<font color="orange"> I've been going to the same stylist for about a year. She's a licensed beautician who works out of her basement. I usually go every 6-8 weeks or so for my touch ups. She doesn't like my hair care regimen and I don't trust her with a pair of scissors but so what. She did a good job with my touch-ups and I trusted her for that.
Anyway, yesterday I sat down in her chair, she based my scalp and started applying my favorite Designer Touch relaxer (lye). She got to the top of my head and was like "ooops....I'm running out of relaxer. Wait here and I'll run to the bss...It will take me 3 minutes."
I didn't like that idea but my head was full of relaxer at that point and what choice did I have? I checked my watch and decided that if she took too long I would just rinse my hair myself. Well, she made it to the store and back in 4 minutes. So the back and sides had been processing for 7 minutes but I was not worried because Designer Touch is very mild. She continued to relax and smooth my hair with this new container. When I looked at the container though, I saw that it was a PCJ kiddie perm - no lye
I jumped up and asked, "What are you doing?"
She pushed me back down into her chair and says "Oh, don't worry. All relaxers have lye. I've done this before. Your hair will be beautiful."
My thought process was running in slow motion but I said to myself, "Surely this can't be right." I felt like I was in a nightmare.
I decided that right then wasn't the time to cuss and holler, so I ran to the sink and started rinsing my hair.
She was shocked and appalled but she came to the sink to help me rinse and shampoo. She was muttering the whole time about hair boards and crazy ideas and letting the professionals be the professionals and what not. I wasn't caring. I wanted to run out of the door screaming but I had a date last night so I sat in her chair for a deep condition (moisturizing). She did that, wrapped it, and then flat ironed it.
My hair looks good but it is underprocessed. Worse than that, it feels very dry. After my date, I rubbed jojoba oil through it and wrapped it with a satin scarf. This morning it feels a lot better but I'm sure the damage has been done. The no-lye, lye mix was on my head for about 3 minutes. I had applied conditioner to protect the previously relaxed hair the night before, but I wasn't careful about it. *sigh*
So, now I need some advice please. What should I do next?
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Anyway, yesterday I sat down in her chair, she based my scalp and started applying my favorite Designer Touch relaxer (lye). She got to the top of my head and was like "ooops....I'm running out of relaxer. Wait here and I'll run to the bss...It will take me 3 minutes."
I didn't like that idea but my head was full of relaxer at that point and what choice did I have? I checked my watch and decided that if she took too long I would just rinse my hair myself. Well, she made it to the store and back in 4 minutes. So the back and sides had been processing for 7 minutes but I was not worried because Designer Touch is very mild. She continued to relax and smooth my hair with this new container. When I looked at the container though, I saw that it was a PCJ kiddie perm - no lye
I jumped up and asked, "What are you doing?"
She pushed me back down into her chair and says "Oh, don't worry. All relaxers have lye. I've done this before. Your hair will be beautiful."
My thought process was running in slow motion but I said to myself, "Surely this can't be right." I felt like I was in a nightmare.
I decided that right then wasn't the time to cuss and holler, so I ran to the sink and started rinsing my hair.
She was shocked and appalled but she came to the sink to help me rinse and shampoo. She was muttering the whole time about hair boards and crazy ideas and letting the professionals be the professionals and what not. I wasn't caring. I wanted to run out of the door screaming but I had a date last night so I sat in her chair for a deep condition (moisturizing). She did that, wrapped it, and then flat ironed it.
My hair looks good but it is underprocessed. Worse than that, it feels very dry. After my date, I rubbed jojoba oil through it and wrapped it with a satin scarf. This morning it feels a lot better but I'm sure the damage has been done. The no-lye, lye mix was on my head for about 3 minutes. I had applied conditioner to protect the previously relaxed hair the night before, but I wasn't careful about it. *sigh*
So, now I need some advice please. What should I do next?
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