Why do people call it texlaxing? it's relaxing!!

[FindingMe]

That's like some black folx calling themselves "african american" and others calling themselves "black". In this world it all amounts to us being n***** anyway so....

 

[Irresistible]

Theres no such thing as texlaxing, its a relaxer!!! you are now relax, whats wrong with saying that you are relax. There are naturals, people who get texturizer which are still chemicals and then there are people who are relax, IMO, I think people who go from natural to relax dont want to come to terms that they are relaxing again, oh i'm going to just texlax, sweetie you are relaxing, you're no more natural..... Can someone please set this straight.... I know i'm going to get some mean responses, but whatever...

I agree its just another term for relaxing! whether its not left in as long or not , the point is to 'relax' the hair to a degree still

 

[sowhut]

That's like some black folx calling themselves "african american" and others calling themselves "black". In this world it all amounts to us being n***** anyway so....

LOVE this!!

 

[Irresistible]

I don't understand why that is such an issue. Its simply a combination of two words. The hair is relaxed with chemicals, but there is still texture--curl, wave (albeit unnatural)--to the hair. Its not a matter of being in denial or still trying to claim natural. If you are relaxing bone straight, you have very little texture, if any at all, so I don't know what that means.

When I talk to people in general public/conversation I say that I'm relaxed. If people see my hair wet they don't realize I have a relaxer and I just explain that I do, it just isn't bone straight. I don't even concern them with the whole texlaxed concept, but I thought the people on the hair boards understood what it meant. Guess not. Didn't realize it was that serious.

yeah I guess texlax is just a way to say its not bone straight or totally relaxed

 

[sunshinebeautiful]

Pretty much the meaning.
Texturized and texlaxed are the same, no? Except people use a "texturizer" and others just intentionally underprocess with relaxer? So what's the difference in texturizer ingredients and relaxer ingredients. Don't they do the same thing? Or can you not go straight with a texturizer if left on too long?

Op, now if people were trying to front as if the curls they got from texlaxing were their own natural hair texture, that'd be one thing. But obviously, saying "texlax" obviously means they had a chemical process done.
~*Janelle~*

YOUR HAIR LOOKS FABULOUS, SOS!!!!

 

[Desarae]

Because they want to.

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

Uh whats the big deal? People are always trying to make something out of nothing.

"Texlaxing" is just hairboard slang to describe purposely underprocessed hair as opposed to bone straight hair.

Same way folks want to call themselves napptural vs natural vs whateva.....[/quote]
vs "natchal" helllloooooo

 

[NYAmicas]

I'm with you on that 1.

 

[song_of_serenity]

I agree its just another term for relaxing! whether its not left in as long or not , the point is to 'relax' the hair to a degree still

It is still relaxing. I have yet to see anyone deny that. However, the idea of relaxing is typically to get your hair straight, yes? So intentionally leaving it on to keep TEXTURE while RELAXING it is just an easier way to say "I basically left my relaxer on for 5 minutes to loosen my curl."

Straw sets, shirley temples, they're all curls, all done by wrapping hair around a tubular device...the end result is different. No denying it's curls. Do you get what I mean? So saying "texlax" is just a way to explain that degree of what you did. :/ I don't see what the problem is.
~*Janelle~*

 

[me-T]

"Texlaxing" is just hairboard slang to describe purposely underprocessed hair as opposed to bone straight hair.

oh o, answered my question. guess that means i'm newly texlaxed (hides from op for use of the term)

 

[ShiShiPooPoo]

That's like some black folx calling themselves "african american" and others calling themselves "black". In this world it all amounts to us being n***** anyway so....

Shooooot... *sucks teeth*

I ain't no n*****, I'm a negro and when I become a n***** I'll tell you so!

(That's something we used to say when we were kids if somebody called you a n*****)

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

Shatarip you have been on this board since 06 so I know you know whats up with the term. Did a comment/question or someone today in general hairwise kind of irk you and that's why you asked?

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

Shooooot... *sucks teeth*

I ain't no n*****, I'm a negro and when I become a n***** I'll tell you so!

(That's something we used to say when we were kids if somebody called you a n*****)

ok ShiShi

 

[FlawedBeauty]

you got almost 200 posts on this board, now u you know good and darn well what the ladies mean when they say texlax and it has nothing to do with a natural not wanting to come to terms with relaxing.

i TEXLAX TEXLAX TEXLAX because my hair is too fine and thin so bone straight RELAXING looks horrible. TEXLAXING allows my to keep some texture so when i flat iron it is fuller than if i would have gone bone straight. Nothing at all to do with naturals not wanting to "come to terms."

that is all.

 

[Lady Esquire]

Theres no such thing as texlaxing, its a relaxer!!! There is no dispute that it is in fact a relaxer, you are right. However, the term is simply a distinction: bone straight versus textured. We can all agree that there is a difference between those two classifications, right? It is not a difficult concept to grasp, however it is your choice to reject the term...no biggie...and it is their choice to use it...and still no biggie.

