Relaxed Heads: How many weeks post relaxer are you and when is your next touch up???

[PlanetCybertron]

Almost 3 months? According to my last post. I straight up forgot. Just gonna keep forgetting. For now at least.

Probably going to regret stretching for this long, but I’d like to see a bit of a surprise in length come relaxer time.

 

[Rozlewis]

1 week post.

 

[sunnieb]

2 weeks post.

6 weeks until my final relaxer of the year.

 

[Sanity]

1 hour post! Made it to 10 weeks. Deep conditioning at the moment. Next relaxer is planned for 1/24/19

 

[11228]

Pre-parted my hair and detangled the night before touch - up tomorrow at 11 weeks post.

 

[11228]

If you ain't pre-parting before relaxing, you missing out! It took me about an hour to part, oil, and twist all my hair, but it was so worth it.

I don't have to pre-part my currently short hair, but I will be back to parting in a year or so.

Here's how my twists used to look:
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My pre-part inspiration right here

 

[sunnieb]

My pre-part inspiration right here

I wish I could remember the member who told me about this! She changed my self-relaxing life!

 

[LushLox]

1 week post.

Roz have you received your Airwrap yet? I ordered mine, I should be getting it by Tuesday. Call me crazy lol

 

[LushLox]

10 weeks post. I’ll try and get through November but I’m not forcing it.

I need to buy another Affirm relaxer set as I’ve run out.

 

[sunnieb]

3 weeks post and relaxing in 5 weeks.

 

[Sosoothing]

6 weeks post.
Anywhere from 2 to 6 more weeks to go.

 

[Rozlewis]

Roz have you received your Airwrap yet? I ordered mine, I should be getting it by Tuesday. Call me crazy lol

@LushLox I ordered through QVC and now I am on the waitlist so it has not shipped yet. If it does not ship within 45 days they will cancel my order and I will order directly from Dyson. QVC has 6 easy pays so it made the cost more palatable.

 

[LushLox]

@LushLox I ordered through QVC and now I am on the waitlist so it has not shipped yet. If it does not ship within 45 days they will cancel my order and I will order directly from Dyson. QVC has 6 easy pays so it made the cost more palatable.

I bought via UK QVC, we only get four easy pays though.

I will just try it right through November and December, if I don’t like every aspect of it I will return it in January.

 

[Rozlewis]

I bought via UK QVC, we only get four easy pays though.

I will just try it right through November and December, if I don’t like every aspect of it I will return it in January.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. I am also researching the RevAir. It looks tempting.

 

[secretdiamond]

I'm 3.5 weeks post

 

[Ayesha81]

My hair was looking dull so I clarified this weekend with Redken cleansing cream clarifying shampoo. I let the 2nd lather sit in my hair while I showered then conditioned with Biolage conditioning balm. My hair is shiny soft and full of body.

 

[SpiceUpMyHair]

1.5 weeks post.

 

[MzSwift]

Wow! Six weeks post already! The time sure has flown by. I plan to relax at the end of December.

 

[BrEE]

Last relaxer was in June. Revair has been awesome in helping me stretch.

 

[Rozlewis]

Last relaxer was in June. Revair has been awesome in helping me stretch.

@BrEE Can you give a review? How often do you use it?

 

[BrEE]

@BrEE Can you give a review? How often do you use it?

Drying my hair takes 15-20 minutes instead of an hour now. It's such an easy process. Just section it in big chunks and put it into the contraption. I can tell it's much healthier than using a blow dryer because my hair doesn't feel hot to touch afterwards. And it stretches the new growth. So, it's like doing a blowout without the damage and all the time it normally takes.

This is my second time using it. I usually wash my hair once a week but would slack sometimes because drying my hair under my pibbs would take too long and air drying would get my pillows and clothing wet. Revair is a nice alternative

 

[Royalq]

Have you tried pre-parting your hair into twists the night before? I learned it from @sunnieb and it has changed my life! Even when I stretch for 7-8 months, the relaxing process is so much faster!

Like this:
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I’ve even done it a few days prior and just rocked a wig or scarf until my relaxer day.

Maybe I should try this. I think I do my parts too skinny for fear of missing a spot. My touch up days are such a chore. I'm really debating about letting a stylist do it.

 

[sunnieb]

4 weeks post today.

 

[MzSwift]

Maybe I should try this. I think I do my parts too skinny for fear of missing a spot. My touch up days are such a chore. I'm really debating about letting a stylist do it.

You should totally try it! You can part as small or as big as you want.

I’ll be honest, the pre-parting takes longer than the actual relaxing process. But that’s because I’m finger detangling, basing my scalp and pre-treating my hair with conditioner, oil and vaseline before twisting. It’s so worth it though because I’m better able to control my relaxer process (super quick application, how long I process and smoothing) and get the results I want. Anyway, I just sit on the couch and catch up on a show while I do it.

Some ladies just apply the protection treatment over the hair after it has been twisted. Some don’t use a treatment at all. Do whatever feels most comfortable for you. GL!

 

[LushLox]

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. I am also researching the RevAir. It looks tempting.

Dyson Airwrap

As you would expect of a premium tool of this price range it is beautifully presented, as well as the tools themselves, high quality materials.

The base where the handle is, is surprisingly lightweight, I was concerned initially that it may be cumbersome to hold, but no it was very easy to use in that respect.

The brush: I got the Smooth and Control kit and the brush does feel quite firm it will really smooth out textured hair quite nicely without the high heat. If I choose to keep the set, I may buy the softer bristle brush which is available to buy separately but I just think it will be more gentle on my fine hair strands. It’s not going to give you flat iron results but it really does seem to smooth the hair strand down and minimise frizz.

The curling barrels: I only used the the smaller size and I found the immediate observations:-

It feels quite hot on the scalp, certainly using it at the higher heat level which for black hair you would need to, I would think, but in doing so, it is going to feel uncomfortable at times on the scalp. I notice no one mentions this in any of the demonstrations lol. They’ll be a lot of people returning the item just for this alone but I can manage it okay.

Because it blows so much hot air it’s important (in my opinion) that a) you section the hair before curling and b) you pin up each curl as you make your curl, otherwise you’re just going to make a mess of your freshly curled hair.

The curling barrels are not going to maintain a curl on highly textured hair, it's just not.

On my 10 week post hair this didn’t look that great, my hair however, was soft, silky and volumised but the curls didn’t hold that well but I will try it a few more times before I make up my mind.

In conclusion this Airwrap is going to take a lot of trial and error before you can perfect the look. I think it will look really nice on hair from 0-8 weeks post, but what about the rest of the time?

I love the volume it gives my hair, it does make your hair look like you went into a salon for a professional blow dry. But I'm not sure it's enough, I'll be using it on my freshly relaxed hair and checking the difference.

 

[sunnieb]

Been sick again for the last week!

5 weeks post today and my hair is hanging on. I don't think I have the energy to dc tonight, but I'll cowash to stay on track.

 

[CICI24]

I'm 2 days post relaxer and I switched to a no-lye relaxer.

 

[outspokenwallflower]

Almost 2 weeks post (Nov 8th).

 

[LushLox]

0 days post. Just finished my touch up earlier after 12 weeks.

Affirm relaxer still doing the business for me.

 

[Sosoothing]

9 weeks post. Any day now. Bought relaxer yesterday. I will be using Motions mild lye for the very first time.