Alter Ego Linange Shea Butter Relaxer and Full Line - Review and Questions

I just texturized with it today for the first time at the hair salon.

I usually texturize with Mizani Butter Blends Mild.

I'm not too sure how I feel about it yet. My hair is a bit hard. Not in a bad way, more of a protein treatment way. I'm wondering if it is the neutralizing conditioner??? Not necessarily a bad thing, just unusual.

It is very, very shiny and bouncy though.

My stylist always hot curls my hair after rollersetting (I go every week), and for the first time ever, the curls wouldn't cooperate, it took more effort to curl my hair.

Just to clarify, I texturized with the texturizer version, used the neutralizing conditioner as directed, and then shampoo'd with Mizani Butter Blends Neutralizing Shampoo and conditioned with Humecto. My hair is naturally fine in texture, but I have a lot of it.

Will report back after my wash next Sunday and see.

Next time I use it, I'll use the Linange conditioner with the system.

Overall, it was a good experience relaxing. My scalp had been itching badly for the past three weeks, and I had been scratching bad, and my scalp did not burn at all, not even a tingle. It really did feel like conditioner on my scalp. Even my stylist said it didnt tingle her hands when she checked for doneness like the other relaxers do.

That's why if anything, I would attribute the hardness to the neutralizing conditioner, nut not 100% certain. But again, it's not a bad hard, more of a strong hard...

Also, I gave the rest of the container to my stylist, and she is going to use it to texturize her hair today, so I'll also report back with her results after I speak with her on Wednesday.
 
Hi Ladies!

Day two and I just wanted to update. My hair feels great and is sooooo shiny!!! It smells really good too; not the typical just relaxed smell. I am actually liking the way my hair feels today. It's stronger. Also today it doesn't feel "hard" at all! so far I am VERY pleased!!!

I will definitely use it again, with the correct linange reconstructor mask.

Update: Just spoke to my stylist; she used the texturizer yesterday afternoon and she said her hair won't curl either when she tried to hot curl it! But she said she loves the texturizer, is very pleased with it, and would like to order some more!!!!
 
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Miamori for the mono take coconut oil pills. 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening for the first 5 to 6 days and go to 2 pills in the morning and 2 pills in the evening. Load up on Vitamin C also.
 
OMGEE!!! Your results were so frikin lovely!!!! Im in and I wanna try. The last relaxer I used was Phytospecific Index 2. It was great. BUT I want to do the lye. I have two large tubs of SE mind shea but I dont know what I may have done wrong but it burnt the crap outta my head! I dont know, but I really wanna try this!
 
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Hello everyone.

My hair must be really growing fast because I had over an inch of new growth after only 6 weeks of using this relaxer. So I relaxed again at 8 weeks.

06/01/2011 was the second time that I used this relaxer system (relaxer+neutralizing conditioner). My hair is straight again! It's so lovely and full of body, shine-- It's really too good to be true. I pay 19.00 for this relaxer (if you count shipping) and it is WELL worth the money.

No burning either.

Thank you OP. You all always help me look good.
 
Hey Ladies! I'm relaxing with this on Monday and I can't wait. But I had a question, what color is the lye relaxer cream? The one I have, is a beige color. I just want to make sure I have a good batch.
 
Just relaxed with this & based on this one-time, I think I'm happy to say I FINALLY found a relaxer for me from all the lye and no-lyes I've tried. We shall see though.....
 
Relaxed today with linange lye and im very pleased. Used the linange neutralizing conditioner as well. Used dumb blonde reconstructor as my mid protein step.
 
I am 4 weeks post relaxing with Lineage shea butter relaxer and my hair is still in great shape, this relaxer is a definate keeper for me.
 
i JUST bought the linange lye, linange neutralizing conditoner, and alter ego garlic hot oil treatment(old version :love:) cant wait to relax this weekend
 
I use this relaxer FAITHFULLY. I will never use another relaxer. cocoagirl, I have very resistant hair and it is the only relaxer that gets my hair straight and smooth. The picture I posted last year does not give it justice because it gets straight but with body. I can go on and on about this relaxer.
 
GV-NA-GI-TLV-GE-I said:
Miamori said:
I use this product and one word of caution, you will need the Neutralizing Conditioner for neutralizing as well as the neutralizing shampoo, which Bluebeez doesn't carry (as far as I searched). So I just used another one. Another problem, the instructions in Spanish differ from those in English and steps are left out. You rinse well, apply the Neutralizing Conditioner and do not rub the hair for 2 min. Rinse, reapply then massage it into hair and scalp, getting it through all hair. Rinse. Use shampoo, then they recommend the conditioner mask to further neutralize. They truly need to change those English instructions.

Overall, I think it's good. I just don't know if it's different from the Mizani which I used once. It think the Mizani was actually responsible for my shedding. Linange does not overprocess my hair (if used within the time limit). I bought the huge salon tub so I think I'll be using it for quite a while. I'm trying to go natural and stretch it all out but it's difficult because at one point, I overprocessed my hair to bone straight. But overall, pretty much thumbs up.
Question: Can anyone compare the Linange to Mizani and ORS Professional Lye?
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GV-NA-GI-TLV-GE-I

Do you worry that the huge tube will go bad before you get to finish it?
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beauti said:
i JUST bought the linange lye, linange neutralizing conditoner, and alter ego garlic hot oil treatment(old version :love:) cant wait to relax this weekend
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Where did you get it from?
 
I guess I will have to order it :(. Is it a lye and no lye version because I had looked it up earlier and it said sodium hydroxide so I know that means it has lye but when I went to look it up on nextag to see the best place to get it I see no lye
 
Lilmama1011 said:
I guess I will have to order it :(. Is it a lye and no lye version because I had looked it up earlier and it said sodium hydroxide so I know that means it has lye but when I went to look it up on nextag to see the best place to get it I see no lye
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Theres a lye and no lye version and also a texturizer.
 
I recently switched to this relaxer
I had 2 self application and Am really happy with the result
It doesn't burn (with proper base and protection)
It didn't break my hair especially those fragile ones at my hairline
Leaves the hair with natural looking and not bone straight

I used to relax my hair in the saloon but I decided to stop cause they always give me bone straight hair which is impossible to stretch with

I love this relaxer
 
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