Relaxer Touch Up - 13 Weeks Post Relaxer & Mini Chop
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Thursday 17th March
I
decided enough was enough and I needed to touch-up my hair at 13 weeks post
relaxer, last Thursday evening, here is how it went...
Sectioned
hair into 4 quadrants then went through each quadrant dividing it into 1 inch
sections and applied Roux porosity Control conditioner sealed with olive oil
and petroleum jelly and twisted each section for ease of application.
I
applied petroleum jelly to my hairline and scalp and then beginning with the
back, started applying relaxer to my hair. Timer was set for 22 minutes. Hair
was done in exactly 22 minutes so went to wash out of my hair... The water was
freezing cold... I ran downstairs and for some reason my boiler wasn't on. I
then had to reset the boiler and dash back up the stairs to finally wash the
relaxer out.... All I can say is that, my end results are a lot straighter than
I hoped and the front two sections of my hair look just about bone straight...
Anyway,
I did a mid-step protein treatment with Aphogee 2 minute reconstructor and then
went on to neutralize my hair with ORS Creamy Aloe shampoo, lathering 5 times.
Once
the relaxer was fully out of my hair, I applied my deep conditioner ORS Replenishing
conditioner, sealed with my oil mix of extra virgin coconut oil, extra virgin
olive oil, avocado oil and grapeseed oil and sat under the hood dryer for 40
minutes.
Once
rinsed I t-shirt dried for 25 minutes and then applied my leave-ins, Crème of
Nature Strength & Shine leave-in, Aunt Jackie's Quench Moisturizing
leave-in and sealed with Fantasia IC Olive oil Serum. I detangled in sections
and then air-dried using the scarf method.
Once
90% dry, I moisturised and sealed with Cantu Shea Butter Creamy Lotion and
sealed with my grapeseed oil and JBCO oil mix. It was mega late so I just put
my hair in a loose bun, covered with a satin scarf and took myself to bed.
The
next day was my Mr's birthday so for the day I just put my hair up in a loose
bun as we were in the car heading up to London. For Friday night, I just added
a little serum and finger combed my hair, wearing it down... I didn't get any
pictures... However, here is my hair on Sunday at the end of the day after an
unplanned twist out...
My
hair was just below bra strap length but as I mentioned before I had
experienced some breakage nearly 4-5 months ago which has had a knock on effect
to the back length of my hair so I decided to take the plunge and cut my hair
back to arm pit length.
Sad
times however, there is no point hanging on to long hair when the back is not
as long and leaves my ponytail looking thin and when my hair is down well...
You can imagine...
My
hair grows pretty fast and at arm pit length I rarely wear my hair down except
for the odd occasion so I am anticipating that I can get some length back
within 5 months taking us to August which is when my birthday is so that is my
hair goal. Here is to choosing health over length and to help me along I have
just purchased some chewable hair skin and nail tablets which are to be taken
twice a day. They are not the greatest tasting tablets and are quite chalky but
hey needs must and I am so serious about getting my length back...
2 comments
Congrats on another successful touch up chica! I wish that I would have known to use vaseline to base my scalp when I used to relax!
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KLP @ www.savingourstrands.com
Your length will be back in no time and the volume of your hair now looks great.
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