Another Texturized Question - Comments Appreciated :)

[itismehmmkay]

Should I relax my hair some more???


This is my current hair situation:

-Hair very mildly texturized with Motions Moisturizing Lye Mild Relaxer

-Hair is just loose enough so that it's easier to straighten with heat. I'm able to just use a ceramic curling iron to straighten my hair. But, it's still tightly curled hair. It's closer to 4a hair as opposed to my natural 4b hair.


What I like:

-I love how thick and healthy my hair appears to be after straightening it. I definitely would not want it to ever be even close to bone straight again.

What I don't like:

-Wash days are soooo lonnnng. It's takes such a long time to straighten it. On one hand, I like this because it means that I must have alot of hair. So it's not so much that it won't straighten easily (I can go over it once and get it straight), but rather that there's so much to straighten.


Now, I know that relaxing my hair some more would cut down on the time on wash days. But, I'm so afraid of loosing my thickness. My hair is actually pretty fine, so I want to keep all the thickness that I can keep.

Do you think I should try and process it closer to a 3c/b texture even at the expense of thickness?

Thanks in advance. /images/graemlins/wave.gif

 

[Nonpareil]

When you straighten, how long does it last before it starts to revert? Looks like we are both debating the same things.

 

[itismehmmkay]

LOL...yep. I got inspired to ask by looking in your post.

I just washed my hair last night after 4 weeks (gross, I know /images/graemlins/look.gif ), but I could have lasted longer. I only washed it because I had previously put in too much product over that span of time and my hair was feeling blah. So, reversion isn't too much of a problem. I mean, humidity still hurts me, but I can get it back smooth the next day after sleeping in my rollers.


Another thing I like is that my texturized hair is still very close to my natural hair. So, my new growth doesn't bother me as much so far since that demarcation line isn't as crucial. This means longer times b/w retouches. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Nonpareil]

I'm gonna have to try a rollerset or straightening again and see what I get - I only tried once and that was in the summer in Hotlanta. I too, want to maintain the bulky look of natural pressed hair when it is straight, but also light and bouncy - not necessarily bone straight or super-shiny.

 

[model_chick717]

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LOL...yep. I got inspired to ask by looking in your post.

I just washed my hair last night after 4 weeks (gross, I know /images/graemlins/look.gif ), but I could have lasted longer. I only washed it because I had previously put in too much product over that span of time and my hair was feeling blah. So, reversion isn't too much of a problem. I mean, humidity still hurts me, but I can get it back smooth the next day after sleeping in my rollers.


Another thing I like is that my texturized hair is still very close to my natural hair. So, my new growth doesn't bother me as much so far since that demarcation line isn't as crucial. This means longer times b/w retouches. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

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Well, if reversion isn't an issue--and you can go as long as 4 weeks without having to redo the whole straightening process, I don't see why you would want to process your hair any further. /images/graemlins/drunk.gif

 

[itismehmmkay]

Yeah...I think I'm just being a baby. /images/graemlins/baby2.gif I mean, my hair is pretty silky smooth except for a few ends that I'll go over later today.

It just takes so lonnnnnnnng. Why can't I have my cake and eat it too?

Eh...ah well. Thanks ya'll for confirming that I'm doing just fine w/ my regimen. Sometimes I think I just like to find excuses to mess w/ my hair /images/graemlins/wink.gif