Texlaxers Support Thread
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AtlantaJJ
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I just texlaxed the back half my head... more details to follow. It went fine. But I felt like I was too slow to do my entire head.
Question for pros- can I put my left over relaxer in the fridge for a few days until I do the other half of my head? I mixed some Joico reconstructor in there and some keratin protein. It would be a waste to not try and keep for just a few days.
TIA...
Miss Twana, I'll be back with details in a few moments. Time to neutralize!
Question for pros- can I put my left over relaxer in the fridge for a few days until I do the other half of my head? I mixed some Joico reconstructor in there and some keratin protein. It would be a waste to not try and keep for just a few days.
TIA...
Miss Twana, I'll be back with details in a few moments. Time to neutralize!
Honey Bee
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Ok ladies, I got my pics together. Btw, I'm still learning how to take good hair shots, so if anyone has any suggestions or critiques, I'll be happy to hear them. On with the show...
First, I mined a few strands before I started, just to show what I'm working with.
Then, I put all 50-11 pre-texlax stuff on and made my 'sprockets', lol
Texture shot
The sprockets!!!
Post-texlax, with reconstructor (Aphogee 2 min, if you were wondering)
First, I mined a few strands before I started, just to show what I'm working with.
Then, I put all 50-11 pre-texlax stuff on and made my 'sprockets', lol
Texture shot
The sprockets!!!
Post-texlax, with reconstructor (Aphogee 2 min, if you were wondering)
Ms_Twana
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Ahhhh....those are sprockets!!!
Thanks for sharing. I LOVE the way your texture came out. I think I'd need WAY more sprockets though. My hair is BEYOND THICK!!!
So how'd you get your relaxer in the middle of the roots for each sprocket??
Honey Bee
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I can't believe I let y'all talk me into posting those pics.^^Your sprockets look just like mine! LOL I need to take pictures of my sprockets next time~~
Yes, girl. Don't I look cute?Ahhhh....those are sprockets!!!
I really like the way it came out too, and I thought I hadn't left it on long enough. I think we left it on too long the first time we did it (in Aug), cuz that bit got a little too straight this time, but an inch of hair is a small price to pay. At least I'm learning.
Definitely. I get this fine, thin hair from my mother
, which is why I decided to texlax. In my first pic, you can barely see the strands. 
I hate people with thick hair (that would be you, lol), but I made sure my future husband had some.
We squished, which is probably why that intermediate inch or so got straighter than I wanted. As I start stretching longer, I expect the process to get easier, but, like I said, I learned something.
AtlantaJJ
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MsTawana I highly recommend you do your hair in two halfs. My hair is not that thick but its a lot longer so I had to take my time to make sure I didn't get relaxer on the length of my hair by it just falling into the relaxer on the roots, if that makes sense. It was good for me to go slowly to be careful. I did the back first, and that takes longer. The front will be easier because I can see what I'm doing. LOL.
I mixed keratin protein and Joico reconstructor in my Mizani BB regular to slow it down. I have to use up the regular and I'll used Mild after that. I also sprayed Aphogee keratin on my hair to get my NG to revert fully so I could find it easy.
I have a good bit of texture left. I used the Mizani BB system except for the last step, I'm using Joico intensive moisture as my DC.
Thank you
HoneyBee for the Sprocket Method!! You have coined a new technique and phrase!! It worked out great for me.
I mixed keratin protein and Joico reconstructor in my Mizani BB regular to slow it down. I have to use up the regular and I'll used Mild after that. I also sprayed Aphogee keratin on my hair to get my NG to revert fully so I could find it easy.
I have a good bit of texture left. I used the Mizani BB system except for the last step, I'm using Joico intensive moisture as my DC.
Thank you
HoneyBee for the Sprocket Method!! You have coined a new technique and phrase!! It worked out great for me.
Aggie
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If it's a lye relaxer, it should be okay but if it's no-lye, it should be used the same day. I think I remember my stylist saying something to that effect.
tressajalen
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I keep reading the process for the two half method but how do you keep the other half dry? I don't see how a shower cap would protect. Can you still relax if some of it is little wet or do you need to relax on dry hair?
AtlantaJJ
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There may be other responses, but there's no way I could keep one half of my head dry. I put the protection stuff on all my previously relaxed hair and then relaxed the back half. I then rinsed, did my protein, neutralized and DCd my entire head. I'll relax the front half Wed or Thurs the same way. It would be too hard to do it any other way for me.
Ms_Twana
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I can't believe I let y'all talk me into posting those pics.
Whateva!!! You HELPED us. Quit playing!!!
I hate people with thick hair (that would be you, lol), but I made sure my future husband had some.
Girl, that grass is NOT always greener on the other side. This stuff is SOMETHING to deal with!!!
Yeah. Ugh. I just don't wanna do the two different days thing. Decisions. Decisions.
