I couldn’t
take the two textures anymore so I had to relax my hair at 18 weeks. I relaxed
my hair December 22, 2013. Sorry, I tried to take pictures but my camera
wasn’t working.
Pre-Relaxer
I’ve only
been in my hair journey for 5 months and I learned so much about relaxing my
hair. Exactly a week before I relaxed my hair, I did a hard protein treatment
using Africa’s Best Organics Hair Mayonnaise. My hair was in dying need of
protein!
Relaxer Day
This day
consisted of a long process because I had so much to do in a little bit of
time. I was really scared because it’s been 4 months since I relaxed my hair
and I was scared about my progress.
1.
I
divided my hair in 4 sections and applied Vaseline on the scalp and a cheapie
conditioner on the length of my hair.
2. I used Africa’s Best No Lye
Relaxer in Normal. This time, I only used about 2/3 or the activator and added
2 tbsp each of Extra Virgin Coconut Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil into the
relaxer.
3. The relaxer stayed on my new
growth for 12 minutes. My last relaxer back in August only stayed on my hair
for 10 minutes. But adding that 2 minutes on really made a big difference.
4. Once I washed out the relaxer, I
used my sister’s Aphogee 2 Minute Keratin Reconstructor, washed my hair
out the proceeded to use the neutralizing shampoo. After reading the book, The Science of Black Hair, I
learned that when I’m neutralizing my hair, I should leave the shampoo on for 5
or more minutes each lather so that my hair can return to its natural pH level
and to have no traces of relaxer in my hair. That alone made a huge difference.
5. I DC’d my hair using a mixture of
the deep conditioner that was in the relaxer box, Suave Anti Breakage
Conditioner, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
6. Finally, I used an ACV Rinse
7. My hair looked so different now
that I’ve been on my hair journey since I texlaxed my hair. This is my second
relaxer in my texlaxed hair journey and I’m loving the texture that’s still in
my hair.
Once
again, I apologize for my camera but trust me, my hair has been a lot better
for me to style. For the past four months, I had trouble keeping my hair moisturized;
my hair was always frizzy and would never lay down. Plus, when my pH level was
way too high in my hair and I did an ACV rinse, my hair would seem to get
worse. Since I texlaxed my hair once again, everything went back to normal. My
hair holds moisture, my hair is not frizzy anymore and I want it to stay that
way.
