Thursday, April 3, 2014

From texlaxed to relaxed

Of late I have been looking at bone straight ladies and wishing my hair looked like that. I was all gung ho about texlaxing my hair in the past but I don't think I like the look anymore. I am in need of a change.

What is a girl to do? Doing a corrective along the entire length of my hair seems like asking for trouble. I have been experiencing problems retaining length as it is so doing that seems a bad idea to me. My other option is to start relaxing bone straight and leave the rest of my hair texlaxed.

To make this change, I will have to find a new relaxer. Much as I love my ORS staple relaxer, my hair can't get very straight with it. I process my hair to the maximum limit and I end up with a 60% straight result. I still have a lot of texture.

I haven't yet decided. I am still weighing my options.

What are your thoughts ladies? Should I continue texlaxing and focus my efforts on retaining length as that has been my struggle or should I start relaxing bone straight while holding on to the texlaxed ends.

Do you know of anyone who was completely texlaxed and decided to become fully relaxed?


7 comments:

  1. Oh wow this is a real dilemma, I think you are the first person I have hear going for less texture, so you might have to pave the way. I did think you would just corrective relaxer your texlaxed hair, but as you are trying to avoid that it might be tricky. I would love to see how you deal with this dilemma

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  3. I've never read about anyone wanting less texture. I think you should do what's best for you, whatever you're comfortable with, you're the one who has to deal with your hair on a daily basis.

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  4. I am in a similar position, currently debating whether to do a corrective or to continue texlaxing. I think you have answered your own question, if your having doubts about doing a corrective relaxer, then I would play it safe and start relaxing bone straight. Good luck :)

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  5. I ve done a whole head relaxer, twice actually. That was many many years ago and I use Dark & Lovely, normal strength. I was young and ignorant. Even if I don't remember any problems with doing that, I wouldn't recommend it today, with all the knowledge I have now. I would recommend you to do a keratin treatment. There are many out on the market so do your research. To give you any advice I would go for one that you wash out the same day. Get a brand that has been tried by many. And be careful to not use protein based poroducts the nearest weeks after as that might cause protein overload.

    I use one after every relaxer but I also do it on my sister who is natural. I don't want to promote a specific brand here but feel free to email me if you want to know more.

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  6. Will it be weird having 2 different textures? You have to do what you think is best. You can ask a professional before you jump in. I've only textlaxed once so I'm not versed in the field =D

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  7. Im currently in this dilemma. I have very course hair. Even when I flat iron my hair, it still has texture, so there is no need for me to keep texlaxing. Im curious to know what you decided to do.

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