Texlaxers Support Thread

Hersheygurl said:
Ms_Twana,

Your hair is pretty! You may be onto something about the dull scissors. You can do more harm than good if you're trimming with a dull pair. You may want to get some new ones.

I'm not sure what's causing the thin ends since you went from natural to texlaxed. My bonelaxed ends look thin next to my thicker texlaxed hair and it's getting harder not to just cut them off. Whenever my ends seem stringy and growth is stalled, I dust with really sharp scissors and it seems to help. As for the different textures not meshing well, I would like help with that as well.

I would love to hear from texlaxed ladies who transitioned from relaxed without doing a BC (especially those with longer lengths). What did you do with your ends?
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Thanks. I think the see through ends are from the breakage, causing the top part to still be thick, but the ends to be thinner. I mean, it's not horrible, but it's enough to take notice. If the scissors are the problem, I can take care of that. But if the different textures are the problem, the only solution I see is to relax bone straight...which I DO NOT want to do!! :ohwell: I don't know.
 
Okay, I thnk I may need to go straighter with my texlaxing, thus removing the oil. I did a touch up on half my head on Wednesday (the first half got wet when I was washing the first half :lol:). I'll probably do the other half on Tuesday. Anyway, I tried to leave the relaxer on my edges and kitchen area a little longer this time (trust me, I need it). I'm looking at my hair now, and you can't even TELL I did a touch up. My edges are frizzy. My kitchen was straight while the relaxer was on it, but at soon as I washed it, it went to frizzy (I guess that's better than nappy :rolleyes: ). I just don't know what to do. Do any of you have this problem?
 
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Hey ladies

Glad I ran across this thread... I'm going through a bit of a hair crisis...:nono: Maybe not That bad, but I digress...

So I had been natural for almost three years in April, (mostly because of a horrible relaxer job done at the salon), and I have always loved my texture, but I REALLY love my hair straight, plus I run 4-5 times a week.

So in April I got a little bored, was roaming the aisles of my local BSS, and Bought a couple boxes of relaxer, and put them in. But I think I texlaxed on accident as I left the cream on for no longer than like 7 minutes.

Here is the dilemma. I'm going back and forth about continuing with the texlax process/vs Bone straight, but I don't want to have to revert to styling my hair daily...

Any thoughts, tips, prayers?

Thanks! :-)
 
anhdds2011 said:
Hey ladies

Glad I ran across this thread... I'm going through a bit of a hair crisis...:nono: Maybe not That bad, but I digress...

So I had been natural for almost three years in April, (mostly because of a horrible relaxer job done at the salon), and I have always loved my texture, but I REALLY love my hair straight, plus I run 4-5 times a week.

So in April I got a little bored, was roaming the aisles of my local BSS, and Bought a couple boxes of relaxer, and put them in. But I think I texlaxed on accident as I left the cream on for no longer than like 7 minutes.

Here is the dilemma. I'm going back and forth about continuing with the texlax process/vs Bone straight, but I don't want to have to revert to styling my hair daily...

Any thoughts, tips, prayers?

Thanks! :-)
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Hmmm....i'm texlaxed myself and I love it so much better....just because my natural texture and my texlax texture mesh well.

What do you mean by styling daily? (co-washing?? flat ironing??)
I co-wash more now that I'm texlax because my new growth post relaxer I can sweat out when its hot....so doing the scarf method lays it flat.
*Flat ironing...i rarely did. Once you straighten your hair being texlaxed, you are good until your next wash unless its humid outside.
 
Hello Ladies,
I've been natural for a year and I want to texturize with the Linage System soon. My problem is I just put a black permanent color in my hair. How long should I wait between the treatments.
Thanks.
 
Bigmommah said:
Have any of you had thoughts of transitioning when you stretch over 12 weeks?
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Yes, I have. My last stretch was 14 weeks and it was also my longest stretch. While I love my natural texture, I learned that I do not have the patience to transition nor deal with two or three different textures of hair.
 
Question: Pls help:

Now that you ladies are texlaxed...what IF you may want to perm later on..will you have to cut the textlaxed ends off THEN perm only the new growth?

...or can you apply the perm over the textlaxed hair?

I want to textlax with phyto but later on if I decide to perm I dont want to have to cut off the textlaxed ends...
 
Lebiya said:
Question: Pls help:

Now that you ladies are texlaxed...what IF you may want to perm later on..will you have to cut the textlaxed ends off THEN perm only the new growth?

...or can you apply the perm over the textlaxed hair?

I want to textlax with phyto but later on if I decide to perm I dont want to have to cut off the textlaxed ends...
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I am texlaxed and have been so for years. But if I wanted straighter hair, I would just leave the relaxer on my NG longer and apply it all the way to the ends. I won't be doing that though 'cuz I love my texlaxed hair! :grin:
 
Bigmommah said:
Have any of you had thoughts of transitioning when you stretch over 12 weeks?
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I'm 22 weeks post now, holding out 'til 24 wks. I've considered transitioning off and on. But, I know I'm going to end up texlaxing so, I'm just stretching. But, we'll see whether I go longer than 6 mos or not. :look:
 
Bigmommah said:
Have any of you had thoughts of transitioning when you stretch over 12 weeks?
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Never...:nono:.

My longest stretch was 15 weeks and transitioning never entered my mind. Texlaxing just gives me so many QUICK & EASY styling options, and I never have to use heat if I want straightened hair.
 
Lebiya said:
Question: Pls help:

Now that you ladies are texlaxed...what IF you may want to perm later on..will you have to cut the textlaxed ends off THEN perm only the new growth?

...or can you apply the perm over the textlaxed hair?

I want to textlax with phyto but later on if I decide to perm I dont want to have to cut off the textlaxed ends...
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I've been texlaxed for almost 3 years now and if I had to cut my texlax ends off because I wanted to perm later, I wouldn't have done in the first place.

If by perm you mean go "bone straight" instead of textured hair, then you can certainly achieve these results with a corrective relaxer, but I wouldn't do it unless you were absolutely sure of what you were doing -- otherwise, I'd seek professional assistance.

However, the point is, I've relaxed previously texturized hair before without any problems, however, it was only to loosen my curl more, not to completely straighten my strands.
 
prospurr4 said:
I am texlaxed and have been so for years. But if I wanted straighter hair, I would just leave the relaxer on my NG longer and apply it all the way to the ends. I won't be doing that though 'cuz I love my texlaxed hair! :grin:
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Cosigning with this entire post except for being texlaxed for years:grin:. I have only been texlaxed for almost 4 months so far this time around. I must admit, I really love my texlaxed hair. I love the wash n go style I can do so easily now - a little light conditioner, a little oil and simply let it airdry.
 
Dang, Aggie. Your hair is beautifully texlaxed! Your curls are poppin. So you say it feels just a little looser than your natural look (which was on an poppin too, mind you)? And you texlaxed the day after you henna'd? Do you think the it would've been more processed without the henna first? I mean, you put oil in the relaxer to slow down the processing but you think the henna further contributed to the result?

I'm taking notes girl. Be clear. :grin: TIA
 
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