Keen
Well-Known Member
My last relaxer was in November. My plan was to stretch out till June because I was doing the braids challenge and I wanted to see if I could get away with stretching that long. I had braids since Jan 9th. I usually wear my braids for 3 to 4 weeks then take them out and do them over. But I was so busy I kept them for 6 weeks, BAD IDEA. I conditioner washed twice a week, moisturize daily, and sutged twice a day so I thought I was good to go. When I took those braids out, my hair sheded like crazy. My hair has never shed that much. Not even when I use to not wash my hair while I was wearing braids. My new growths were so harsh and unmanageable I decided to relax before braiding again. I had to wait at least a week to relax because the surge messed up my scalp. I used two bottle of surge before with no side effect. I usually mix it with rosemary but I was out so I just used plain surge. Another BAD IDEA. My scalp was sore so I had to wait for it to heal. In the mid-time, I ordered my phyto and hennalucent and couldn't wait to use them. The phyto came in Friday so Saturday was my relax and coloring day.
Mistake #1 - I decided to use half of the relaxer since it cost $60, I was trying to get two use out of it. My roommate had already worn me it wasn't enough since my newgrow was so thick but I told her to try and that we would mix some more if needed. When she was applying it she kept saying that it was caking. The mix was drying on my hair. No one mention that on their reviews (at least not that I remembered) . A little piece of the mix fell on my arm and within a couple of minutes it dried! So I started to panic but I calmed down because it was Phyto. I had small white flakes all over my hair from the relaxer. The flakes look like snow flakes but a bith thicker. I decided to leave the relaxer on my hair a little bit longer since my roomate wasn't convince it was warking. When it decided to wash shortly because I didn't want my hair to damage.
After I rinsed and neutralized my hair was so harsh. But I figured a good condioner would take care of it. Even though the lather was white, I still had some of those flakes on my hair. I decided to proceed to coloring anyway.
Mistake #2 - The hennalucent did not say how much water to use it just said to make a creamy mix. So I did. I mixed it with some boiling water and olive oil. My roommate ran out of the mix, she said it wasn't enough. So we had to add more water to my hair to make the mix run to my ends. Still she was not convinced that my ends got enough so she thought I was going to endup with an uneven color. I left the mix on my hair for 30 Mins. I didn't want my hair to dark.
Mistake #3 - I let my roomate rinse my hair. I decided to rinse in the kitchen sink because I didn't want my tub stain. Since I never rinse my hair in the kitchen sink I let my roommate dot it. She was rubbing in back and forth motion while she was shampooing and rinsing the shampoo out. I told her not to do it but she still did it. After she was done, I openned my eyes and did not see any hair in front of me so I touch my head and I couldn't believe what I was feeling. My hair felt like sheep wool. I dreaded looking in the mirror because I know what I was going to see. When I looked, my fear was confirmed my hair was so matted I thought I was going to have to cut all of it off. I prayed and I prayed and I prayed some more because I didn't know what to do.
I decided to proceed with the milky reconstructor. I was so anxious to untangle my hair, I only left it on there for 5 minutes. After I rinse it, my hair didn't feel any better. I remember that one member said that the NTM conditioner saved her from tangles so I reached for mine anf got in the shower. I had half a jar left. I used all of it. My hair felt better so I started combing it out. I was really careful and chuncks were coming out. I lost A LOT of hair but not as much as I feared. Usually I don't loose much hair when I relax. When I rinse the conditioner out, I was surprise that my hair wasn't as silker as usually when I use NTM so I decided to go back in the shower with my roommate's Biolage detangler. That didn't do anything. I used my Keracare silk and seal serum, that didn't help much. I used my NTM leave-in. That didn't do much either. I just decided to stop there because my hair usually respond well to NTM. By that that I was so frustrated I decided to blow dry instead of roller set. But my roommate convince me to roller set since I haven't used a blow dryer since I joined this website.
