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    Posted: December 05 2005 at 9:31pm

Lye:The liquid obtained by leaching wood ashes.  From www.dictionary.com

So, does that mean you can go to your fireplace if you have a wood stove and get the ashes? But it only seems to relax a little, and lye is the strongest relaxer, so what do you have to mix it with to make it as effective as a store boughten one? Or is there one in the store that you know of, lye? I know it requires one or two things cuz I left it in there for like an hour with some lotion to hold the ashes, but it didn't break, which means it wasn't working, it needed something else..

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Oh my... I would only try homemade relaxer if I had short hair that I could cut off if I messed up. However this sounds like an interesting experiment. Let us know what substance turns up.

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Well, it seems to be a better thickener than a straighener, so may try lye on only the waviest parts of the hair, staying away from ends and roots..
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store boughten lye that is, if I can find some, and not easy straight
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