Yeah boooy *flavorflavvoice! 20 weeks of stretching my relaxer is over and I can finally relax a.k.a. texlax my new growth.
36 weeks post relaxer, smooth as butter
What was I thinking to stretch my hair for 36 weeks, yes I’m 36 weeks post relaxer. This has been my longest stretch ever! My goals was to stretch for minimal 20 weeks, but this time I really didn’t feel like texlaxing my new growth. So that’s how I ended up with 36 weeks stretching.
Texlaxing #2 at 20 weeks post | HairJourneyDiary
A proud moment! I hold on to stretching my hair for 20 weeks, but now is time to texlax my hair. My new growth is nice and thick. Although I was ready to texlax my hair, there was one problem. I washed my hair a few days ago, so when I decided to process my hair I still had clean scalp.
My go to texlax method for processing my hair
Eems texlax method!
I made a short video to demonstrate how I transform my relaxer. If you have read my previous post you know I texlaxed my hair on 14 July.
For my texlax method I adjust my relaxer a little bit to make it work for me. It’s nothing special, but it helps to slow down the relaxing process.
#1 Texlaxing after 20 weeks post
Time to relax!
Saturday 14 July
After stretching my relaxer for 20 weeks it’s time to telax my new growth. This stretch has really been a crazy rid. As my hair is growing nice and thick my laziness has put me in a position that I wasn’t able to retain my length.
My hair was screaming ‘Girl it’s time to texlax’. Dealing with different textures (new growth, telexed & thin / broken ends) hasn’t been easy. That’s why I decided to start all over again. Start over … Eems what do you mean? All I can say ‘DiaryFam are you ready for this new journey?’.
To texlax my hair I use ORS No-Lye Normal Relaxer. Normally to get the mixture ready, I will add an oil, but this time around I will be using a light conditioner. The conditioner I prefer is Garnier Loving Blends Honey Gold.
Divided my hair in four sections and started at the back and work my way to the front. In ‘big sections I applied a decent amount of the mixture to my new growth.
To be honest my step is really basic. Just apply the mixture and use my fingers to stretch out the new growth. I don’t use a comb. Remember we still want thickness!
While I was applying the mixture I kept notice how my hair reacted to the mixture, because I used a conditioner instead of an oil.
The whole process was less than 15 minutes. Yes, 15 minutes; applying and smoothing out my new growth. I was kind of surprized how my hair felt. At first glance my hair looked bone straight. My new growth was straight hunny!
After washing my hair my scalp felt good, but my hair was DDRRRYYY!. It was screaming for a deep condition treatment. To give my hair the TLC that it needed I picked Creme of Nature Moisture Extreme, Nourishing & Strengthening Conditioner. To give it a little boost, I added some oils (Castor oil x Garlic oil x Peppermint oil) to the conditioner.
Side note; for washing my hair I used ORS Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo but also ApHogee Keratin & Green Tea Shampoo.
Well I’m happy that I telexed my hair. Every time I tell myself that I need to stop with stretching for 20 weeks, but for some reason I’m still doing it. So I’m just going to accept that my stretch will be 20 weeks max!
Let the stretching begin!
Last relaxer: 18th February 2018
Fresh relaxer: 14th July 2018
Next relaxer: 1st December 2018
RELAXER | FEBRUARY 18!
Finally after stretching my hair for 22 weeks (5 months) I texlaxed my hair. I really don’t know why, but I was really lazy this time to texlax my hair. For the new diary readers, I texlax my hair at home. Normally I stretch my hair between 16 – 20 weeks, but yeah here I am at 22 weeks post.