Conditioning before neutralizing

[ElizaBlue]

Anyone doing a home relaxer, applying a conditioner after rinsing the relaxer out but before using the neutralizer shampoo? If so, what is your method and what are the results.

 

[Paris Belle]

Hey there Elizablue....There is a thread about this somewhere. It can be found by doing a search. HTH.. /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[ElizaBlue]

Thanks, I thought I remembered seeing it but so many boards so little time. I'll do a search now that I know it is on our board.

 

[pebbles]

Hi ElizaBlue,

The Affirm relaxer system works like this. After they wash out the relaxer, they apply a protein reconstructor to the hair, and then they neutralize it with shampoo. I don't know what the benefits are to doing it this way, but I would love to know if there's a difference between doing a protein treatment before neutralizing, as a opposed to doing it afterwards. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Honi]

I've done this and read it in Essence magazine. After I thoroughly washed out the relaxer I applied some Aphogee 2 minute reconstructor and let it stay on there for 3 minutes. I then rinsed and neutralized. I read that it's supposed to strengthen the processed part of your hair. The results were fine. I didn't have not one strand of hair come out when I roller set my hair. It's about a weeks since and I still have very little strands in my comb. /images/graemlins/cool.gif <shrug> I dunno can't hurt can it?

 

[free2bme]

The conditioner starts the neutralizing process. Your typical relaxer has an alkaline ph of 12 and up, your hair is naturally neutral at a ph of 5.5-6. The conditioners are acidic with a ph of about 3.5-4.5. Once the conditioner comes in contact with the hair, it begins the lower the ph and bring it back to it normal neutral ph of about 5.5-6., hence the term neutralize

 

[free2bme]

One more thing, some claim that the conditioners bring down the ph faster than neutralizing shampoos with less manipulation when the hair is at it most fragile.