nomoweavesfome
Well-Known Member
ok - took the plunge after I swore off never using a lye relaxer again , after the Mazanis and affirms and so forth. I always always burned with lye relaxers and my hair would always be underprocessed and breaking. My last lye episode was after the silk elements touch up 2 years ago ( can check out the pics from www.picturetrail.com/nomoweavesfome )and I never looked back. see: www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=13002412&uid=6436101( that was underprocessed and burn marks) I switched to olive oil relaxer with no lye and it did me beautifully I think up until a few months ago.
My hair was flourishing and then all of a sudded it started shedding and breaking. I tried to fault everything I was doing, but I wasn't doing anything in my routine that was different. I started thinking the culprit was the relaxer, so I switched to olive oil lye today.
the verdict:
pros
no burning
got hair straight
was way more shinier than ususal
conditioned nicely
cons
hair could have had more slip
loved the way it turned out so far. I did not do any hard protein after like most people do because everytime I do that my hair reverts. my hair does NOT like it. I always wait until the next poo to do a heavy protein. I did do the replenishing pak though. I'm glad I finally found a lye relaxer I like and works without BURNING. So no lye heads don't swear off this one! I'll update to see how my hair reacts over time.
My hair was flourishing and then all of a sudded it started shedding and breaking. I tried to fault everything I was doing, but I wasn't doing anything in my routine that was different. I started thinking the culprit was the relaxer, so I switched to olive oil lye today.
the verdict:
pros
no burning
got hair straight
was way more shinier than ususal
conditioned nicely
cons
hair could have had more slip
loved the way it turned out so far. I did not do any hard protein after like most people do because everytime I do that my hair reverts. my hair does NOT like it. I always wait until the next poo to do a heavy protein. I did do the replenishing pak though. I'm glad I finally found a lye relaxer I like and works without BURNING. So no lye heads don't swear off this one! I'll update to see how my hair reacts over time.
Last edited:
