A texturizer wont work for everyone will it? (a little long, sorry)

[dimpalz]

Being on these forums, and having to plait my stoopid little brothers more than SL hair that I made him grow, has really made me miss my old hair. I was reading this website http://ourhair.net/content/view/39/40/1/3/ and figured that my hair has been relaxed bone straight, especially before last July when my old salon used to use a tailcomb erplexed So I thought maybe I should texturise it instead, so I looked up the old threads and thought yeah it's a good idea. Then I realised ....

1) I'm already using affirms mild (it dont get any weaker than that)
2) One time the stylist finished putting it on quite quickly, went out back for *2 seconds* then rinsed it off and it was still perfectly straight
3) My hair never had curls in it to loosen anyway

So I ask, is there anything I can do to get a little texture to my hair, like a baby wave or something, either chemically or otherwise. I like the idea of a texturiser, so correct me if my points above aren't valid. I've tried braidouts, but perhaps because I canerow very well they're too rounded (if that makes sense) because my twist/braid/canerow outs always make me look like whitney in that 'I wanna dance with somebody' video i.e. very short 'out to the sides' hair. My hair's not very long or thick so I don't know about rollersets, I dont have any rollers and have never tried to be honest, but again, at my old salon I looked (somehow!) like the old mum from The fresh prince of bel-air (u know that curly afro thing) whenever they took a set out.

Any advice would be welcomed with open arms.

Happy Easter and sorry its so long, my spirit is broken (lol at American idol)

 

[caltron]

I don't think a texturizer would be a good option for you. If you don't have waves in your hair already, there's no chemical that will put them there. A texturizer only loosens up what is already there.

 

[Chinagem]

I was considering a texturizer some months back when I was still natural so I had my stylist do ao test patchin the center of my head. She used Mizani sensitive (I think, at least i know it was Mizani). Anyway, she left it in for 10 minutes and smoothed it with her hands and when we washed it out, my hair looked like it would look if I'd have gotten a blow out. She said it was b/c not everybody's hair can be texturized to the point of curls. I don't fully believe this though b/c when I was natural, I would put on activator gel and I'd have lovely curl definition (even tho people always say that people with hair like mine couldn't get curl definition). Anyway, I think if you find the right relaxer/texturizer you may be able to achieve the results you want.

 

[CLASSYEBONYGIRL]

It might be harder to achieve a texturized look after being relaxed bone straight. You would probably have to wait until you get alot of new growth to work with and then try using a texturizing relaxer such as Designer Touch mild texturizing relaxer or Scurl and see what happens. Have you ever tried adding a curl defining product or scurl on soaking wet hair and airdry without no manipulation? Or try crunching your hair after you applied the products and just airdrying? You could give these a shot and see what happens.

 

[dimpalz]

Hey ladies, thanks for you advice, I've just been on the phone with a friend who transistioned a couple of years back and now has a beatiful afro, I'm tempted to go that way but knows, that is a long way away. For now I think I'm gonna look into some activators and try that crunching =)

 

[Crystalicequeen123]

Hey, what hair type are you?? 3a/b, 4a/b, etc?

Anyway, my original stylist was putting DE mild with shea butter in my hair, and that was more like a light relaxer/texturizer for me. I noticed my hair was straight, but NOT bone straight. It still had some thickness to it, and some body. But then I changed stylists, and she relaxed my hair with affirm mild. I don't know about you, but I have very fine hair naturally, so affirm mild (although a mild relaxer) was too strong for my hair. So, I think I'm going to stick to DE mild with shea butter.

I don't know if this info will help at all, but I heard that the DE with shea butter is more of a texturizer. If your hair is not thick to begin with, then you might want to either ask your stylist to leave the affirm mild on your hair for a couple min. less than usual, or maybe ask her about switching to a gentler mild relaxer. Just a thought...

 

[loonatick]

Hey girl, definitely try the curl activators cos i think you might have some curls/waves up in there, especially your new growth.
But think about it, like you said your hair is bone straight now so its memory of being natural/curly/wavy is gone.
You just have to coax it back by doing things to curl it (preferably without heat).

Let me know how it turns out :wink2: