Sodium Hydroxide

 

I succesfully used an american relaxer from walmart a few years back. At that time I was regularly dying my plain brown hair dark brown and once had carmel highlights and I love dhow it made my hair so much straighter. But no, I still had to use a straightener.

 

I just recently used that same product last week and it totally fried the bottom layer of my hair. The reason because, about 8 months back I tried bleaching the bottom layer of my hair blonde, (you know, the whole layered blonde and brown look) and it totally damaged my hair. I thought 8 months would of been long enough since I had only died my hair 3 times since than (my regular dark brown) but now my hair is in it's worst condition ever and... once I get the money I'm going in to get it chopped, which is depressing for me... I've been wanting to grow it out a little past my breasts, while using extensions in the mean time... so it'll put another 2 year hold on my length...

 

 

 

final advice... if you want your hair straight... go to a pro, get magic straight, jap perm, or whatever they offer... 800, maybe even as much as 1500 may sound a lot but if I had 800 dollars I would definately pay that to get my hair back that i once had.

I'm a guy with very curly Napoleon Dynamite hair.  How long would you recommend I leave a thio product on my hair.  Right now, my stylist leaves on for about 15-20 minutes.  It makes my hair 100x more manageable but I still get a decent curl in some spots.  Would you recommend I leave the thio product on perhaps twice as long?

 

Also, what happens if one tries to get their hair TR'd using a product such as Xtenso, which is not for TR?  Just curious.

I wish I had a picture, (but I would never let anyone take one, unless my hair was perfectly blowed dry lol).

 

Thank God for Rusk, I don't know what I would do without it. By the way I still use Rusk. I just recently started using the Xtenso. I only use the Xtenso on the new growth around my frontal hairline. It works just fine, but I have never done my entire head with it.

 

The reason why I use the Xtenso in front is because, you can save whatever is left over. So you can just use a little and save the rest. With the Rusk, one you open the tub, the product must be used within 48 hours. So I would have to waste an entire container just to do my hairline. So I use the Xtenso instead. And every 4 to 5 months I use the Rusk to do the all over root touch up.

Hope that helps.

did you hair look like theirs before relaxing?

 

I'm not looking to switch to a lye relaxer. I hate those things. You must be confusing me with hanna. She was the one inquiring about Sodium hydroxide. I wouldn't let that stuff near my hair. I'm a straight thio girl. I haven't figured out how to post a pic, but I posted a picture of my hair at Folica.com on 3/29/06. You can take a look at it if you want. Is under the reviews for the Sedu flat iron and is under my nickname (Shary). The only difference is my hair is much longer now, but it is still as straight and shiny.

 

In reference to the smoothing with thio, the product should never touch your scalp, or be smooth against your scalp. That's why not all stilysts can perform the service, or not everyone can do it at home. There is alot of info that needs to be learned (believe me I know!) But I'm glad the easy straight works for you. I guess is one of those freak products that doesn't work for most people, but will work wonders for a few. I personally never tried it, but have read alot ot bad reviews and seen pictures of serious damage. Then again, many people also don't like Rusk anticurl and I love it. So I guess it depends on the individual, as well as their avility to apply the product.

 

Thanks for sharing the info with me. I'll try to post a picture as soon as I get a chance.

 

Much love, Shary

 

My opinion is that lye {applied by an expert!} is best for strong African type hair textures. I think it does little for other hair types.

 

The new thios seem to be the best. I have used easystraight for over a year, and I used to go from one relaxer to another.

 

Thanks for the info about smoothing, I have used other thios that told me to smooth, and I ended up bald at the root, burned on my scalp, and with a lot of damage.

 

I'm no expert, but I think you can only post a pic if you start a new thread/topic. Pics help sooooo much!