Well unfortunately I can't vouch for all the products that you put a link to in your original post, but I have tried:
-DE Stimulations Deep Conditioner: (Awesome! Has pretty good slip, and I LOVE the tingling sensation!)
-DE Lo-Lye Relaxer: (Now 4 or 5 years ago, this relaxer was PERFECT for me. It didn't relax bone-straight, and I had AMAZING thickness & growth while using this relaxer. But they must have changed the formula of this relaxer because I used it early last year and it burned the crap out of me!!)
-DE Reg. Strength Lye Relaxer: (This relaxer was pretty good! In fact, my hair looked the BEST when I had this relaxer. My hair was smooth, shiny, and even though it's reg. strength, it was pretty gentle on my hair and scalp. I'm not sure why I switched)
YES!! I don't know what happened to the Design Essentials Lo-Lye relaxer either! I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. I thought I was going crazy!
I'm telling you, just 4 or 5 years ago this relaxer
NEVER burned my scalp. But last year when I used it again after not using it in a while, my scalp felt like it was on
FIRE! This is supposed to be a MILD relaxer...more like a texturizer, and years ago it was perfect for my hair. My hair was thick, thriving, and wasn't bone straight. But I think they changed the formula and made it stronger or something because it just does not do right anymore.
All this talk about DE makes me wonder if maybe I should just go back to the DE Regular strength relaxer. It was fairly gentle, and my hair looked pretty awsome with it too. Barely ANY tangles in my hair at all. I'm still debating on whether or not I really like the ORS No-lye relaxer. It's gentle and my hair is getting thicker, but I'm not sure I really like how bushy my hair feels.
My hair doesn't feel sleek and smooth. It feels limp, fine, easily tangles, and not that strong.
I'm thinking about going back to Design Essentials regular....hmmm..... :scratchch