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shunemite
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Here's what I do, and it WORKS. If you are rinsing your hair out in the sink with the shower head, which is what I do, then you relax and rinse out the front first. The way you prepare for this is that when you're putting the relaxer on to start, when you divide your hair into the 3 sections, put the relaxer on the outside of ALL the sections. This way when you rinse out section number one, the OUTSIDE of undone sections number two and three will get wet, but that won't matter coz they have relaxer on them. Then I put my neutralizing conditioner on section one, and start relaxing section number two. I hope I didn't confuse anyone, I'm not too good at explaining sometimes. I don't use a shower cap or anything. I've been doing this for 3 years now and it works coz I'm really slow and this way I can smooth one section and not worry that I'm taking too much time.
AtlantaJJ
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:scratchch I might need a diagram...LOL Let me ponder on this for a while and see if I can describe this back to you in the morning...
Ms_Twana
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:scratchch I might need a diagram...LOL Let me ponder on this for a while and see if I can describe this back to you in the morning...
Right. I was like...
So does the bolded mean you don't do the regular protein, neutralizing shampoo, etc process for the front sections of two and three when you wash section one??
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Ms_Twana
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I have to tell ya'll about my adventures today and yesterday.
Okay, so I told ya'll that I was gonna check out this stylist that says she uses Mizani BB. She works in a Regis Salon. Okay, so I go there but I couldn't remember the girl's name that I talked to. So, I hear one of the stylists say her name, and I just take note of where she is. I wondered if I should say something and tell her who I was, but I decided to just chill and check things out. Well, I asked a "fake" question just to start talking to her. They had CHI Keratin Mist for 30%. So I asked her if it is more of a protein conditioner. She looked like... Then she was like, "oh um, yeah it's a protein." As in, I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just gonna agree. Then she tried to cover it up with something like, I'm trippin, or something like that. STRIKE ONE!!! Then I took a good look at her hair.....wow. She had a ponytail with different colors in it.........and it looked like she had gelled (sp?) her hair up with brown gel. Not that there's anything wrong with either of those. I just don't want a person that does that to THEIR HAIR, putting their hands in MY HAIR!!! So, I looked for Kenra Clarifying shampoo, which they didn't have, and I got the heck out of dodge.
Today. I get all excited and hyped up to go get all of my supplies for my first self texlax. I live in a predominantly white area. I didn't remember the Sally's here having the SE SB Lye, but I called to find out just in case. Of course they didn't, and they referred me to another location (in da hood.) Well, there is another one before I get to that one, so I called to check with them first, before I drove further out. Nope, they didn't have it either, and they referred me to the other location too. Now mind you, I'm so excited and hyped up that I go on this excursion at like 8:00 at night, instead of tomorrow (in which I have the entire day off). So, I chalk it up and pass up TWO Sally's to go to the one in the hood to get my supplies. Low and behold, I pull up.......AND IT'S CLOSED!!! They close at 7:00 and the other two close at 9:00. MAN......
......I was mad as heck. I was telling my friend about that, and she said that all the Sally's in the hood close at 7:00. What the HECK is DAT about?!?!?
So, needless to say, I still have to wait until tomorrow anyway!!
On the way home, I did stop at Vitamin Shoppe though, and I saw some products that I need to search and check out reviews for.
Okay, so I told ya'll that I was gonna check out this stylist that says she uses Mizani BB. She works in a Regis Salon. Okay, so I go there but I couldn't remember the girl's name that I talked to. So, I hear one of the stylists say her name, and I just take note of where she is. I wondered if I should say something and tell her who I was, but I decided to just chill and check things out. Well, I asked a "fake" question just to start talking to her. They had CHI Keratin Mist for 30%. So I asked her if it is more of a protein conditioner. She looked like..
. Then she was like, "oh um, yeah it's a protein." As in, I don't know what you're talking about, I'm just gonna agree. Then she tried to cover it up with something like, I'm trippin, or something like that. STRIKE ONE!!! Then I took a good look at her hair.....wow. She had a ponytail with different colors in it.........and it looked like she had gelled (sp?) her hair up with brown gel. Not that there's anything wrong with either of those. I just don't want a person that does that to THEIR HAIR, putting their hands in MY HAIR!!! So, I looked for Kenra Clarifying shampoo, which they didn't have, and I got the heck out of dodge. Today. I get all excited and hyped up to go get all of my supplies for my first self texlax. I live in a predominantly white area. I didn't remember the Sally's here having the SE SB Lye, but I called to find out just in case. Of course they didn't, and they referred me to another location (in da hood.) Well, there is another one before I get to that one, so I called to check with them first, before I drove further out. Nope, they didn't have it either, and they referred me to the other location too. Now mind you, I'm so excited and hyped up that I go on this excursion at like 8:00 at night, instead of tomorrow (in which I have the entire day off
). So, I chalk it up and pass up TWO Sally's to go to the one in the hood to get my supplies. Low and behold, I pull up.......AND IT'S CLOSED!!! They close at 7:00 and the other two close at 9:00. MAN............I was mad as heck. I was telling my friend about that, and she said that all the Sally's in the hood close at 7:00. What the HECK is DAT about?!?!?So, needless to say, I still have to wait until tomorrow anyway!!