The hennalucent color didn't take too well but I think it is because I didn't leave it on there long enough. My relaxer took a little but I have many holiday spots. I think I will need a corrective application after a few weeks. I want to use phyto to do the corrective treatment but I don't think the half application i have will be enough. I may buy another box so that I can use the whole box on my hair to see if I will get will get a favorable result. As of now, I don't have anything to to say about this relaxer but I will give all one more try and use it under normal circomstance. Later I remembered that last time I used half of a relaxer, I got a lot of holiday spots. I still have the other half of the relaxer. That's the only reason I will try Phyto once more because I halfed it and did not use the whole box.
Mistake #1 - I decided to use half of the relaxer since it cost $60, I was trying to get two use out of it. My roommate had already worn me it wasn't enough since my newgrow was so thick but I told her to try and that we would mix some more if needed. When she was applying it she kept saying that it was caking. The mix was drying on my hair. No one mention that on their reviews (at least not that I remembered) . A little piece of the mix fell on my arm and within a couple of minutes it dried! So I started to panic but I calmed down because it was Phyto. I had small white flakes all over my hair from the relaxer. The flakes look like snow flakes but a bith thicker. I decided to leave the relaxer on my hair a little bit longer since my roomate wasn't convince it was warking. When it decided to wash shortly because I didn't want my hair to damage.
After I rinsed and neutralized my hair was so harsh. But I figured a good condioner would take care of it. Even though the lather was white, I still had some of those flakes on my hair. I decided to proceed to coloring anyway.
Mistake #2 - The hennalucent did not say how much water to use it just said to make a creamy mix. So I did. I mixed it with some boiling water and olive oil. My roommate ran out of the mix, she said it wasn't enough. So we had to add more water to my hair to make the mix run to my ends. Still she was not convinced that my ends got enough so she thought I was going to endup with an uneven color. I left the mix on my hair for 30 Mins. I didn't want my hair to dark.
Mistake #3 - I let my roomate rinse my hair. I decided to rinse in the kitchen sink because I didn't want my tub stain. Since I never rinse my hair in the kitchen sink I let my roommate dot it. She was rubbing in back and forth motion while she was shampooing and rinsing the shampoo out. I told her not to do it but she still did it. After she was done, I openned my eyes and did not see any hair in front of me so I touch my head and I couldn't believe what I was feeling. My hair felt like sheep wool. I dreaded looking in the mirror because I know what I was going to see. When I looked, my fear was confirmed my hair was so matted I thought I was going to have to cut all of it off. I prayed and I prayed and I prayed some more because I didn't know what to do.
I decided to proceed with the milky reconstructor. I was so anxious to untangle my hair, I only left it on there for 5 minutes. After I rinse it, my hair didn't feel any better. I remember that one member said that the NTM conditioner saved her from tangles so I reached for mine anf got in the shower. I had half a jar left. I used all of it. My hair felt better so I started combing it out. I was really careful and chuncks were coming out. I lost A LOT of hair but not as much as I feared. Usually I don't loose much hair when I relax. When I rinse the conditioner out, I was surprise that my hair wasn't as silker as usually when I use NTM so I decided to go back in the shower with my roommate's Biolage detangler. That didn't do anything. I used my Keracare silk and seal serum, that didn't help much. I used my NTM leave-in. That didn't do much either. I just decided to stop there because my hair usually respond well to NTM. By that that I was so frustrated I decided to blow dry instead of roller set. But my roommate convince me to roller set since I haven't used a blow dryer since I joined this website.
The hennalucent color didn't take too well but I think it is because I didn't leave it on there long enough. My relaxer took a little but I have many holiday spots. I think I will need a corrective application after a few weeks. I want to use phyto to do the corrective treatment but I don't think the half application i have will be enough. I may buy another box so that I can use the whole box on my hair to see if I will get will get a favorable result. As of now, I don't have anything to to say about this relaxer but I will give all one more try and use it under normal circomstance. Later I remembered that last time I used half of a relaxer, I got a lot of holiday spots. I still have the other half of the relaxer. That's the only reason I will try Phyto once more because I halfed it and did not use the whole box.
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The new Hennalucent does not contain metallic salts.
