No base relaxers?

[JaneBond]

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?

 

[JaneBond]

bump

 

[JaneBond]

ne one

 

[Neen]

I always thought base was the petroleum-like stuff you put on your scalp before applying the relaxer.

 

[JaneBond]

i asked this because in the front of the mizani relaxer it doesnt say no-base. I dont understand that.

 

[spanishteardrops]

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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

 

[Neen]

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'?

 

[skegeesmb]

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.

 

[JaneBond]

on the relaxer it self it doesnt say no-base.

 

[alliyah4eva203]

no base - lye
base - no-lye

 

[kitchen_tician]

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

 

[alliyah4eva203]

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

 

[JaneBond]

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

 

[Integrity]

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!!!

 

[JaneBond]

thnak you

 

[Champagne_Wishes]

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.