Haven't posted in a while, but I thought I would pop in to give an update since the first check-in is only a couple of weeks away.
Had a minor setback about a month ago; got lax in my weekly washes and DCs and I suffered a moisture/protein imbalance that took a while to reign back in. I'm back on track, but not before I lost a patch in my right temple to breakage.
I have been able to camouflage it okay, since I don't wear "pulled back tight" styles and my density has improved (yay supplements!), but it still bothers me. Since the breakage is right at the line of demarcation, it'll be hard to blend 2" of hair into the 17" to 19" of hair surrounding it once I do my touch up, especially since I mostly wear my hair up and away from my face ("baby hairs" don't go that far back
).
I have decided to try self-relaxing again March 30, if only to use up the rest of the relaxer I have (why waste the money?). To prepare for it, I will do two "practice runs" this Wednesday and Saturday using thick deep conditioner as the "stand in" for the relaxer. That way I can work on getting my application time down so I can have more time for smoothing, plus I will get some extra conditioning in before the touch up.
Hope everyone is doing well, and I'm looking forward to seeing all of your progress in a couple of weeks!