blackbarbie
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Hi Ladies,
I need some help here, but want to make sure I am asking the right question. I got a no-lye relaxer 3 weeks ago at the dominican salon. This was my first time getting a no-lye relaxer and my roots still have a wave pattern to them. Is it possible that the relaxer didn't take all the way? ( I had stretched for 5 months so I had a lot of new growth.) When she rollerset me and my hair was really straight and silky.
Fast forward to the following week when I tried to do a rollerset. My skills in rollersetting are not that good anyway and I had actually gotten my rollerset down to 40 minutes tops. For the past 2 weeks that I have been rollersetting, it has been taking me about an hour and 15 minutes. My hair curls up when it gets wet anyway, but my roots and a little further down my hair shaft are still a little wavy, even after the relaxer. At first I thought I just wasn't pulling the roller tight enough, but I am recalling that I NEVER had to flat iron my roots when I rollerset unless its about the 15th week post relaxer (and I still don't flat iron them; i just don't rollerset). This week and last week, I have had to flat iron my roots, which is another problem b/c I am not good with heat appliances and it took me about an hour and a half just to flat iron the roots on my hair!
O.K. and while i was at it, I took a stab at clipping my ends (I'll post pics later).....I think I clipped too much off but I am not worried b/c I would rather I do it and be mad at myself than someone else............
So my question is what recourse do I have if the relaxer didn't take all the way? (I mean as in is there anything special that I need to be watching out for with my hair, etc.) The next relaxer will definitely be a lye relaxer, so will the stylist have to go back over the part that may not have taken all the way? And if so, won't it make it weaker and will it eventually break?
Sorry so long, but I am panicking here because I can't see myself having to flat iron my roots each time I rollerset until my next relaxer......For one, I will probably have burned my hair out and the other is that it takes way too much time for me.....(I probably normally get a flat iron in my hair no more than twice a year and here I am have had one in my hair already twice in one month
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Sorry so long but thanks in advance for any replies....
BB
I need some help here, but want to make sure I am asking the right question. I got a no-lye relaxer 3 weeks ago at the dominican salon. This was my first time getting a no-lye relaxer and my roots still have a wave pattern to them. Is it possible that the relaxer didn't take all the way? ( I had stretched for 5 months so I had a lot of new growth.) When she rollerset me and my hair was really straight and silky.
Fast forward to the following week when I tried to do a rollerset. My skills in rollersetting are not that good anyway and I had actually gotten my rollerset down to 40 minutes tops. For the past 2 weeks that I have been rollersetting, it has been taking me about an hour and 15 minutes. My hair curls up when it gets wet anyway, but my roots and a little further down my hair shaft are still a little wavy, even after the relaxer. At first I thought I just wasn't pulling the roller tight enough, but I am recalling that I NEVER had to flat iron my roots when I rollerset unless its about the 15th week post relaxer (and I still don't flat iron them; i just don't rollerset). This week and last week, I have had to flat iron my roots, which is another problem b/c I am not good with heat appliances and it took me about an hour and a half just to flat iron the roots on my hair!
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/smilies/eek.gif)
O.K. and while i was at it, I took a stab at clipping my ends (I'll post pics later).....I think I clipped too much off but I am not worried b/c I would rather I do it and be mad at myself than someone else............
So my question is what recourse do I have if the relaxer didn't take all the way? (I mean as in is there anything special that I need to be watching out for with my hair, etc.) The next relaxer will definitely be a lye relaxer, so will the stylist have to go back over the part that may not have taken all the way? And if so, won't it make it weaker and will it eventually break?
Sorry so long, but I am panicking here because I can't see myself having to flat iron my roots each time I rollerset until my next relaxer......For one, I will probably have burned my hair out and the other is that it takes way too much time for me.....(I probably normally get a flat iron in my hair no more than twice a year and here I am have had one in my hair already twice in one month
![Eek! :eek: :eek:](/smilies/eek.gif)
Sorry so long but thanks in advance for any replies....
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