godzooki
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Yay! I'm so proud of myself! I had to wake up super early this morning to do it and not be disturbed by the kiddies. We're talking 6am! First I spritzed my ng and hair with silk aminos (newlie arrived just in time!) and then took a certain test and surfed the web for 30 min until it dried. Then I based my scalp and ends with vaseline. I parted in 6 sections (3 per side) clipped the sections and prepped. I ended up using the silk elements lye regular to which I added about 2 tbl olive oil. I did start from the back but more right in the middle of the back of my head because that's my coarsest spot. I worked my way down and then up. I was going to use an application brush but I ended up using my gloved fingers which made the whole process go much faster. The only thing I made a mistake in was doing one side completely before the other. By the time I realized my mistake it was too late. I tried to make up for it by leaving the hairline on the first half undone until I caught up on the other.
anywhoo, I used my fingers to smooth. and then rinsed in the kitchen sink. The whole process took just under 20 minutes and there was absolutely no burning. Not even a single tingle!!! After rinsing I used joico k-pak and let it sit under a cap for 5 min. Rinsed this out in the sink and used silk elements neutralizing shampoo. Dang that stuff has some serious lather! With the first wash I let it sit for 5 min and then rinsed and washed 2 more times just to be sure. Then I used Hello Hydration, baggied and let that sit 15 min. This time I went on ahead and jumped in the shower because my hair was getting horribly tangled from the sink. Detangling the mess in the shower helped greatly but I was not too happy and had two vicious knots
. After that I gently pressed a towel to my hair to absorb as much water as I could and then used some Giovanni Direct Leave In and spritzed with CHI keratin mist. I put it in a low pony and silk scarfed it and let it airdry for about 30 minutes and then I used CHI silk infusion and using a tourmaline paddle brush with air vents, blow dried with the new GoldNhot tourmaline hair dryer I bought the day before. I sectioned my hair in 4 sections and each section took a mere 2 minutes to dry! Even as unexperienced as I was doing it with a brush! My hair came out light, silky feeling and underprocessed by stylists's measures but you know what? I like it! I guess I can concider this texlaxing?
I still have some waves but if I chose to they could easily be flat ironed out. My hair feels great! Heck, my scalp feels great! does not even feel like I relaxed it compared to how abused it normally feels at the stylists! No tenderness, No bad smell, No limpness!
I am wondering if I might have done too much to prevent burns and therefore REALLY slowed down the relaxers work because as I said I felt not even a tingle. Maybe the silk amino's, vaseline and olive oil were overkill? I also gotta figure out what I'm going to do about the tangles from sink washing to get the relaxer out. I hate it!
today was a good day overall. I am pleased with my first attempt. I do plan to try to perfect it and eventually get a sit down dryer and learn how to rollerset so I won't have to blow dry but I definatly feel I can do this again and plan to. Yay!
Oh, yeah, I teased hubby about how I was going to save him so much money from doing my own touch ups and that he could put the money towards getting me a Dyson and danged if he did'nt buy it for me a few hours later!! So I rewarded him by telling him I was pregnant with #4
...Good thing I'm saving money now,lol!
anywhoo, I used my fingers to smooth. and then rinsed in the kitchen sink. The whole process took just under 20 minutes and there was absolutely no burning. Not even a single tingle!!! After rinsing I used joico k-pak and let it sit under a cap for 5 min. Rinsed this out in the sink and used silk elements neutralizing shampoo. Dang that stuff has some serious lather! With the first wash I let it sit for 5 min and then rinsed and washed 2 more times just to be sure. Then I used Hello Hydration, baggied and let that sit 15 min. This time I went on ahead and jumped in the shower because my hair was getting horribly tangled from the sink. Detangling the mess in the shower helped greatly but I was not too happy and had two vicious knots
. After that I gently pressed a towel to my hair to absorb as much water as I could and then used some Giovanni Direct Leave In and spritzed with CHI keratin mist. I put it in a low pony and silk scarfed it and let it airdry for about 30 minutes and then I used CHI silk infusion and using a tourmaline paddle brush with air vents, blow dried with the new GoldNhot tourmaline hair dryer I bought the day before. I sectioned my hair in 4 sections and each section took a mere 2 minutes to dry! Even as unexperienced as I was doing it with a brush! My hair came out light, silky feeling and underprocessed by stylists's measures but you know what? I like it! I guess I can concider this texlaxing?I still have some waves but if I chose to they could easily be flat ironed out. My hair feels great! Heck, my scalp feels great! does not even feel like I relaxed it compared to how abused it normally feels at the stylists! No tenderness, No bad smell, No limpness!
I am wondering if I might have done too much to prevent burns and therefore REALLY slowed down the relaxers work because as I said I felt not even a tingle. Maybe the silk amino's, vaseline and olive oil were overkill? I also gotta figure out what I'm going to do about the tangles from sink washing to get the relaxer out. I hate it!
today was a good day overall. I am pleased with my first attempt. I do plan to try to perfect it and eventually get a sit down dryer and learn how to rollerset so I won't have to blow dry but I definatly feel I can do this again and plan to. Yay!
Oh, yeah, I teased hubby about how I was going to save him so much money from doing my own touch ups and that he could put the money towards getting me a Dyson and danged if he did'nt buy it for me a few hours later!! So I rewarded him by telling him I was pregnant with #4
...Good thing I'm saving money now,lol!
on the baby and doing your first touch up!!
Doesn't it feel good to take your 'hair destiny' into your own hands?
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