Are you still considered natural if you texlax?

[luvovcandy]

I really dont understand the difference between relaxing and texlaxing. Youre still applying the chemical. Please explain the benefits.

 

[Christina Dior]

heck no.. mos def around here

 

[nikki2229]

I believe that a texlax is meant to describe someone who has used a chemical relaxer but the chemical is not left on for a long period of time and may be mixed with conditioner or an oil as to not get the hair bone straight.

Texlaxers maintain a good amount of curl when their hair is wet.

This is my understanding. HTH

 

[msa]

If you texlax...even for 30 secs...you are not natural anymore.

IMO, there is no difference between texlaxing and relaxing...it's all just relaxing to me. All this "bone straight", "50% straight", "lightly texlaxed", "mostly texlaxed" is just annoying. It's all relaxing and it's all the same.

 

[FAMUDva]

Short answer: No.

A texlax, texturizer, a silkener or whatever it's being called is a chemical treatment and renders your hair officially not natural any more. It just means your hair curl/kink/wave is relaxed, but not relaxed bone straight.

 

[ctosha]

Im natural just in my opinion natural is no use of chemicals on the hair to alter the texture.

 

[Nonie]

Im natural just in my opinion natural is no use of chemicals on the hair to alter the texture.

Ditto.

 

[ShaniKeys]

I do not consider people who texlax natural.

 

[KEWLKAT103]

No.
Same chemicals just different length of time.
It's still a relaxer.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

Thank you!! A coworker still considers herself natural although she has a texturizer.....just because she only has it done a couple times per year.

 

[luxe.li.]

I feel as though if one adds man-made chemicals to hair, its not natural anymore. I do think there's a difference between texlax and relax because there is a different because straight and not straight, its an obvious difference, but I do not believe texlaxers are natural....

but what is everyone's take on natural chemicals, and products that are not natural.....

if you are a natural and you use products that are not all natural what is the take on that.....

for those that say they dont like chemicals in their hair, there are chemicals in most of their products, there are natural chemicals out there also......I don't know if there has been a post when people have discussed this or not...

 

[Nonie]

I feel as though if one adds man-made chemicals to hair, its not natural anymore. I do think there's a difference between texlax and relax because there is a different because straight and not straight, its an obvious difference, but I do not believe texlaxers are natural....

but what is everyone's take on natural chemicals, and products that are not natural.....

if you are a natural and you use products that are not all natural what is the take on that.....

for those that say they dont like chemicals in their hair, there are chemicals in most of their products, there are natural chemicals out there also......I don't know if there has been a post when people have discussed this or not...

Simply what you said, natural but using products that aren't natural. Your texture isn't altered by the non-natural products you use so you're still natural in my book. I'm one of those people, BTW. And my hair cannot be described as anything else but natural.

 

[Chevelure618]

If you texlax...even for 30 secs...you are not natural anymore.

IMO, there is no difference between texlaxing and relaxing...it's all just relaxing to me. All this "bone straight", "50% straight", "lightly texlaxed", "mostly texlaxed" is just annoying. It's all relaxing and it's all the same.

Sorry, but I totally disagree. When the hair is relaxed bone-straight almost all of the disulfide bonds that hold the protein together in the hair are broken apart to allow the hair to go to a straight position. Leaving the relaxer on for less time and not combing it throught the NG to reform it straight maintains more of the disulfide bonds, strength and elasticity and therefore is less damaging than "straightened" hair.

I'm almost totally texlaxed now and even the day after its done I never have that thin, limp, flat hair that you can't wait to wash and plump up again. I'm not going back. I might transition, but I'll never do bone-straight again.

 

[Aggie]

I'm newly texlaxed and I am not natural, nor do I have any desire to be. I love straight hair but just not super bone straight anymore., so leaving some texture in it works great for me. I do it that way now because I want to be able to do wash and go's later on in my life.

 

[luxe.li.]

