Finally did my corrective relaxer last night and this one took much better than the relaxer I put in back in April. I made a few errors this time but I'm almost positive I won't suffer a set back just because I corrected everything.
I didn't grease my scalp. I was talking to an co worker and she mentioned how she never does this. So last night I'm thinking hmmm this is a step I could skip. WRONG! Some spots on my scalp was burning. I will never skip this again.
The box relaxers don't give you enough product if your hair is longer than APL. I definitely had a spot on my hair that still had relaxer on it AFTER I got out the shower and applied my deep conditioner. I need to RINSE, RINSE, RINSE to make sure all of the relaxer is out.
Even after I rinsed the deep conditioner out and started to blow dry there was still product on my scalp. By this point I was starting to get frustrated. I got back in the shower and rinsed again. I decided on a two strand twist to let my hair air dry.
This morning I got up and my hair was a little damp and in the same spot as I mentioned earlier there was product!
I threw my hair in a ponytail and off to target I went. I grab my old faithfuls Tresemme moist shampoo and conditioner and Aussie 3 minute. Came home shampooed really good let that sit while I washed up and then did the same with the conditioner. I T-shirt dried my hair and then applied Aussie 3 minute HEAVILY put a plastic baggy on and my hot head for 15 minutes.
My hair finally felt like heaven. I air dried and sprayed S Curl moisture and sealed my ends. I'm going to get a trim sometime this week and baby my hair for a bit. I need to get back on my hair game, there's no point in growing my hair long and not properly taking care of it.
This is the first time I every self relaxed my hair and the relaxer just wouldn't wash out in one spot. I'm sorry for the rant ladies I was just super frustrated.