Who Does Your Relaxer / Texturizer?

[esoterica]

my mum does mine. i've only been to a salon for a relaxer once in my adult life.

 

[Undefeated Queen]

Me! I go to the salon every once in awhile.

 

[Isis]

I do mine.

 

[Sistaslick]

Me, myself, and I!

 

[karezone]

For the past 3 years I have done all of my touch ups myself except for two that I got done at Leon's beauty school last fall and my most recent touch up

 

[baglady215]

I do, and have pretty much since I was 13.

 

[Mestiza]

One of the LHCF members...

Me!

 

[bluediamond0829]

i go to the salon...i use to do my own....but i figured i was doing more damaged doing it myself...so i decided to start just putting it all in the hands of my hairstylist...and ive been happy since March..and its been growing since..but ive had it cut to keep it short...

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

I do my mine. glad to see ya polls again.

 

[HoneyDew]

I do my own.

 

[KiniKakes]

I go to the Dominican salon.... its $40 for the gentle treatment, no lye relaxer (which I get), and $35 for the lye relaxer.

It would be so nice to do it myself and save that money.... but its also kind of nice going to the salon and getting pampered, so to speak. So I guess laziness wins out in the end.

 

[divya]

My family member - uncle - who is also a hairstylist at a salon.

 

[beana]

my little sistet does it for me.. She does a great job too!

 

[CLASSYEBONYGIRL]

I do my texturizer myself.

 

[Amarech]

doing my own since Jan. 05

doing it correctly and successfully since March 06

Hey classy ebony girl, great pic! Thats how my hair looked when I was texturizing.

 

[tallygirl]

I do my own relaxer.

 

[Hair Peace]

I go to a salon. I tried doing it myself, but I felt like I was doing more harm than good. I only go 3-4 times a year and my stylist does a good job.

 

[Starian]

My Mama. Better than any stylist, too. Plus, you know your own Mama ain't gon mess you up, .

 

[~Nigeria~]

I go to the salon. I've tried it myself and I either under-process spots, over-process spots, or miss spots completely. Sad I know

 

[esoterica]

i can't believe how many people do their own relaxers. i would be scared.

 

[Jbirds1]

For those of you who do relaxers yourself, what do you use to base the scalp? Vaseline? Hair oil?

 

[LovelyLionessa]

For those of you who do relaxers yourself, what do you use to base the scalp? Vaseline? Hair oil?

For my last touch up, the night before I oiled my scalp with Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal oil. On the day of the touch up, I used Softee Coconut grease to base my scalp. My relaxer did not burn at all.


I voted that I do my touch ups myself but that's not entirely true. Since it was my 1st time relaxing my hubby helped too.

 

[Mystic]

I relunctantly relax myself. I wish I had someone skillful to do it for me (it's way too much work and I usually make a mess in the bathroom). Unfortunately I use phyto and it's painful trying to find a hairdresser that has it. Most will not use the relaxer I have and the ones who would, charge me the regular price, $70!!! I pay $60 for the relaxer - $130 to relax my hair is way too much to spend on hair!

I usually base my scalp with the base included in the relaxer kit.

 

[MizaniMami]

For my last touch up, the night before I oiled my scalp with Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal oil. On the day of the touch up, I used Softee Coconut grease to base my scalp. My relaxer did not burn at all.


I voted that I do my touch ups myself but that's not entirely true. Since it was my 1st time relaxing my hubby helped too.

Awww that's so sweet. What did you have him doing?

 

[s_terry]

balisi the atl stylist and LHCF member. She is great

 

[jaded_faerie]

Usually my mother...but i self-relaxed for the first time and it came out fine! so probably me from now on

 

[LovelyLionessa]

Awww that's so sweet. What did you have him doing?

He applied to the relaxer to the back sections of my hair while I did the front and sides.

He also did a spot check for me while I was rinsing and neutralizing.

We had practiced using conditioner first, so we had the motions down. I trust him (and myself) a lot more than some of those other crazy stylists I used to go to, that's fo' sho'!

 

[simplycee]

I go to the salon but I can do it myself if I'm in a pinch.

 

[Princess Pie]

My mother does mine. I don't always like her technique, but I haven't had any problems yet. I know I will have to do it myself eventually, or find a good stylist.

 

[deejoy]

I go to the salon. I did do my own for about half a year.