Keep It Straight

Every relaxer session is an opportunity to try something different in my quest for the (quasi) stable hair routine.  For this stretch I worked on length retention...so making sure my ends were well moisturized, trying to keep them away from clothing and scarves and deep conditioning every week.  I tried to extend that practice to my relaxer prep. 1 Week before relaxer. I applied both a protein conditioner and moisturizing conditioner for my deep condition. I used Hairveda sitrinillah on my new growth and put Cantu on my ends in a effort to strengthen them before relaxing.  Market consensus is that relaxers break down the protein in your hair in order to get them straight. So you've got to do what you can to fortify them. Of course this made my hair a little extra dry that week so I had to up my moisturizing and sealing regime. I switched to 70% castor oil mix. 3 Days before relaxer I started prepping my scalp and already relaxed and texlaxed str...

That time has come again! I've broached the 8 weeks post barrier, at this point any contact with my hair results in breakage. Last week I attempted curls (using flexi rods) as a defense against the scourge of retention. Since I only had 12 (supply fail) the roots were pretty exposed and the front part wasn't pretty. The back however! Looked quite good. This will definitely be attempted again with more! more! more!

Random thoughts about my hair.  I'm 12 weeks post. Every time I touch my hair, strands fall out. It feels like I'm watching my length gains break away. Maybe stretching my relaxer is not for me.