Thanks, I don't mean to brag but they are cute LOL!
And yeap! my hair looked like theirs before relaxing. It was actually as curly as the first one, but as frizzie (well, actually more frizzie) as the second one.
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I just looked at their pictures again. Yeah, my hair was deft. way more frizzie than theirs. It would take a ton of products to make my curls look half as smooth as my niece (the one in the first picture, with the lighter hair). I'm telling you, I was a frizz ball.
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.
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.
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Hi tom, sorry I took so long to answer. I was out of town and without a computer. I really can't make any recommendations on the time you should leave the thio treatment on your hair, because I'm not a professional stylist and wouldn't want to give you the wrong advice.
Everyone's hair is different, so even someone with hair exactly like yours might take longer or less time to process.
Just so you know, you should have some curl left with the thio treatment, so it sounds like your stylist is doing it right. You should discuss with your stylist if it might be a good idea to process the hair an additional 5 minutes (maybe even 10). For someone with hair that curly you might need some more time. Your hair should look pretty straight when wet. You know hair is done processing when you pull a small section and it doesn't spring back. Hope that helps.
If you are using a product such as Xtenso, and want to have TR done (or the other way around), that is fine, because they are both Thio based and are compatible.
Well, I have no idea.. but I heard someone say that it is used on african american hair? My mom tried one made for ethnic people a while ago, I was like 10 years old and I had the worst frizziest hair ever and it made it really bad and I had it to get it chopped really short.
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 have a really big need and dont know if anyone has an answer, My stylist is professional but no longer in a salon because she changed professions. She has been using the japanese istraight on my hair for the past year and a half, she recently ran out of product and then found that her contact was no longer good. Does anyone know where to get this product? She doesnt have the time to get out and look for it really so I am trying myself so I can get my straight hair again!!!! :(
If I cant find Istraight can she use a different thermo product on me? and where do you get that?
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