Relaxed Hair Thread

[MzSwift]

@ItsMeLilLucky

Purty!! Did you get it colored or is that your natural color?

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

@ItsMeLilLucky

Purty!! Did you get it colored or is that your natural color?

Thanks love! I colored it before I went back texlaxed in June. My natural color is like a 1b. It looks acceptable straight, but when it’s natural it looks dirty

 

[sunnieb]

@Wenbev you got this! Stay consistent and keep your eyes on the prize! I'm at NL right now, so I understand.

@ItsMeLilLucky cute cut, color, and feathering!

 

[sunnieb]

My Ulta order is here! I swear these BOGO sales are taking what little extra money I have!

However, my hair is high maintenance and that's that. I'm trying a couple of Redken products - Extreme Anti-Snap leave-in treatment and Extreme Length Sealer.

I'm serious about keeping what I grow!

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

My Ulta order is here! I swear these BOGO sales are taking what little extra money I have!

However, my hair is high maintenance and that's that. I'm trying a couple of Redken products - Extreme Anti-Snap leave-in treatment and Extreme Length Sealer.

I'm serious about keeping what I grow!

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Luckily I’m moving so I can’t indulge I wanna try some Redken products too, tell me how it goes for you.

You grow girl!

 

[Sosoothing]

My Ulta order is here! I swear these BOGO sales are taking what little extra money I have!

However, my hair is high maintenance and that's that. I'm trying a couple of Redken products - Extreme Anti-Snap leave-in treatment and Extreme Length Sealer.

I'm serious about keeping what I grow!

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Nice!
I really like the anti-snap. Let me know what you think about the length sealer.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Does anybody wear their hair straight and out? I’m tryna see something.

No really, I got my hair straightened and I really like the ease of it. I’m debating on if I wanna continue on this path.

 

[Lymegreen]

I do but when I do it’s half up half down.

 

[MzSwift]

Does anybody wear their hair straight and out? I’m tryna see something.

No really, I got my hair straightened and I really like the ease of it. I’m debating on if I wanna continue on this path.

I think you should go for it!
Lots of ladies did that growing up. I think if you stay up on your DCing, moisture/protein and sleeping on silk/satin, you can do it!

There was a relaxed hair spotlight on a lady I posted waay back and she said she doesn't PS either. She just keeps up on those things I mentioned. She has pretty hair too. I have to search my posts to find her and then I'll post the link again.

 

[MzSwift]

Here's the lady -- I think.

http://www.hairliciousinc.com/2015/07/loving-my-relaxed-hair-presents.html

ETA another one of her pics.

She doesn't believe in being a slave to PSing and she either blow dry and flat irons or rollersets to dry her hair after her weekly/biweekly cowash and DC. She credits EVCO as her hair's champion but it seems to me that keeping her regi simple and CONSISTENT was the key. Technique vs product. Cowashing vs using a more drying cleansing method. Also, she says uses a moisturizing DC every time she DCs. Her hair is beautiful.

I saw lots of progress w that technique as well, except I credited my progress to constant PSing. I may have been wrong about that. It may have been CONSISTENTLY doing my weekly moisturizing cleansing and DCing. I'm working my way back to that.

 

[MzSwift]

I'mma just go ahead and re-post these again. I got re-inspired just looking through these!!!

C'mon LHCF relaxed ladies, we can do this!!

http://www.hairliciousinc.com/2015/08/loving-my-relaxed-hair-presents-lawrene.html

http://www.hairliciousinc.com/2015/09/loving-my-relaxed-hair-presents-lakevia.html

http://www.hairliciousinc.com/2015/03/loving-my-relaxed-hair-presents-rebecca.html


This progress is still AMAZING!!

http://www.hairliciousinc.com/2015/06/loving-my-relaxed-hair-presents.html

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

@MzSwift Thanks so much! I’m so happy that you found the post for me.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I have so many freaking layers *facepalm* and my hair has already reverted

I put it in two braids and put a scarf on my head until I can figure out what I wanna do next.

 

[MzSwift]

I did another Moremo water protein tx again today. My hair still smelled good from the one I did last week! I think I like getting extra protein this way. Time will tell if my hair loves it. Guess I should take pictures or something, but my hair isn't loose so it's harder to see its effects.

 

[MzSwift]

Oh, I've also been sleeping in a baggied bun. We've got 4 more months left in this year. I'm hoping to have some good retention at the EOTY.

 

[Meritamen]

I was so trying to grow my natural hair out to get another Gina Curl, but I am so fed up with my short 4b hair that I'm even ready to relax!

The things I learn from this board. I have never heard of the Gina curl before. It looks so pretty. What did you think of it last time you had it done?

 

[11228]

Does anybody wear their hair straight and out? I’m tryna see something.

No really, I got my hair straightened and I really like the ease of it. I’m debating on if I wanna continue on this path.

I have worn my hair out a fair amount this summer. I reason that if I can't let my hair down every now and again, then there is no point in growing it long

 

[MzSwift]

I have worn my hair out a fair amount this summer. I reason that if I can't let my hair down every now and again, then there is no point in growing it long

I'm thinking about doing that this fall. The only issue I have is that when my hair is out, I struggle with how to protect it from damage.

 

[MzSwift]

So in looking back at the healthy hair practices of the long haired LHCF relaxed ladies of Christmas Past, LOL, I'm finding a common practice of only stretching 12-16 weeks at a time. A few outliers were doing 20 weeks stretches. Those who did longer stretches were those who stayed under wigs, weaves or braids.

