No base relaxers?

JaneBond

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wat is the difference between lye relaxers wen one says no base and the other relaxer that doesnt say no base ? which is more gentle?
 
I always thought base was the petroleum-like stuff you put on your scalp before applying the relaxer.
 
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Neen said:
I always thought base was the petroleum-like stuff you put on your scalp before applying the relaxer.

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Thats what I thought to but I wonder if theres something diffrent about the chemicals. Since its supposedly not supposed to burn
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I have never seen, or at least I don't think I have seen, relaxer with base or no-base on it. I assumed that since it is a seperate procedure that it wouldn't be on the relaxer. It's up to the person whether or not they will put base on the scalp. Ya know what I'm sayin'?
 
I have no idea. I'm guessing that the no base is the product that just comes in the jar, you'd probably have to buy the base seperately. But if you get a kit in the box, they always have the base product in the kit.
 
I've seen that too. I thought it meant:

states No base= you don't have to base your scalp
states Base=then basing is recommended

but I don't know what that means about the products ingredients
 
it doesn't mean that. you must always base your scalp.
an example.
hawaiian silky relaxer comes in lye and no-lye versions. on the jar the lye versions say no base on them
 
sorry if i amde it confusing.

on the contianer of the mizani relaxer it doesnt say no-base but it is a lye relaxer. that was the part i didnt understand. wat is the difference
 
BASE is just another term for the calcium hydroxide-based relaxers where you need to to mix. I think the activator that you mix into the creme is the BASE.

no-base is the opposite. it contains no calcium hydroxide.

YOU MUST escpecially base your scalp with no-base since they are the harshest on the scalp!!!
 
No base means that the main ingredient isn't sodium hydroxide versus it being made with calcium hyrdoxide or lithium hydroxide. The base is supposed to be more gentle but what I have heard is that hair is more drier due to the calcium deposits in the hair shaft and no amount of hot oil treatments can rectify this. But then again I got this info some time ago and I'm not sure that I'm right.
 
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