A dominican salon did a Relaxing Conditioner

[pmichael52172]

I frequent Tiawilliams.net. She's a beauty expert and recently posted her experience with a relaxing conditioner. NOT OVER THE WHOLE HEAD though. Keep in mind that hair types do different things but here is what she wrote:

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Born to be mild
Hi girls,
Really quickly, I just discovered an amazing option for girls with fine-to-medium curls who'd love to relax their hair a bit, but don't want the heaviness and pin-straightness of a major relaxer. Last week, I was at my local Dominican salon, Adelina's (love ya, Addie!). I'd had this weird kink in the front of my hair, towards the bottom--and no matter how much I flatironed or curling iron-ed it, that piece never stayed straight. It drove me NUTS. So, I asked Adelina if there was anything I could do for that section, short of a relaxer. Fabulous Addie was like, "Sure mami! Let's do a relaxing conditioner!" She proceeded to whip together equal parts deep conditioner and relaxer (she used Paul Mitchell Super-Charged Moisturizer, $10.99; with SoftSheen-Carson Optimum Care Mild Relaxer, $6.99), and then massaged it into my weird, frizzy section of hair. After letting it marinate for ten minutes, it was business as usual--she washed it out once, followed with conditioner, and that was that! Brilliant. I mean, what a fabulous option if you just need super-mild relaxing (ideal for little girls, too).

 

[JLove74]

many people do this by adding conditioner or oil to the relaxer. Maybe just another term for texlaxing - I dunno

 

[tbaby_8]

Being that relaxer is still inclueded in the mixture, a neutralizer should still be used because you don't know what the effects might be after the fact, but hey, if it works for her. I say go for it, but still neutralize too.

 

[pmichael52172]

I'm no way interested or even curious about doing it for myself. Tia's hair type is muuuuch different from mine and even if it weren't... I still wouldn't do it. That's just me though.

The part that interested me was that it was equal parts, unlike the oil ratio that most add to their relaxer.

I agree though, even if a drop of relaxer accidentally fell in, I would still neutralize afterwards.

 

[LoveLiLi]

Soooo, her hair was still relaxed. She said is there anything she can do short of a relaxer...and she still ended up relaxing her kinky section, just with some conditioner added .