On the way home, I did stop at Vitamin Shoppe though, and I saw some products that I need to search and check out reviews for.
Ms_Twana
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On the way home, I did stop at Vitamin Shoppe though, and I saw some products that I need to search and check out reviews for.
ATLJJ, it looks like the products that I was eyeing are/were staples of yours. I just found a thread on MillCreek Keratin shampoos and conditioners.
shunemite
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Right. I was like...
So does the bolded mean you don't do the regular protein, neutralizing shampoo, etc process for the front sections of two and three when you wash section one??
I knew I was gonna be confusing! lol!
Yes, I don't do ANYTHING at all on sections two and three while I'm washing section one. Sections two and three are completely dry. No relaxer on them, no nothing.
Here's my attempt at clarifying
See the da Vinci drawing I've attached!!!Attachments
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shunemite
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:scratchch I might need a diagram...LOL Let me ponder on this for a while and see if I can describe this back to you in the morning...
I got you a diagram, it's in the post above this one. I'm da Vinci
Ms_Twana
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I knew I was gonna be confusing! lol!
Yes, I don't do ANYTHING at all on sections two and three while I'm washing section one. Sections two and three are completely dry. No relaxer on them, no nothing.
Here's my attempt at clarifying
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh........I get it!!!!
I was thinking you meant the edges of sections two and three. Okay, that makes sense. So you go ahead and put the relaxer there cuz those sections are definitely gonna get wet? Do those sections ever get straighter than you want them to, since they're being processed longer?
shunemite
New Member
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh........I get it!!!!
Good question. I always put extra extra grease in those areas, and no, they don't get straighter coz they got inadvertently wet. I'm glad the drawing made sense! This method has helped me save sooooo much money coz I can't afford the $75 at the beauty shop.
AtlantaJJ
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I knew I was gonna be confusing! lol!
Yes, I don't do ANYTHING at all on sections two and three while I'm washing section one. Sections two and three are completely dry. No relaxer on them, no nothing.
Here's my attempt at clarifying
I got you a diagram, it's in the post above this one. I'm da Vinci
for posting the diagram! That's an awesome method! MsT has to try it out and let us know how it works for her.
I need to learn this!
Ms_Twana
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That's an awesome method! MsT has to try it out and let us know how it works for her.
I need to learn this!
Yeah, I'm definitely gonna try it.
Is there a specific reason why the front is in two sections and the back is in one section?? I think you said this was LondonDiva's method, but I'm just curious. Since the back is harder for most, it seems like that's the section that would need to be split up.
shunemite
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For my head which is unusual, the back is actually finer (and I hate that). And I have a really small head. So if you have coarser hair in the back, certainly split the back into two which makes it four sections.
Ms_Twana
New Member
Okay, I THINK I have a plan on how to self texlax and make it faster AND protect the already relaxed hair.............................DRUM ROLL PLEASE..............................FOIL!!!!!
Just like they do it when getting color. I'm going to section my hair in 4 sections. Then, one section at a time, make my part, put the foil on a little bit above the demarcation like (I'm sure the foil will move down some), then make my next part. I'll do that for the entire section, then move to the next section. That way, all I'm doing is lifting up my hair, apply the relaxer, drop the next section down, apply the relaxer, and so forth.
What do you think?? You think that will work??
Just like they do it when getting color. I'm going to section my hair in 4 sections. Then, one section at a time, make my part, put the foil on a little bit above the demarcation like (I'm sure the foil will move down some), then make my next part. I'll do that for the entire section, then move to the next section. That way, all I'm doing is lifting up my hair, apply the relaxer, drop the next section down, apply the relaxer, and so forth.
What do you think?? You think that will work??
shunemite
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Wait.......... foil is metal. Relaxer chemical can't touch metal. Unless it won't touch it?
Ms_Twana
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DAMMIT!!!!!! There goes my GREAT idea!!!!
Glad I asked ya'll first. I had no idea. What's the deal with relaxers and metal??
Maybe I could do saran wrap instead. Do you think saran wrap would stay on?
AtlantaJJ
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That would be a fabulous idea plus you can put the protection stuff on the previously relaxed hair as extra insurance. But that whole metal and relaxer deal messed this one up!!
I could have managed the foil method!!!
ETA: I have my doubts about the saran wrap staying in place....Aww fudge sickles!!
Ms_Twana
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That would be a fabulous idea plus you can put the protection stuff on the previously relaxed hair as extra insurance. But that whole metal and relaxer deal messed this one up!!
I could have managed the foil method!!!
ETA: I have my doubts about the saran wrap staying in place....Aww fudge sickles!!
RIGHT!!!! Darn metal!!!
Girl, I'm still over here thinking. I thought about a shower cap with a elastic band holding it on, instead of the foil. Or maybe the elastic band could hold the saran wrap. I may just be better off doing the sprockets. And WHERE IS everybody??? This thread has 50-11 pages and the same people have been posting!!! Er'body must be tired of ME!!!!
