:) I did it myself this weekend!
I was kind of nervous about it but after researching and questioning different steps for the past month or so, I finally texlaxed my hair. I basically decided to go texlaxed to be on the safe side when processing my own hair, as well as have more versitility in my hair not being bone straight. I have a very deep natural wave pattern and texlaxing loosened that up for me a litte to make it more manageable. I also like rocking my wavy/curly knot outs and twist n curls.
My steps were as follows:
used: Silk Elements Olive Oil Regular Relaxer
NO scratching this past week (lol that sounds funny)!
Castor oil on my scalp the night before
based my scalp the day of with regular base cream and coconut oil on the previously relaxed ends
I sectioned in 8 sections with the nape of my kneck, front, and sides as last to process
I used EVOO and mixed with the relaxer
my application time was right at 12 min and smoothing made a total of about 15 min. (A little longer than I expected but I took my time on the back, any suggestions on more accuracy in the back would be great!)
I rinsed, and did Aphogee 2 min reonstructor, neutralized 4 times, 10 min the first time, 5 min the last 3 times
used Stabilizer Plus to balance my PH for 1 min rinsed, and then did my regular DC.
I did a roller set as well and silk wrap to end it.
Looks like I have a little growth...if not, my hair feels great and I'm keeping my journal and HJ going strong! Be back for another texlax in 12 weeks and length check, who knows I may go longer.
I was kind of nervous about it but after researching and questioning different steps for the past month or so, I finally texlaxed my hair. I basically decided to go texlaxed to be on the safe side when processing my own hair, as well as have more versitility in my hair not being bone straight. I have a very deep natural wave pattern and texlaxing loosened that up for me a litte to make it more manageable. I also like rocking my wavy/curly knot outs and twist n curls.
My steps were as follows:
used: Silk Elements Olive Oil Regular Relaxer
NO scratching this past week (lol that sounds funny)!
Castor oil on my scalp the night before
based my scalp the day of with regular base cream and coconut oil on the previously relaxed ends
I sectioned in 8 sections with the nape of my kneck, front, and sides as last to process
I used EVOO and mixed with the relaxer
my application time was right at 12 min and smoothing made a total of about 15 min. (A little longer than I expected but I took my time on the back, any suggestions on more accuracy in the back would be great!)
I rinsed, and did Aphogee 2 min reonstructor, neutralized 4 times, 10 min the first time, 5 min the last 3 times
used Stabilizer Plus to balance my PH for 1 min rinsed, and then did my regular DC.
I did a roller set as well and silk wrap to end it.
Looks like I have a little growth...if not, my hair feels great and I'm keeping my journal and HJ going strong! Be back for another texlax in 12 weeks and length check, who knows I may go longer.
1 comment:
Looks gr8 - I'm considering texlaxing - I have natural 4a hair now - but would like to have easier combing and styling ability - can u post pics of your hair wet after texlaxing?
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