Relaxed Hair Thread
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NGraceO
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pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
Only been a week & Im tired of this sewin already. Now I remember why I wore wigs instead.
ckisland
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I figured out how to air dry!!!!!!!!! 
Yesterday I cleansed, DC'd, and applied 4 layers of protection 
. First, I sprayed Aphogee Green Tea, applied GF Sleek & Shine from root to end, then applied GF Damage Eraser leave-in to the last half of my hair, and sealed everything with pomade. My hair was in 2 sections that I split into 4, doing one side completely before moving to the other side. I tied a scarf over the front of my head, and used 2 ponytail holders to loosely band. When I took it down after it was 97% dry, I was like Hot Dog 
!!!! Soft, smooth hair with flat edges!! Whodat?!! If I was wearing my hair down, I would have been happy wearing it as is!
halfindian , Thank you for giving me the style I will be wearing tomorrow!! I love it
Yesterday I cleansed, DC'd, and applied 4 layers of protection . First, I sprayed Aphogee Green Tea, applied GF Sleek & Shine from root to end, then applied GF Damage Eraser leave-in to the last half of my hair, and sealed everything with pomade. My hair was in 2 sections that I split into 4, doing one side completely before moving to the other side. I tied a scarf over the front of my head, and used 2 ponytail holders to loosely band. When I took it down after it was 97% dry, I was like Hot Dog !!!! Soft, smooth hair with flat edges!! Whodat?!! If I was wearing my hair down, I would have been happy wearing it as is! halfindian , Thank you for giving me the style I will be wearing tomorrow!! I love it
NGraceO
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Girl, yes. I get so much satisfaction from ripping this thing off my head every night.
Sorry you're sick of it already. Hopefully you'll find something to spice it up.
NGraceO
halfindian
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I did my flattwist bun!!! Buuuuut I am not happy with how much hair I lost.
Oh no. I did mine in the shower after removing the tangles. If I had to do it on dry hair I would not touch a comb or brush but apply product and style. Also, I realize when doing cornrows or flat twists sometimes the hair gets stuck in your fingers and rips if you are not careful. One way I avoid that is to hold my hair loosely so it has a place to pass through when I'm moving my hand and my hair about. Another thing I have noticed is that if your hand has no product it feels like the hair is pulling on it when styling. Hope you don't mark this one as a fail. I'm still wearing mine. Left it in and tied every night. All I do on mornings, take down my tie, moisturise ends and the top, and style. Yesterday I wore a loose ponytail. Not sure what I'll do today. Just trying to avoid tangles till tomorrow when I get my relaxer done.
Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
I figured out how to air dry!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad you found a method that works. Nothing is better than that.
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pre_medicalrulz
It Always Been About Hair!
I found Malaysian body wave. I will be taking this week old brazilian straight sewin out & replacing it with the Malaysian. Hopefully its less maintenance.
gabulldawg
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Planning to touch up my sides/back this evening (pixie). Nothing like a fresh touch up. I need to start keeping track of when I relax my hair. I usually go off of how it looks or if it starts sticking up. I think it's been at least 3 weeks since I last touched up.
coolsista-paris
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beautiful. this is also what i fo when i take a rest from buns. no stress on the hair and the style is chic ;-)
coolsista-paris
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I figured out how to air dry!!!!!!!!!
great for you! im still looking for a way to lakr ly air dried hair soft, moidturized.... it feels dry when its completely dried :-( not moisturized enough is how it feels. like the moisture just evaporates...
what is gf? garnier fructis??
Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
ckisland
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Ladies, I just wanted to say that ya'll are awesome (especially coolsista-paris Saludable84 ) and I could not have found a better group of ladies to go through this part of my journey with . But relaxing is just not for me . I keep having the itch to cut off my relaxed hair and TWA it again, but I know that that would make me unhappy 
. So I've decided to go see a loctician and finally loc this bad boy up for my 26th birthday 
in March.
