Here are some pictures of my wet hair. I detangled with whatever conditioner was in the shower. Surprisingly, it wasn't that hard to detangle from the twist out. The hardest part was untwisting my hair to make the twist out. I washed with Kinky Curly Come Clean. Left in the Kinky Curly Knot Today.
I went to Miami this past weekend for my cousin's wedding. On Saturday, I went to the welcome reception, but didn't have time to thoroughly flat iron my hair. So instead of doing small sections for silkier results, I did large sections to save time. On the day of the event, I did my usual flat ironing routine.
For the ladies who relax their hair - have you ever noticed that when it is one week away from doing a touch up your scalp decides to rebel? Well that was my scalp this past weekend. I had every intention of relaxing my hair at 12 weeks post, but my scalp rebelled. So I decided to wait another week before I apply my relaxer.
Here are some things I do to make sure I have a good relaxer experience:
Avoid irritating my scalp,
Limit combing to every 2-3 days,
Moisturize with more product than usual,
Two days before relaxer application, thoroughly detangle hair especially at the roots, and
One day before application, lightly spray a liquid moisturizer on my roots to soften them. This makes parting my hair during application easier. My roots dry completely before I apply the relaxer.
I'm excited to see how much growth I have retain during the weeks it snowed.
Here are some pictures of my air-dried new growth.
In this video I show pictures of my natural hair, new growth, and texlaxed texture. The pictures speak for themselves but I'll reiterate that my natural texture is very coarse and thick. I do have some fine strands mixed in, but most people have a blend of strand thickness and softness/coarseness. My hair has very tight curls which I make more manageable by texlaxing, instead of relaxing bone straight. By texlaxing, I keep the texture in my hair and it curls when wet.
It took years to learn what my hair needed and once I did, it thrived. Not knowing how to care for coarse thick strands can be frustrating. But if you take the time to learn what works, your hair will thank you. I now love my texture, rather than see it as a source of frustration.
