So I ended my stretch at 16 weeks because I just couldn’t deal with single strand knots anymore. One night I ended up cutting out 11. That was last straw for me. I used my usual Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil relaxer, lye formula, normal strength and I self-relaxed my hair, using my usual half and half method....
Category: <span>Relaxer Touch Ups</span>
How I Rinse Out Relaxers
I self-relaxed my hair this afternoon one of the more frequent questions I receive is how do I rinse out my relaxers. No flips or tricks, all I do is lean. I’ve been rinsing out relaxers this way since 2011. With the aid of two plastic caps (and some clips to hold the cap flush...
Relaxer Touch Up
Note: I recorded how I detangled, flat ironed, and trimmed for this touch up and like a dum-dum, delete all the footage BEFORE saving it to my laptop. Silly me, I assumed I transferred both pics and video before clearing my memory card but clearly didn’t. Sorry Cindy, I know you requested it 🙁 I...
Relaxer Touch Up
I ended my 10 week relaxer stretch this past Friday and I followed my usual method, relaxing my hair in halves. You can watch the video of how I self-relax my hair here. Here’s what I did in steps: 1. I started off by basing my scalp, coating my hair, sectioning off my hair into...
Relaxer Touch Up (Video of How I Self-Relaxed)
I ended my 10 week stretch on Thursday (if we’re Facebook fanpage buddies, this is old news to you) and it went well. I’m not officially waist length yet (length check pic will be in a separate post), but I’m grazing it! Impromptu cartwheel, backflip, twirl, and electric slide. Lol. Below is the video of how...