. But relaxing is just not for me . I keep having the itch to cut off my relaxed hair and TWA it again, but I know that that would make me unhappy . So I've decided to go see a loctician and finally loc this bad boy up for my 26th birthday in March.
coolsista-paris
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ive been using giovanni direct leave in.
i dont know what steps to use in order to keep my hair moisturized.
coolsista-paris
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Ladies, I just wanted to say that ya'll are awesome (especially coolsista-paris Saludable84 ) and I could not have found a better group of ladies to go through this part of my journey with
awwwwwww im gonna miss you then!
but cool if you have found what you want. dont forget the pics!!!! i wanna see. make those nice cute neat ones . you can then bang some sophisticated hairstyles with them!
ive had that thought again this week "should i just chop or transition)?
im still experementing.... 2 months post relaxer.
ckisland
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coolsista-parisawwwwwww im gonna miss you then!
but cool if you have found what you want. dont forget the pics!!!! i wanna see. make those nice cute neat ones . you can then bang some sophisticated hairstyles with them!
ive had that thought again this week "should i just chop or transition)?
im still experementing.... 2 months post relaxer.
Oh I ain't rolling out of here yet
!! I love it in here, and I wasn't suppose to be doing a touch up until March anyway. Until I start the locing process, my hair's still relaxed 
.You said you're still having trouble airdrying. The step that I was missing was sealing with a pomade. I used a little one day because I wanted my hair to smell good, and my hair ended up so soft all day. Oil does not do the trick like it did with my natural hair. Grease has a similar thickness and texture, acts like pomade but is potentially a even better sealant. And you don't need much of course. I guess I use a penny -nickel size amount one each half of my hair.
Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
There is no direct order. My hair just happens to like to be a little damp before adding a leave-in then I usually use oil. Like ckisland said, a pomade can help too. I have used a pomade with much success and they do work but I have only used Hairveda almond pomade and it was really nice. You don't need a lot though.
To ckisland, so sad to see you go but please update on your loc journey. I actually wanted to get locs when I first started my journey and didn't because many people had ill feelings towards it. I let them persuade me not too.
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mschristine
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This cold weather has me looking real homely lately...I'm having a hard time keeping this hair hydrated
Saludable84
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NGraceO
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I feel you. I had to add a midweek cowash because of this. And I too, have been rocking my satin bonnet (under my wig
) for two days. Lol NGraceO
halfindian
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tapioca_pudding
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Trying to decide which relaxer to use next. So many choices... I prefer lye because no-lye made my hair feel so dry. I want to be closer to bone straight than texlaxed. Gotta do some research, but I have time (still 3 weeks away). Sent from my iPad using LHCF
ETA I may just stretch until I feel like its getting too hard. Im not really having a hard time managing the two textures right now. I wanted to relax at 12 weeks but Im thinking I can make it to 15 or so. We shall see. I think I need to be one of those ladies who relax as needed, not on schedule.
ETA I may just stretch until I feel like its getting too hard. Im not really having a hard time managing the two textures right now. I wanted to relax at 12 weeks but Im thinking I can make it to 15 or so. We shall see. I think I need to be one of those ladies who relax as needed, not on schedule.
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ckisland
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Today I'm 6 weeks post . I have new growth, but I notice no difference between now and my first week 
. I just took my hair down after having my flattwist bun in for 4 days. My hair is still soft and moisturized!!! I'm really surprised because, when I was natural, PSing left my hair and ends crispy 
. I'm super pleased because I hadn't done a single thing to it!
. I have new growth, but I notice no difference between now and my first week . I just took my hair down after having my flattwist bun in for 4 days. My hair is still soft and moisturized!!! I'm really surprised because, when I was natural, PSing left my hair and ends crispy . I'm super pleased because I hadn't done a single thing to it!
NGraceO
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During a frustrating detangling session on my 23 week post hair as I prepared to henna on Friday, I hastily decided to go ahead and relax the next day.
I was too thru, So I self texlaxed yesterday. Some parts came out a little more underprocessed than desired, but I am still learning. This was my third touch up since I joined the texlaxed community November 2012.
Loving these smooth roots. I don't think I'm down for stretching that long anymore, though. I'm gonna try doing every 10-12 weeks and see how that works for me...
NGraceO
I was too thru, So I self texlaxed yesterday. Some parts came out a little more underprocessed than desired, but I am still learning. This was my third touch up since I joined the texlaxed community November 2012.
Loving these smooth roots. I don't think I'm down for stretching that long anymore, though. I'm gonna try doing every 10-12 weeks and see how that works for me...
NGraceO
ckisland
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halfindian , Your hair's so smooth!!! It looks really good
Saludable84
Better Late Than Ugly
As much as I don't feel like it, I'll be ending my stretch in February at 20 weeks. Glad I made it though. With that record, ill be relaxing maybe 3 times this year.
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