basic relaxed haircare tips for family?

[washize]

ok, so my sisters and my mom really love the way my hair looks, but they are relaxed and don't want to go natural. They keep complaining about how they need a relaxer, but they want their hair to look like mine. they have all streached their relaxers about 6 months now. They are to lazy to come to this sight, and keep asking me about what they should do about relaxed hair . So can any of you relaxed ladys give me the basic relaxed hair guide for long hair?

also are more expensive perms like phyto better than cheap ones like soft and beautiful? They also want to know what products you use and your regi's so they can trial and error and see what works for them.

 

[washize]

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[WaistLengthDreams]

I'm not sure that I qualify for having long hair, but finding a solid regimen is a great start. This is a great article for building a healthy regimen: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/288340/hair_regimen_building_for_newbies.html?cat=69

Also, avoiding direct heat and embracing roller sets has been helpful for retaining length. Adding Protein but finding the appropriate balance between protein and moisture. All of which I'm sure applies to natural heads as well.

Preparing your hair for chemical relaxers:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/278572/getting_ready_to_relax_preparing_your.html?cat=69

Making sure that the relaxers you get are done properly:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar...safely_applying_chemical_relaxers.html?cat=69

HTH

 

[washize]

I'm not sure that I qualify for having long hair, but finding a solid regimen is a great start. This is a great article for building a healthy regimen: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/288340/hair_regimen_building_for_newbies.html?cat=69

Also, avoiding direct heat and embracing roller sets has been helpful for retaining length. Adding Protein but finding the appropriate balance between protein and moisture. All of which I'm sure applies to natural heads as well.

Preparing your hair for chemical relaxers:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/278572/getting_ready_to_relax_preparing_your.html?cat=69

Making sure that the relaxers you get are done properly:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar...safely_applying_chemical_relaxers.html?cat=69

HTH

great advice thank you! I'll pass that along

 

[theprototype]

The tips that have helped me the most were:

- moisturizing and sealing
- protein treatments when needed
- little to no direct heat
- sleeping with satin/silk bonnet at night
- detangling in the shower with hair saturated in conditioner

 

[mstar]

From what I can tell, the best relaxed hair belongs to the ladies who do the mid-relaxer protein step, and/or mix the SAA or keratin oils into their relaxer cream. I look at a lot of Fotkis and albums, and that seems to be one of the most important keys to healthy relaxed hair.

 

[sharifeh]

Deep conditioning regularly, every wash, is really important...
So is moisturizing so that you are not confronting dry hard to handle hair on wash day.
And pretty much don't use direct heat too much so the hair ends don't get messed up. Once your hair is past shoulder length, then you should be sealing your ends frequently with some type of oil.
Just stress the importance of the health of the ends if they want length. Like tell them how the ends are the oldest part of the hair and how they need the most care.
And school them on good ingredients. Like no mineral oil, and how oils are good. Shea butter, etc...

 

[washize]

From what I can tell, the best relaxed hair belongs to the ladies who do the mid-relaxer protein step, and/or mix the SAA or keratin oils into their relaxer cream. I look at a lot of Fotkis and albums, and that seems to be one of the most important keys to healthy relaxed hair.

Thank you, can you tell me what the mid-relaxer protein step and what SAA is?

 

[sharifeh]

SAA are silk amino acids the mid relaxer protein step is doing a protein treatment after neutralizing

 

[mstar]

Thank you, can you tell me what the mid-relaxer protein step and what SAA is?

Sure, some ladies mix pure keratin oil, or pure Silk Amino Acids, into their relaxer cream. As the relaxer opens the cuticle, it takes the keratin or SAA with it and deposits those strengthening ingredients into the hairshaft. From what I've seen, this really makes a BIG difference in the health of relaxed hair, because basically the best time to condition the hair is during the relaxer, when the cuticles are standing wide open.

The mid-relaxer protein step is when you thoroughly rinse all of the relaxer out using only water, then use a medium-strength protein conditioner for 5 minutes, then use the neutralizing shampoo. The water rinse will bring the hair's pH down enough so that the relaxer is no longer actively processing, but the cuticle is still open enough to receive the full benefits of the protein conditioner. I read on Dr. Ali Syed's blog that this is the second-best time to condition relaxed hair.

Another thing I forgot to mention is that you should always lather your netralizing poo once or twice, then on the next lather, let it sit in your hair for 5 minutes before rinsing. This is essential to preventing overprocessed hair. If you use a color-change neutralizing poo, you'll see it turn white after 1-2 lathers, so you'll think that it's worked...but if you let it sit for 5 minutes on the 3rd lather, you'll see it turn pink again. There was still relaxer trapped deep inside the cuticle layers, and this is what leads so many relaxed heads to be overprocessed (dry, brittle, breaking).

From what I can tell, if you follow these 3 steps, you'll be on your way to having very healthy relaxed hair. HTH

Links:
http://www.gardenofwisdom.com/proteins.html
http://www.styleone.com/benefits.html
http://www.beautybay.com/haircare/wellasp/keratinoilkit/

 

[mstar]

Oh, I forgot to mention that many relaxed ladies see success with using Porosity Control at the very end, after rinsing out the moisturizing conditioner. This re-acidifies the hair, smooths the cuticle, and gives shine to freshly processed hair.

 

[washize]

Sure, some ladies mix pure keratin oil, or pure Silk Amino Acids, into their relaxer cream. As the relaxer opens the cuticle, it takes the keratin or SAA with it and deposits those strengthening ingredients into the hairshaft. From what I've seen, this really makes a BIG difference in the health of relaxed hair, because basically the best time to condition the hair is during the relaxer, when the cuticles are standing wide open.

The mid-relaxer protein step is when you thoroughly rinse all of the relaxer out using only water, then use a medium-strength protein conditioner for 5 minutes, then use the neutralizing shampoo. The water rinse will bring the hair's pH down enough so that the relaxer is no longer actively processing, but the cuticle is still open enough to receive the full benefits of the protein conditioner. I read on Dr. Ali Syed's blog that this is the second-best time to condition relaxed hair.

Another thing I forgot to mention is that you should always lather your netralizing poo once or twice, then on the next lather, let it sit in your hair for 5 minutes before rinsing. This is essential to preventing overprocessed hair. If you use a color-change neutralizing poo, you'll see it turn white after 1-2 lathers, so you'll think that it's worked...but if you let it sit for 5 minutes on the 3rd lather, you'll see it turn pink again. There was still relaxer trapped deep inside the cuticle layers, and this is what leads so many relaxed heads to be overprocessed (dry, brittle, breaking).

From what I can tell, if you follow these 3 steps, you'll be on your way to having very healthy relaxed hair. HTH

Links:
http://www.gardenofwisdom.com/proteins.html
http://www.styleone.com/benefits.html
http://www.beautybay.com/haircare/wellasp/keratinoilkit/

GREAT INFO!! this will deff. help!!