Tracy and all colored girls HELP!

[soaries]

Thanks to Tracy I have suffered NO damage with my highlights. Here is my problem, I wanted to space my color and relaxer at least four weeks apart. I called to my an appointment only to find out I should have called a month ago. The earliest I can get my color done is the 28 of June. Well I am leaving for Florida on the 10th of July. I want to look cute, but I I don't want to be bald! Is a week apart to close?

 

[Poohbear]

When did u have a relaxer???

 

[soaries]

I haven't yet I usually color then relax.

 

[Lindy]

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sonya said:
I haven't yet I usually color then relax.

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You're supposed to relax first, wait at least 2 weeks, then color.

 

[candibaby]

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Lindy said:
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sonya said:
I haven't yet I usually color then relax.

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You're supposed to relax first, wait at least 2 weeks, then color.

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last year i colored then waited 6 weeks to relax and i turned out fine..

 

[soaries]

Any more input ladies! Either way I go my relaxer and color processes will be 1 week apart. My hair is very thick and healthy should I risk it our should I just slap a little perm around the edges and call it a day. I hear the heat in Florida is going to be a killer, so should I even bother?

 

[Lindy]

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candibaby said:
last year i colored then waited 6 weeks to relax and i turned out fine..

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If you're putting 6 weeks in between, that's fine, but the general rule is to relax first, then color. Putting relaxer on freshly colored hair can be a recipe for disaster.

 

[Poohbear]

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sonya said:
I haven't yet I usually color then relax.

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Why r u worried about going bald??? Did u want to relaxer before u go on vacation???

 

[Huggette]

i think a week apart is too close together. i would get the relaxer and if you just want to freshen up your color use a semi perm color. semi perm colors can even be done on the same day as the relaxer. then when you return from your vacation get your "real" color done.

 

[Dolce_Dawn]

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Lindy said:
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candibaby said:
last year i colored then waited 6 weeks to relax and i turned out fine..

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If you're putting 6 weeks in between, that's fine, but the general rule is to relax first, then color. Putting relaxer on freshly colored hair can be a recipe for disaster.

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You're not supposed to do a chemical process on top of a freshly done chemical process, period. It doesn't matter which goes first; that's why you should wait around 4wks in btwn either process. It doesn't really matter which you do first, just the time in btwn in which you do them.

IMO I would just get it permed: poofy roots in the humidity is so NOT cute!

When I got back from vacation, that's when I would get my highlights. I would NOT under any circumstances relax/color w/in a wk of each other!!!

 

[Poohbear]

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Huggette said:
semi perm colors can even be done on the same day as the relaxer.

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IS THIS TRUE???

 

[Tracy]

Sonya - I think a week isn't enough time.

 

[soaries]

Ok thanks ladies, I will reschedule my color appointment and go for the perm. Thanks a bunch!