There are naturals, people who get texturizer which are still chemicals and then there are people who are relax, IMO, I think people who go from natural to relax dont want to come to terms that they are relaxing again, oh i'm going to just texlax, sweetie you are relaxing, you're no more natural..... Texlaxing chicks do not deny its a relaxer.

Can someone please set this straight.... I know i'm going to get some mean responses, but whatever.. I do not see the need to give mean responses. People can have differing opinions. Your opinion is no more right than mine, especially over a trivial play on words....semantics. However, some will look at this thread like, "WTH, why does it bother you so much?" And I have read that some feel that there is an undertone of natural vs. relaxed here, maybe not overtly...but threads like this do not help. Just my humble opinion. Hope the thread responses cleared up any confusion you may have had.

 

[straightlovely]

woahhh to this whole thread...maybe the Op got up on the wrong side of the bed today...

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

I think it's useful to say texlaxing instead of relaxing, just like it's useful (to some, not all) for some to say their hair type. A lot of women use different techniques and products with texlaxed hair than say, relaxed hair, akin to using different products and techniques with different types of hair. I don't think it's a big deal. Also, some women texlax on purpose, so saying they're texlaxed (in the context of this board) may allow someone who is curious to ask them about it. Oh and I think in the context of this hair board, texlaxing is viewed as perhaps a slightly healthier relaxing process than fully relaxing it, KWIM? So again I think it's board contextual. I doubt people go out IRL and say "I'm texlaxed." And even if they did, it's still no big deal ... to me, anyway. Good for them. If they like it, I love it. As long as it doesn't cause me to lose hair or money or health or family or my religion (no that's not order of importance ) , I really couldn't care what they call it.

 

[Irresistible]

I hear the hair police sirens going off!

 

[Missi]

That's like some black folx calling themselves "african american" and others calling themselves "black". In this world it all amounts to us being n***** anyway so....

 

[MariposaSexyGirl]

Oh everybody hush! Who gives a pluck what someone else thinks of what you call your hair. Instead of worrying about other folks head they need to worry about theirs. Just worry about growing your hair. No ones thoughts should matter at all unless you allow it. smdh

 

[IntoMyhair]

I call it texlaxing cause i ain't bone _________.

 

[Dee-Licious]

Oh everybody hush! Who gives a pluck what someone else thinks of what you call your hair. Instead of worrying about other folks head they need to worry about theirs. Just worry about growing your hair. No ones thoughts should matter at all unless you allow it. smdh

you sound like a mama saying umph umph umph

 

[bermudabeauty]

Theres no such thing as texlaxing, its a relaxer!!! you are now relax, whats wrong with saying that you are relax. There are naturals, people who get texturizer which are still chemicals and then there are people who are relax, IMO, I think people who go from natural to relax dont want to come to terms that they are relaxing again, oh i'm going to just texlax, sweetie you are relaxing, you're no more natural..... Can someone please set this straight.... I know i'm going to get some mean responses, but whatever...

I just joined this website and at first it was very confussing to me as well. You do have a point.

 

[Irresistible]

Uh whats the big deal? People are always trying to make something out of nothing.

"Texlaxing" is just hairboard slang to describe purposely underprocessed hair as opposed to bone straight hair.

Same way folks want to call themselves napptural vs natural vs whateva.....[/quote]
vs "natchal" helllloooooo

This makes total sense! I guess people really have the right to use whatever term they want as a descriptive for their hair, technicalities of whether its a relaxer or not really doesnt matter

Its just explaining how relaxed or un-relaxed it is

 

[Lady Esquire]

sweetie you are relaxing, you're no more natural..... well, a texlaxed chick can reply, "sweetie, why does this rent space in your head?"

Can someone please set this straight.... I know i'm going to get some mean responses, but whatever... you knew you were gonna trigger some ish in here, at least you admitted it.

 

[DonnaDi31Proverbi]

Oh everybody hush! Who gives a pluck what someone else thinks of what you call your hair. Instead of worrying about other folks head they need to worry about theirs. Just worry about growing your hair. No ones thoughts should matter at all unless you allow it. smdh

aight, mama...get 'em...lol

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

I just joined this website and at first it was very confussing to me as well. You do have a point.

She has been around for a while. I'm just saying.

I think something triggered the post but she won't come back and tell us what really happened so....

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

I hear the hair police sirens going off!

 

[ShiShiPooPoo]

Can we call bone straight "bonelaxed"?

Just a thought.

 

[DonnaDi31Proverbi]

Can we call bone straight "bonelaxed"?

Just a thought.

Yes..........

*But since most people attribute relaxed hair to having bone straight hair, is there really a need? I never understood "bone straight" anyway. Nobody ever schooled me as to why straightness was compared to bone...