NGraceO
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CharUK nemi95 I'm so late!!! So sorry!
That pic is from November when I texlaxed for the very first time. If you're still interested, here's what I did:
I added spectra(i think its called that) coconut oil to my ORS normal lye relaxer. I would add about the oil to the relaxer in a 1 to 3 ratio (1 part oil to 3 parts relaxer) and that's a guestimate. Also, I parted my hair in at least five horizontal sections, and relaxed it section by section, shampoo and conditioner and all. ummm, i left the relaxer in the sections for diff. Processing times depending on my texture in that section, but what helped me determine this was a strand test where i took two very small sections of my vigrin hair near one of my ears and relaxed them for two different times to see which result i liked better. I ended up choosing 7 minutes baseline time(which, again, i adjusted based on the varied textures i have) and voila! hope that helps. I plan on making a thread abt soon....so ill let u know when i do. And oh! before i neutralized (shampoo) i did the mid step protein treatment using aphogee 2 minute reconstructor which i left in for two minutes. but i think the MOST impt thing you should do is a strand test. everyones hair is diff, so its a must.
That pic is from November when I texlaxed for the very first time. If you're still interested, here's what I did:
I added spectra(i think its called that) coconut oil to my ORS normal lye relaxer. I would add about the oil to the relaxer in a 1 to 3 ratio (1 part oil to 3 parts relaxer) and that's a guestimate. Also, I parted my hair in at least five horizontal sections, and relaxed it section by section, shampoo and conditioner and all. ummm, i left the relaxer in the sections for diff. Processing times depending on my texture in that section, but what helped me determine this was a strand test where i took two very small sections of my vigrin hair near one of my ears and relaxed them for two different times to see which result i liked better. I ended up choosing 7 minutes baseline time(which, again, i adjusted based on the varied textures i have) and voila! hope that helps. I plan on making a thread abt soon....so ill let u know when i do. And oh! before i neutralized (shampoo) i did the mid step protein treatment using aphogee 2 minute reconstructor which i left in for two minutes. but i think the MOST impt thing you should do is a strand test. everyones hair is diff, so its a must.
