stretch to about 16 to 20 weeks but it's hard because I'm lazy and sometimes neglect to moisturize and seal my hair every 2nd day. Come wash day my hair is usually fuzzy from the braids I wear every week.

I think most of us have been guilty of that at some point, me more than anyone it feels.

 

[Fotchygirl]

We're hosting my little man's baby dedication at our house this weekend. I'm still in these cornrows because it's so practical with trying to get everything together and moving boxes. We've only been in this house two weeks!! I was planning to wear a wig for the ceremony. But this is a special event and the pictures will last for a long time, I'm not sure I want to look back on them and see a wig on my head. Lol. I'm about 12 weeks post, so I'm gonna try to straighten my hair and do some classic hairstyle. Can't decide if I want to do bone straight or blow out straight. If it turns out well, I'll post some pix.

Also, I bought a big bottle of Joico K-pak and Hydrating Moisture conditioners. I'm going to use those when I straighten. Wish me luck!!

Ooh I hope it turns out well so that we can see the pix, I can't wait!!! Happy baby dedication!

 

[SuchaLady]

My blowdried bun is so cute! I'm starting to think that hair shouldn't be left to dry overnight Even with blowdrying more but still not that often with heat ranging from cold to low (which is still warm) my ends are thicker. That excess water in my hair for long periods of time was probably making my ends weak.

 

[Evolving78]

We're hosting my little man's baby dedication at our house this weekend. I'm still in these cornrows because it's so practical with trying to get everything together and moving boxes. We've only been in this house two weeks!! I was planning to wear a wig for the ceremony. But this is a special event and the pictures will last for a long time, I'm not sure I want to look back on them and see a wig on my head. Lol. I'm about 12 weeks post, so I'm gonna try to straighten my hair and do some classic hairstyle. Can't decide if I want to do bone straight or blow out straight. If it turns out well, I'll post some pix.

Also, I bought a big bottle of Joico K-pak and Hydrating Moisture conditioners. I'm going to use those when I straighten. Wish me luck!!

Did this happened yet? I'm got my days all over the place!

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

My blowdried bun is so cute! I'm starting to think that hair shouldn't be left to dry overnight Even with blowdrying more but still not that often with heat ranging from cold to low (which is still warm) my ends are thicker. That excess water in my hair for long periods of time was probably making my ends weak.

Yea I kinda feel the same way. Especially when I'm being lazy and overnight D.C. knowing my head gets itchy when I leave product in. That never worked for me even when I was natural.

 

[Royalq]

Sooooo, I self relaxed my natural hair today! I'm am so in love with the results. Air dried it looks like a blown out natural hair. There is still a little texture. It's so thick and im shocked at how long my hair is. I knew I was BSL but I could never see it with shrinkage. I did some treatments but I but I had to go to class so I did a wet rolled bun. Im already loving the ease of styling. I don't think I'll blow dry and flat iron until Saturday. Since I've survived 6 years natural with no heat I'm planning to incorporate low to no heat into my regimen. I'm glad I went natural. I learned sooooo much about my hair. It's high porosity, hair type, love for only certain proteins and not others, love of heavy sealing, sulfate free shampoos leave my hair feeling nice while sls shampoos make my scalp Uber dry and itchy, deep conditioning with heat is best, how to be gentle even with a very rowdy texture, the list is endless. I definitely plan on carrying all of this knowledge into my relaxed hair regimen.

 

[sunnieb]

@Royalq congratulations! I'm so happy for you!

I haven't used heat in 6 years, so it's doable.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Yay @Royalq! I rarely use heat myself. I haven't flat ironed my hair since April, and that was just the leave out for my sew in. I need to straighten so I can trim these ends. Then it's back to no heat for me. I'm too lazy to consistently use heat lbs.

 

[Evolving78]

This water here is so rough on my hair!

 

[Royalq]

So now that everything is dry I can see my roots didn't take as well as the rest of my hair. That's because I couldn't leave it on for as long. Lye relaxer ain't non joke, that ish burns like a ****. I couldn't stand 4 minutes with it on my roots. So the length of my hair got 14-15 minutes but my roots got 4 minutes. I'll do a corrective maybe in August or September.
I need to trim my ends to get rid of the ssks once and for all. I really don't want to. I've lost sooooo much length over the years chasing after ssks. It's annoying.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

So now that everything is dry I can see my roots didn't take as well as the rest of my hair. That's because I couldn't leave it on for as long. Lye relaxer ain't non joke, that ish burns like a ****. I couldn't stand 4 minutes with it on my roots. So the length of my hair got 14-15 minutes but my roots got 4 minutes. I'll do a corrective maybe in August or September.
I need to trim my ends to get rid of the ssks once and for all. I really don't want to. I've lost sooooo much length over the years chasing after ssks. It's annoying.

