Wow! I did it - texturized my virgin hair. Now what??

[BBabe]

Sorry I haven't been around much lately (my mother passed), but I'm doing fine now
Well, today I took the plunge and got my hair texturized - Yes, after almost 15 yrs of natural hair. My hair is super kinky and now that I've taken more of an interest in taking care of it, I could not handle the constant tangles and knots anymore. My HD used Designer Essential for 10 minutes. She rinsed w/ neutralizer like 4 times and then deep conditioned, blowdryed and flatironed. I went home with it wrapped up.
My question is: Now what?? My hair is fine/thin. I've never had chemicals in my hair and am wondering if there is anything special I should do to my hair in the next week and thereafter...I plan on washing/cornrowing my hair weekly (as I did pretexture). I'll wear a wig as needed.
Any advice on maintaining texturized hair would be appreciated. BTW, how often should I texturize? I was thinking 3 months...


Sorry my journal is unavailable, so here is the list of products I have on hand (yes I'm a product junkie)
Salerm 21
Herbal Essence Replenishing for Colored/Permed/Dry/Damaged Hair
Surge 14
Surge Moisture Aide
Coconut oil
Wild Growth Oil
MTG
Aphogee treatment
Aphogee Balancing moisture
S curl
QP Elasta mango butter
Organic Root Stimulator Mayonnnaise
Mane n' Tail Conditioner
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Leave in
Aquis hair towel

Stuff in my cabinets:
Razac Leave In
Aveda Brillant Humectant Pomade
Aveda Brillant Shampoo
Aveda Brillant Sprayon for hair
Aveda Brillant Damage control protectant
Aveda Brillant retexturizing gel
Aveda Curressence
Almond rain oil Mist Dark Lovely
Herbal Cleanse dry Shampoo
Motions Oil Sheen
Herbarich Scalp Cleanser COM
Herbarich Scalp Cleanser COM Hairdress
John frieda Frizz ease Corrective Styling gel
wave Nouveau finishing lotion
Black and Sassy wrap cream
IC Haor Polisher
Keracare Leave in Conditioner (love it)
Aveda daily leave in elixer

Vitamen stash
Brand Puritan Pride
MSM 500 mg
B-100® (Ultra B-Complex)
SUPER BIOTIN 5000 mcg
L-CYSTEINE 500 mg
MEGA VITAMINS for the HAIR Tablets
VIT C-TIME 1500T with Rose Hips

 

[a_ caribbean_dream]

Please tell me more about your texturizing experience... like how are your washngos since you have been texturized and how did it look afterwards... I 'm asking all these questions because I am a natural who considering texturizing my hair...

 

[Queenie]

Deep condition weekly. Congrats.

 

[BBabe]

Sorry I can't say as yet as I just got it done yesterday. I did not do wash n gos before and I don't think I'll be doing them now. I plan to keep my hair cornrowed as I am trying to acheive length. The main reason I texturized was for manageability. I could not handle the knots and tangles.

 

[caltron]

Please tell me more about your texturizing experience... like how are your washngos since you have been texturized and how did it look afterwards... I 'm asking all these questions because I am a natural who considering texturizing my hair...

I have my hair texturized and I wear wash and gos quite a bit, so I can answer this. My hair is very lightly texturized, so it still looks a lot like it did before I texturized. There is a huge difference in manageability and much, much less shrinkage. I use Curly Pudding for curl definition and frizz control. Pretty much, my hair looks a lot like it did before--I'd say it looks like my damp natural hair--right before it would shrink up.

 

[baglady215]

BBabe, sorry to hear about your mom.

 

[BBabe]

Thanks BL. It's a weird feeling but I've adjusted.