Ucha123 said:I pick lye. It leaves my hair with elasticity and body unlike no lye which made my hair bone straight but lifeless and dull.
With lye my hair is not bone straight but I like the texture and makes it easier to stretch relaxer touch ups since they is not an extreme difference between the new growth and previously relaxed hair.
Yup Yup... I got a perm (Affirm Mild Lye) @ a Beauty Parlor and when the stylist washed it out SHE WAS SOOOO AMAZED AT HOW SMOOTH AND SILKY it came out... I guess that was first time doing an Affirm Lye perm... lol... I also have tried Mizani Mild... I alternate between the two.... I dont burn that much because my scalp gets based...Dana03 said:Lye leaves my hair silkier
Before LHCF, I used no lye relaxers. I would always noticed how dry and dull looking my hair was. As soon as I learn the difference between lye/no lye, I made the switch to lye and did a corrective using a lye relaxer (like Shamboosie suggests in his book). My hair has been much silkier ever since
Wow! and you look younger nowI'm a lye girl. I have to admit though that no-lye is the only way I could go bone straight. I used to do that in college, and that's why I ended up cutting the hair and going natural. I wanted natural hair then, and there was no way I was going to have half lye and half no-lye.
And I'm old school, I still use Revlon Realistic Relaxer in Super. I have coarse hair that doesn't straighten easily.
I used ORS no lye which I loved on my hair, but after some disasterous run-ins with a stylist I just have no desire to relax even though I'm 16 wks post. I'm either going to transition to natural, or do a supa long stretch and texlax. Can you go into any BSS ( Sally's for example) and buy lye or do you need a beautician's license? I've seen them online but I'm afraid that I'd get an expired one or something.