That's why I stick to my Vitale Sensitive Scalp. I'd never be able to relax my hair with Lye. Especially with how dense my new growth gets. I don't have time to be .

 

[Royalq]

That's why I stick to my Vitale Sensitive Scalp. I'd never be able to relax my hair with Lye. Especially with how dense my new growth gets. I don't have time to be .

But I like the results lye gave me . My hair is like wavy right now and feels thick. But chile that burn was no joke. I was applying it to the length, not even the roots yet, and the vapors from it had my scalp tingling a bit. On one part of my hair I only used Vaseline to base and the roots there are straighter but it burned worse there. When I was rinsing its still burned. Next time I'll use mild or cut it with some oil.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Yikes. It sounds like a plan to use mild or cut it with oil.

 

[MzSwift]

Did this happened yet? I'm got my days all over the place!

Lol, no ma'am, it's tomorrow. Just put little man down for the third time tonight. It's like he knows I'm getting ready to do my hair!! I'm sure I'll get some pictures with both sets of grandparents around. I'll try to pose like it's a hair pic. Lol

 

[Lymegreen]

I'm going to have to find a relaxer my stylist was using I think it was Naked sensitive scalp formula I just looked on eBay and saw they had some on there .. hmm

 

[MzSwift]

So baby's dedication was great! I'm glad that we did it at home.

Like I said, baby boy seemed to know that Mommy was trying to do hair and he wanted no parts of it! I ended up getting a late start which caused me to consider short cuts. I poo'd with Suave Clarifying poo and then took out the Joico K-Pak Reconstructor and K-Pak Intense Hydrator.

Now typically, I would DC with heat under a plastic cap for 20 minutes, protein and 30+ minutes moisture. However, it was already 9 PM and I was already pooped, so I read the back of the bottles. The protein said 3-5 minutes and the moisture said 5 minutes so I was like "The bottle says 5 minutes, I'mma condition for 5 minutes." (In my best Coming to America impersonation, Lol, - "His mama named him Clay, I'mma call him Clay.")

Then I did my usual Infusium 23, grapeseed oil and TreSemme Moisture leave in. I was generous with my IC Fantasia heat protector serum, as usual. I wasn't super excited about my results. The new growth shrinkage is real because my hair feels shorter than it was when I texlaxed 3 months ago! Anyway, on to the pix - if I can do this properly:

New growth close up-
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[MzSwift]

I knew I wanted to have more volume for the ceremony (darn fine texture!!) so I decided to try my first rollerset. I did it on the flat ironed hair, just to be safe. It was a total fail! LOL. I ended up using my flat iron to add a few curls right before the ceremony. Definitely not worth the poor sleep I tried to get with these huge rollers in

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It's been a while since I've posted pix so please let me know if this doesn't work.

 

[simplyconfident]

Just shad an awesome DC session I want to share with y'all:

I used Aubrey Organics white cameilla and Shea Moisture Manila honey and Mafura oil masque mixed together. D.C. With heat for 20 min. Let my hair cool for 5 min then rinsed with cold water. My hair felt amazing.

I've haven't used the AO in years and I know my hair used to feel good after using it, but the SM most have ramped it up a notch. Next time I will try it just with the SM.

Anyone try the SM conditioner before?

 

[danysedai]

Relaxed today at 4 months post. She added Olaplex to the relaxer and also after rinsing as a standalone treatment. I had bad breakage after having my son and it's slowly coming back. Used Affirm Fiberguard.

 

[LushLox]

@MzSwift you're hair looks lovely. Nice and shiny

I've never had any success using magnetic rollers on dry hair I must always set on very wet hair for nice bouncy curls.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I flat ironed just enough to trim. I didn't do the back though cause it's still too short for me to see comfortably. I threw my hair into a bun after I was done

I tried to post pictures but I keep getting error messages.