Relaxer Day Results…

I relaxed my hair myself at 18 weeks post relaxer and it was a lot tedious than I imagined.  I’m officially a DIY relaxer girl *throws confetti*. The night before my relaxer I put my hair in four sections and sprayed my new growth with Mane n Tail detangler and combed with my wide width comb followed by a smaller teeth comb to get all the tangles or knots out. I did this because I wanted to be able to part through my hair while applying the relaxer to my new growth only. I applied Vaseline on my scalp, tied down my hair and went to sleep.  I was hoping for some texture and not bone straight results.

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On the morning of my relaxer I applied Extra Virgin Olive Oil on my strands, then Roux 


Correction & Conditioner on the length of my hair.  Since this is my first official time being a DIY girl I decided to add 1 table spoon of EVOO to attempt to weaken the relaxer and buy myself some more time to finish my entire head.

I started at the right hand back corner and by the time I finished the back I started to feel alil tingle on the right hand side. I sprayed the area with hair spray and started working through the top right corner.  As I began on the last section of the left front side the tingle became abit more. I worked quickly and managed to barely comb through each section once. I checked the time I realized that it took me 27mins to get through my entire head and the relaxer was left on the last section for under 2 mins. My hair dresser normally takes 12-15 mins for my whole head and I was hoping to be finished within 15-20mins but that didn't happen so, I hopped into the shower and rinsed my hair thoroughly.

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[1]   Applied Aphogee 2 min reconstructor for 3 mins and rinsed to add back some strength.

[2]   Shampooed with Motions Neutralizing Shampoo 3 times and rinsed.

[3]   Deep conditioned with a mixture of L’oreal Total Repair 5 Damage Erasing Balm and 

        Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Mask for 30mins under my heat cap.

[4]   Wrapped my hair in a tshirt for 10mins.

[5]   Applied my leave in conditioners of Aussie Moist Conditioner, Herbal Essences Split End

        Protector and Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer.

[6]   I wrapped my hair and sprayed my Tresemme Heat Tamer Spray and sat under my 

        hooded dryer for 45mins.

Once my hair was dry I combed down my hair to see what progress I had made.  I chose to wrap my hair for a straight look rather than flat iron because I still don’t own a flat iron *weird right* and the thought of all that heat scares me honestly.

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Due to the amount of time the relaxer was left on the back section most of it came out bone straight but I’m hoping for alil reversion after my first wash day. The area that I applied the relaxer to last has the most texture but its still manageable. I’m happy with the results I got and I’ll definitely be relaxing my hair myself again. Next time I’ll try to work faster if not I may have to do my hair in two halves so I get the same results all over. Strangely enough I got no burns *yay me*.  My only complaint is my hair was extremely dry after I came out of the dryer, which was strange for me and I’m not sure what contributed to it. It looks like I’m grazing Armpit Length (APL) once again and I did dust off ½ inch all over myself.  Here are the results: Sorry about the quality I was working with my 10sec timer.

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Three days later I wasn't satisfied with the outcome of the pics as some looked blurry so my mom assisted me.

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Have you relaxed your hair recently and how did it go & How did I do on  my first DIY relaxer?

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