Relaxed air dried texture

[charmtreese]

After viewing gym's air dried pic's and noticing how my own relaxed hair responds to air drying, I was wondering how much of your texture should remain after a relaxer?

Here is a pic of my air dried relaxed hair 10 weeks post. I consider myself relaxed not texlaxed.

http://public.fotki.com/Charmtreese...reams_of_bsl/april-08-june-08-ne/1000040.html

(if someone could paste the pic to this thread I would greatly appreciate it)


Does the amount of texture remaining after a relaxer tells you if you are texed or not?

Or is it the amount of time the relaxer stays on, regardless of the texture afterwards?

Currently I only touch-up 2-3 times a year with a lye relaxer at the salon, previous to that I was doing my own re-touches at home and I always underprocessed (I wouldn't even call that mess I was doing texing), however not intentionally.

To get a clearer picture of what air dried relaxed hair looks like can some 4(somethings) post your air dried relaxed hair pic's? THANKS!!!

 

[Whimsy]

i'm not sure if there is a certain specific percentage of relaxation that makes you texed or relaxed.... but your hair looks relaxed vs texed (in my opinion)

 

[curlcomplexity]

My natural texture is 4a

Although, you really can't tell, I do still have a little wave to my hair when wet...however, I would still consider myself relaxed and not texturized. The pics are from last year.

 

[curlcomplexity]

Macherieamour has pics of her airdried hair in the 'No Heat Challenge' as well. She's a 4 type as well.

 

[Angelicus]

That's what my hair looks like when I air-dry it.

 

[charmtreese]

Whimsy-okay, so how do people determined if they are texlaxed rather than relaxed? I feel that my hair is relaxed normally, however this week was the first time that I air dried since being relaxed.

Qtslim83- I see, does it curl up at all or only waves?

Anky- and you're just plain ol'relaxed. Right?


Thanks ladies for your help!

 

[JustKiya]

After viewing gym's air dried pic's and noticing how my own relaxed hair responds to air drying, I was wondering how much of your texture should remain after a relaxer?

Here is a pic of my air dried relaxed hair 10 weeks post. I consider myself relaxed not texlaxed.

http://public.fotki.com/Charmtreese...reams_of_bsl/april-08-june-08-ne/1000040.html

(if someone could paste the pic to this thread I would greatly appreciate it)

 

[curlcomplexity]

Whimsy-okay, so how do people determined if they are texlaxed rather than relaxed? I feel that my hair is relaxed normally, however this week was the first time that I air dried since being relaxed.

Qtslim83- I see, does it curl up at all or only waves?

Anky- and you're just plain ol'relaxed. Right?


Thanks ladies for your help!

Hi! It's just waves, no curls

 

[gymfreak336]

Charm, I think we are cousins

I think the degree of curl left is what makes you texlaxed or just "relaxed straight". I personally say relaxed straight because when you wet my hair, it falls completely silky straight. When I was more texlaxed, I actually had less pronounced wave and even when my hair was sopping wet, it didn't feel the same.

 

[Angelicus]

Anky- and you're just plain ol'relaxed. Right?

I am one of the few people that believe that when you put a relaxer on your hair, you're relaxed, regardless of how long you had it on. My hair just can't get straight. I hope that answers your question. HHG!

 

[ladylibra]

I think the degree of curl left is what makes you texlaxed or just "relaxed straight". I personally say relaxed straight because when you wet my hair, it falls completely silky straight. When I was more texlaxed, I actually had less pronounced wave and even when my hair was sopping wet, it didn't feel the same.

ITA. when i was "relaxed" my hair was never straight when wet... it still had a strong wave pattern just like it does now when my natural hair is sopping wet. since joining hairboards, i would consider myself "texlaxed" if i were still using those chems on my hair. i know very few people IRL who relax and have this problem... most of them have straight hair when wet and maybe a wave or curl here and there when it airdries.

 

[charmtreese]

Thanks ladies!!!

Anymore relaxed 4 (something) wet hair pic's....

 

[MAMATO]

ITA. when i was "relaxed" my hair was never straight when wet... it still had a strong wave pattern just like it does now when my natural hair is sopping wet. since joining hairboards, i would consider myself "texlaxed" if i were still using those chems on my hair. i know very few people IRL who relax and have this problem... most of them have straight hair when wet and maybe a wave or curl here and there when it airdries.

So do I. Even though I've been relaxing my head from root to tip for years, I still have a big curly poof when I airdry. I will never do that anymore since it seems to be a NO NO for healthy hair. But still I guess I'll have to leave with it in order to cut on the heat. Whenever I hear natural hair people saying that relaxed heads can't wear puff, I am like I like my curls, but the thickness

 

[nymane]

Interesting...when I air dry I don't have any wave or curl pattern (only my nearly 5 months of ng has coils/waves) so I guess I'm bone straight

 

[Chaosbutterfly]

I think you're relaxed straight...I'm relaxed straight, and my hair never air dries straight. It's almost straight when wet, and if I let it air dry without stretching it, it gets puffy and frizzy, with lots of waves. I don't have a closeup of the texture, but I guess the picture gives a general idea of what it looks like.

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

Sorry my pics are too small

 

[exoticmommie]

My hair is very textured. And I am not texlaxed, as in I follow the time directions, and I never get bone straight, and I personally like it. My hair is wavy/kinda curly when air dried.

wet shot

and old air dried shot.

 

[ccd]

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[nymane]

I think you're relaxed straight...I'm relaxed straight, and my hair never air dries straight. It's almost straight when wet, and if I let it air dry without stretching it, it gets puffy and frizzy, with lots of waves. I don't have a closeup of the texture, but I guess the picture gives a general idea of what it looks like.

My hair looks something like that...it definitely gets frizzy/puffy...but I don't have any coil/curl/wave definition

 

[MizzCoco]

My hair never dries straight. My ends were relaxed by a beautician, so i know I was fully processed. This pic shows my hair just about dry, I'm not really sure of my texture though, sorry its such a big pic...