RabiaElaine
New Member
Hi Ladies!
I finally did it I self-relaxed yesterday for the first time!!!!!! I'm so happy! I have finally completely eliminated hair dressers! I think the only time I'll have to go back to one is just to style my hair for my wedding (whenever that is ).
The only issue I had was time. It took me a total of 35 minutes from putting the relaxer to washing it out
. I know, I know but my hair is fine. I used Affirm Mild relaxer. I also applied Protecto to all of my hair which I'm sure helped to protect it. I didn't burn at all. I used Affirm 5 in 1 after rinsing out the relaxer for 5 minutes. I then shampooed with the neutralizing shampoo about 7 or 8 times. I let it sit on my hair 2x for about 5 minutes each to make sure it got down to the core of the shaft. The shampoo never turned pink (and it had the color indicator in it). I thought that was strange but I kept shampooing anyway.
My hair has grown a good amount after this long stretch. I am definitely well on my way to APL. I need to trim off my thin bone straight ends but I'm going to wait until the end of the year. I took pics but I can't show them because we're not supposed to show pics until the end of the Hide UR Hair til Xmas challenge.
Thanks for all of your posts about self-relaxing. I'm glad I took the plunge. I still need some more practice to get the application perfect (some parts of my hair could be straighter, but at least none of it is over-processed).
I finally did it I self-relaxed yesterday for the first time!!!!!! I'm so happy! I have finally completely eliminated hair dressers! I think the only time I'll have to go back to one is just to style my hair for my wedding (whenever that is ).
The only issue I had was time. It took me a total of 35 minutes from putting the relaxer to washing it out
. I know, I know but my hair is fine. I used Affirm Mild relaxer. I also applied Protecto to all of my hair which I'm sure helped to protect it. I didn't burn at all. I used Affirm 5 in 1 after rinsing out the relaxer for 5 minutes. I then shampooed with the neutralizing shampoo about 7 or 8 times. I let it sit on my hair 2x for about 5 minutes each to make sure it got down to the core of the shaft. The shampoo never turned pink (and it had the color indicator in it). I thought that was strange but I kept shampooing anyway. My hair has grown a good amount after this long stretch. I am definitely well on my way to APL. I need to trim off my thin bone straight ends but I'm going to wait until the end of the year. I took pics but I can't show them because we're not supposed to show pics until the end of the Hide UR Hair til Xmas challenge.
Thanks for all of your posts about self-relaxing. I'm glad I took the plunge. I still need some more practice to get the application perfect (some parts of my hair could be straighter, but at least none of it is over-processed).
I love Avlon products.