So what about Baking Soda, some people say if you use Baking Soda in your conditioner and leave it in your hair that you are tex laxing, well I've done that twice, am I not natural any more? My curl pattern didn't change it just eliminated some frizz....

PS so what is really tex lax seriously I think I have a clue I could be wrong. With tex lax you wash your hair and you still have curl texture / curl pattern? But what when you blow dry it out its straighter and its easier to straighten....is that it?

 

[Kysmet]

No you are not still natural if you texlax. If you are putting a chemical in your hair to alter it's pattern it is not natural. The benefit of getting texturizers is that your hair is not bone straight and you maintain some flexibility of wearing it straight or curly/wavy.

In some cases, many consider your hair not being natural if your hair is pressed because it changes the pattern.

 

[yuriko]

I don't consider texlaxing natural, I dont even consider people who use most permanent hair colors natural either. One of my friends uses a permanent hair color to loosen up her curls, (ever wondered why most people don't recommend coloring relaxed hair); chemicals are chemicals, but it does not make them bad

 

[Nonie]

So what about Baking Soda, some people say if you use Baking Soda in your conditioner and leave it in your hair that you are tex laxing, well I've done that twice, am I not natural any more? My curl pattern didn't change it just eliminated some frizz....

PS so what is really tex lax seriously I think I have a clue I could be wrong. With tex lax you wash your hair and you still have curl texture / curl pattern? But what when you blow dry it out its straighter and its easier to straighten....is that it?

I don't know about baking soda. When I used it in my shampoo in the hope of clarifying, it just opened up my hair cuticles making my hair hard and duller than I've ever known it to be.

Texlaxing is taking something like this:

...and putting it in your hair for a shorter time than the instructions say you need to so that your hair doesn't get fully straight. A slight wave is left in the hair and we call that texlaxing. If you followed instructions and got the straight hair shown on the box, then you relaxed.

 

[Eisani]

*****DELETE*****

 

[locoabouthair]

Thank you!! A coworker still considers herself natural although she has a texturizer.....just because she only has it done a couple times per year.

what in THE heck, she is lying to herself

 

[Eisani]

Texlaxing is no where near natural. I've never seen anyone claim that it was and if it's happened I must have just ignored the stupidity. I don't get the % texlaxing thing either and I've been a texlaxer (i.e. INTENTIONALLY underprocessing a plain ol' relaxer, not a texturizer) for 5 or 6 years. I swear this question/topic pops up every couple months...

For me, my hair never got bone straight anyway so my stylist stopped leaving it on for so long burning my scalp only for my hair to wave right back up once rinsed and neutralized. When I did it, it was to tame these rough edges and make my hair easier to manage. It's flexible because you can straighten and still have tons of volume, or you can wear your hair curly.

 

[sylver2]

If you texlax...even for 30 secs...you are not natural anymore.

IMO, there is no difference between texlaxing and relaxing...it's all just relaxing to me. All this "bone straight", "50% straight", "lightly texlaxed", "mostly texlaxed" is just annoying. It's all relaxing and it's all the same.

surprisingly i agree with u...
i've had to put the bone straight in since tht whole texlaxin term came about. it seems as if people thought they weren't really relaxed if u were texlaxed. had to make it known i'm mos def relaxed.!!and proud

 

[sylver2]

Sorry, but I totally disagree. When the hair is relaxed bone-straight almost all of the disulfide bonds that hold the protein together in the hair are broken apart to allow the hair to go to a straight position. Leaving the relaxer on for less time and not combing it throught the NG to reform it straight maintains more of the disulfide bonds, strength and elasticity and therefore is less damaging than "straightened" hair.

I'm almost totally texlaxed now and even the day after its done I never have that thin, limp, flat hair that you can't wait to wash and plump up again. I'm not going back. I might transition, but I'll never do bone-straight again.

your bone straight is not my bone straight.

 

[Junebug D]

Re: baking soda, it doesn't permanently alter your hair texture, or the bonds in your hair, right?

Texlaxing does permanently & irrevocably change your hair texture. It may still be curly or even nappy, but it's chemically altered.

 

[MizzBrown]

I think its very misleading that folks run around saying they are half natural, 80% natural, etc.

I've been on some fotkis where I thought they were natural and then after reading their bio and i find out that they are "texlaxed", I get upset and leave the page.

Dont want nothing to do with you unless you natural 100% LOL The in between stuff gives me no inspiration at all.

 

[SignatureBeauty]

I too never understood 70% Texlaxed thing, there are Chemicals in everything, all they way down to the food we eat, as far as products I use whatever works whether it is all natural or not, and then again who knows if the product you bought is all natural, Only if you make them yourself then you will know.

I also believe that The Texlax term came as a way to descibe keeping curls in your hair, I don't know I could be wrong. All I ever knew was toPress, Relax or get a Jherri Curl until I came here.

 

[Tarae]

I think its very misleading that folks run around saying they are half natural, 80% natural, etc.

I've been on some fotkis where I thought they were natural and then after reading their bio and i find out that they are "texlaxed", I get upset and leave the page.

Dont want nothing to do with you unless you natural 100% LOL The in between stuff gives me no inspiration at all.

I wonder how they come up with those percentages. 80% natural? 80% texlaxed? What?

 

[2inspireU]

Texlaxed is not natural. Texlaxed has similar problems like natural hair, but is weaker like relaxed hair.

Honestly, I could care less about these distinctions. Seriously, I only care that it is your actual hair. Whether it is relaxed, texlaxed or natural...if it is your hair then it is all good in my book. I can't stand fake hair, and I don't care if it is for "protective styling." I also can't stand the holier than thou art tone whenever natural vs.relaxed comes up. I've been both and I'm back at relaxed or texlaxed now.

 

[MizzBrown]

I wonder how they come up with those percentages. 80% natural? 80% texlaxed? What?

I dont know or care.

I put them in the same RELAXED category either way.

You could have half a centimeter of relaxed ends left but you are NOT natural to me until you cut that half a centimeter off.

 

[msa]

but what is everyone's take on natural chemicals, and products that are not natural.....

if you are a natural and you use products that are not all natural what is the take on that.....

for those that say they dont like chemicals in their hair, there are chemicals in most of their products, there are natural chemicals out there also......I don't know if there has been a post when people have discussed this or not...

Everything is a chemical. It just depends on how far a person wants to go with that. I mean I don't collect water from a river in my backyard and I'm not crushing castor beans in my kitchen so I'm not really "all natural". But, I'm as natural as I can be at this point and that's what works for me.

Personally, I look at products and see if they're edible and if I could make them myself. For instance, I could make some coconut oil or milk myself if I wanted to but it's easier to buy it. As far as I'm concerned, as long as it's not made in a lab it's natural enough for me (usually).

Leaving the relaxer on for less time and not combing it throught the NG to reform it straight maintains more of the disulfide bonds, strength and elasticity and therefore is less damaging than "straightened" hair.

I guess I'm a hardliner on this issue. Once the relaxer touches the hair, the hair is relaxed. I don't care if it was smoothed/combed/left for 3 seconds or only 1 disulfide bond was halfway broken. If the hair has been permanently altered by the chemical, then it is relaxed.

So what about Baking Soda, some people say if you use Baking Soda in your conditioner and leave it in your hair that you are tex laxing, well I've done that twice, am I not natural any more? My curl pattern didn't change it just eliminated some frizz....

I use baking soda to wash my hair every week. My hair is a little bit more elongated/defined now but that could be a combination of the baking soda and really high levels of moisture.

Baking soda is a chemical compound and I think it's originally found in some mineral, though I know it can be man made as well. Anyway, I know it doesn't texturize my hair and if it really was a great texturizer you know black women would have figured that out a looooooooong time ago. It's .89 cents a carton, that has to be cheaper than a relaxer kit.