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Thank you! I was like hmm ok smoothness. I used your heat protectant today and just a hair hotter temp which I guess I need to accept my hair is a touch thicker than I want to believe.
Congrats on your progress! Which heat protectant did you use?Thank you! I was like hmm ok smoothness. I used your heat protectant today and just a hair hotter temp which I guess I need to accept my hair is a touch thicker than I want to believe.
How are you applying/ sectioning your hair? Are you looking for bone straight hair?Hello... I hope you can help me.
I am trying to relax my 3b hair, but so far I was unsuccessful. It just won't take the relaxer.
I tried many different products for 15 years now (always with many months/years in between so the hair won't get processed twice), but nothing works.
It tried japanese straightenging like yuko, liscio or chi, I tried brazilian blowout, I tried keratin complex, and mostly, I tried many different relaxers from different brands and with normal and super strength. I had it done in saloons, I even had it done by professionals which do the schoolings for international saloons, I also tried it myself, following all the instructions closely.
I tried leaving the relaxers on for 15, for 20, even for 30 or 45 minutes, even for one hour! Zero effect.
The hair won't get straight at all. It also does not get damaged... it is if I had not put on any relaxer at all.
But the thing is - I KNOW it works, even on my hair!
Because the first time ever I tried straightening my hair, the shop where I had it done used a relaxer, and it worked like a charm. It was gorgeous!
It lasted for several months before reverting, and I had the best hair time of my life!
Unfortunately, the shop where I had it done closed down, so I never could ask what product they used.
So what can I do?
I think the only thing I have NOT tried so far are lye-relaxers (I only used no-lye).
Could this do the trick?
BTW, my hair seems to have low porosity, according to the water glass and water spraying tests...
How are you applying/ sectioning your hair? Are you looking for bone straight hair?
I have used lye and no lye and both get the hair pretty straight with technique.
Hello... I hope you can help me.
I am trying to relax my 3b hair, but so far I was unsuccessful. It just won't take the relaxer.
I tried many different products for 15 years now (always with many months/years in between so the hair won't get processed twice), but nothing works.
It tried japanese straightenging like yuko, liscio or chi, I tried brazilian blowout, I tried keratin complex, and mostly, I tried many different relaxers from different brands and with normal and super strength. I had it done in saloons, I even had it done by professionals which do the schoolings for international saloons, I also tried it myself, following all the instructions closely.
I tried leaving the relaxers on for 15, for 20, even for 30 or 45 minutes, even for one hour! Zero effect.
The hair won't get straight at all. It also does not get damaged... it is if I had not put on any relaxer at all.
But the thing is - I KNOW it works, even on my hair!
Because the first time ever I tried straightening my hair, the shop where I had it done used a relaxer, and it worked like a charm. It was gorgeous!
It lasted for several months before reverting, and I had the best hair time of my life!
Unfortunately, the shop where I had it done closed down, so I never could ask what product they used.
So what can I do?
I think the only thing I have NOT tried so far are lye-relaxers (I only used no-lye).
Could this do the trick?
BTW, my hair seems to have low porosity, according to the water glass and water spraying tests...
Are you sure you got a relaxer? A relaxer is permanent. It doesn't revert after several months.
The wash day before you relax matters in that you want to only use lighter weight leave ins/ oils to minimize interference. Silicones are a very effective barrier so may be just use argan oil in the days leading up to the relaxer.Yes I'm looking for bone straight hair... but I would welcome ANY improvement. Only, it does not do a thing.
Do you have any recommendations for applying/sectioning, what is your technique?![]()
The wash day before you relax matters in that you want to only use lighter weight leave ins/ oils to minimize interference. Silicones are a very effective barrier so may be just use argan oil in the days leading up to the relaxer.
For the relaxer process:
Essentially I prepart very thin, see through wide sections and lightly twist/ clip them with small clips (my hair sucks at staying twisted in this state but you only need them through your first round of smoothing). I don’t go for bone straight so I deliberately add conditioner and oil (although I don’t think a little oil slows it down much).
The thin, see through sections accomplish several things, the speed at which you can apply the relaxers and the speed at which you can go through and smooth your hair. I do it to get a consistent texture but it would definitely be needed to get the hair bone straight. I start with my crown section first and work my way either up or down depending on how my hair feels and to switch up the direction. Apply relaxer on both sides of the section as you go. The new growth should be fully saturated with product for every section. Be generous.
If I were to go for bone straight I would still add my olaplex no.1 but the main difference is smoothing and probably making sure I do the half and half method (relaxing half your head at a time - necessary if you stretch for long times/ 3+ inches of ng imo). Apply the relaxer to the targeted half of your hair in about 6 minutes (if you have your thin sections done you should be able to meet this timeline). Then the most important part is smoothing. Wherever you started, start to smooth those thin sections with a back of a comb or your gloved fingers. Smooth the sections you applied relaxer to in about 4 minutes. You should be able to smooth two more times for a total of 18 minutes which is the max time for most relaxers. If the one you like has a bigger number, just add another smoothing round.
Highly recommend using bond building products and protein to some extent if you are going for bone straight because I can foresee a lot of breakage if you are overlapping the relaxer on previously relaxed hair in an effort to get it that straight.
I use affirm lye- I like not having to mix relaxer and no lye is calcium build up prone and tended to make my hair feel drier( a lot more products these days focused on calcium build up though so this probably wouldn’t be a big deal now)
TLDR: prepart very thin see through sections, be generous with the amount of relaxer used and apply & smooth 3+ times within the relaxer window