I tend to only relax twice a year and I don't think I'm seeing any adverse effects but I wonder if I'm not reaching my potential because I'm dealing with lots of new growth most of the time. I would like to see if I can maintain long hair without having to constantly PS. But last year I saw so much progress using crochet styles. I typically retain very well by doing mini braids for months at a time. But they make me hair lazy. And now, the longer my hair gets, the more time consuming those are to put in and take down.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

I need to find something for my ends. My beloved HBCO doesn’t seem to work as well on my ends as it does on my new growth. Ends feel kinda dry. Also, that man hacked the **** out of the back of my hair. It’s like the old school 90’s black woman mullet. Note to self: only let them wash and straighten. This **** is truly unfortunate af. I gotta laugh to keep from crying. Now I just wanna hide in a protective style for a few months until I recover

 

[PlanetCybertron]

Does anybody wear their hair straight and out? I’m tryna see something.

No really, I got my hair straightened and I really like the ease of it. I’m debating on if I wanna continue on this path.

I wear my hair out occasionally. But I’m like hyper focused on my hair most of the time, so I limit myself to what I call “down passes” ergo, I allow myself 2-3 times out of the year to have my hair down, and it’s usually in conjunction with a heat pass, meaning I’ve also straightened my hair that day too.

I’d say if you find ease in it, by all means go for it. Only reason I keep my hair pretty much up constantly is because my hair will snag on anything and everything if given the opportunity. My ends are very grabby just because of how long and old they are, and the fact that I don’t trim currently.

I always feel so excited and happy when I first go about my day with straightened hair, by the time I’m heading home my hair is up in a bun and I’m irritated and frustrated because I’m remembering everything my hair snagged on, or how many times it tangled up and I’m just like “definitely not doing this again for a while”

But eventually as time passes I get excited to wear it straight again.

 

[PlanetCybertron]

I have so many freaking layers *facepalm* and my hair has already reverted

I put it in two braids and put a scarf on my head until I can figure out what I wanna do next.

I can so relate to this too.

I’m always staring at my hair in the mirror after wash days because I’ve legit never had or experienced a somewhat even length of hair.

If and when my benign obsession with seeing how long my hair can possibly get ever subsides I’ll probably be trying to see how well I can keep up having mostly a blunt cut or at least the majority of hair at one even length.

Only upside to layers is that buns secure easily for me, and my twists manage to stay without me needing an embarrassing amount of holding butter or gel.

 

[Fotchygirl]

@MzSwift thank you for the inspirational pics, I needed it. I have been going through a hard time with my hair, it started growing then breaking because of negligence from me. The scalp eczema is also not making things easy for me and I feel discouraged when I see friends who came behind me having longer hair than mine just because their scalps have no problems. If I remember clearly my hair was growing when I used to wash it twice in a week, I will go back to doing that starting from today. I will give updates for accountability.

 

[MzSwift]

@Fotchygirl

That sounds like a plan! You can do it!!

And to me, that's the best way to build a regi that you can be consistent with - making one small, simple change at a time. It keeps me from getting overwhelmed.

 

[MzSwift]

I need to find something for my ends. My beloved HBCO doesn’t seem to work as well on my ends as it does on my new growth. Ends feel kinda dry. Also, that man hacked the **** out of the back of my hair. It’s like the old school 90’s black woman mullet. Note to self: only let them wash and straighten. This **** is truly unfortunate af. I gotta laugh to keep from crying. Now I just wanna hide in a protective style for a few months until I recover

I think @sunnieb just posted about an end sealer product. I have been sealing my ends more heavily as well since reading about my texlax idol, Isis, on here. She used Vaseline or an end sealer product. Some ladies also use grease (Blue Magic, etc), shea butter or a butter mix.

For reference, here's Isis's gorgeous texlaxed 4b hair.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

@MzSwift Thanks love! I have some Shea and I’m gonna try it on my ends.

 

[Britt]

Hairlicious hair still amazes me... I swear I see her hair pics and just wonder how. I know she details her regimen and I'm sure I've read it in the past quite a few times but it's like an entirely different hair of hair. What amazes me is the thickness and density!!!!! Good lord. Her thickness and density is unreal to me! Even as a a natural my hair is not high density at all. It just appears more full because it's natural.

12-16 week touch ups seem to be the sweet spot for stretches.

 

[MzSwift]

Hairlicious hair still amazes me... I swear I see her hair pics and just wonder how. I know she details her regimen and I'm sure I've read it in the past quite a few times but it's like an entirely different hair of hair. What amazes me is the thickness and density!!!!! Good lord. Her thickness and density is unreal to me! Even as a a natural my hair is not high density at all. It just appears more full because it's natural.

12-16 week touch ups seem to be the sweet spot for stretches.

Yes! Her hair is droolworthy! Even when she has it fully straight.

I'm in the same boat, sis, I don't have her density and most of my strands are baby fine. When I was natural, my hair's density was not on that level.

 

[Britt]

Yes! Her hair is droolworthy! Even when she has it fully straight.

I'm in the same boat, sis, I don't have her density and most of my strands are baby fine. When I was natural, my hair's density was not on that level.

Ditto to all of this.
Her hair is off the charts.

 

[MzSwift]

I was up all night washing, DCing (protein + moisture) and rebraiding my plaits. Then I twisted my plaits in a flat twist crown around my head. Now I'm wigging it. I pinned it on using the thinner hair pins instead of bobby pins which hurt my head so much. I plan to keep it on for 1-2 weeks then wash, DC, rebraid and wig again.

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OH, I pulled down a patch from my nape and it's WL. So happy to do that with texlaxed hair! Now, time to get the other layers down there. Still no length goal. Just trying to nail down a simple regi that I can keep up even when I'm lazy and that will help me retain length.