WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??

[soslychic]

Do I have the wrong strength relaxer? Am I not smoothing sufficiently? Do I need to leave it on for a freaky amount of time? Is my hair just THIS resistant??!! I don't understand why time and time again my hair REFUSED to straighten!! I'm gonna try this again t'night (it's been about 3 months i'd say, i've been wearing braids) Please...any last minutes suggesions? I thought that mild was about the same if you left it on for as long!! i have affirm mild and my hair is 4a/b and VERY thick. What should I do?? And how should my strand test turn out since your hair is not supposed to dry bone straight? Should i roller set that one section, blow dry it, or what? How much effort does it take to get your hair straight?? Please help! I'm desperate!!

 

[Tracy]

Are you doing it yourself SSC? That itself might be the problem.

 

[jellynote]

Do you use permanent hair color? I don't know if you know this, but mild is mainly for women who color their hair. Before I went back to coloring my hair I used resisant or regular-I just left this on a littl bit longer then required because most stylist would tell me no one needs to use resisant or super. Maybe you could leaving it on 5-15 mins longer and see how this works. If it doesn't work go to a professional or have someone you trust help you put your relaxer in.

Good Luck

 

[Spagirl]

Check out the How To's thread. There is a step by step for relaxing that you can compare your method to - to see if your doing anything wrong. It is post # 18 by Mindymouse. HTH!

 

[soslychic]

Thanks guys. I'm doing it with the help of my mother. I'll check out the thread. thx!

 

[sunny]

are you using a lye or no lye relaxer? Ive heard the hair tends to come out straighter quicker with a lye relaxer. Also maybe you should get it done by a professional once in a while. If you are content with doing it yourself i would just maybe look at another relaxer brand/type... maybe thats the problem.

 

[soslychic]

affirm mild lye

 

[PrettyBrownEyes]

You may want to try the Regular Strength, instead of mild.

 

[soslychic]

that's proabably what i'll end up doing. i hate to waste this 40 bucks though

 

[sithembile]

SSC
I have very thick 4b hair and Affirm mild does nothinhg for me, I even use the one for Resistant hair. Maybe you should try the regular one at least. HTH

 

[soslychic]

Did you try the regular one? DId it work for you?

 

[sithembile]

I tried the regular one, but the stylist left it on for such a short time, it didn't get bone straight, but I didn't mind that much. This time she used the resistant one and left it on for a very short time, and it got straight and I didn't burn.

 

[soslychic]

Hmm...when I get the money, I would like to try that since I don't want to give up the quality line of affirm. Do you know about how long you had to leave the regular one on?