Hairstyling Ideas & Treatments : Relaxing Hair at Home

Hi I’m Emilia and I’m here to talk to you about relaxing your hair at home. It’s a pretty harsh chemical so when you relax you’re going to want to make sure you have someone there who can help you out. It’s pretty difficult to apply it to yourself and you’re under a time clock. The product starts timing as soon as you apply the first bit of a relaxer to your hair. So you usually got 15-20 mins to actually get it all over your head, have it processed and shampoo it. You’re going to want to make sure that part your hair into four quarters, so you would just part your hair. If it’s the first time you going to relax your hair, you’re going to apply that root to ends and if it is not, and you’re trying to suggest reduce some regrowth, you’re going to want to apply something on the ends to help protect those ends and keep them safe from the relaxer.

If you got a lot of hair that you’re trying to relax, you will probably want to split that hair into sections and do one section, neutralize, and go back do the other so that way you don’t do over process and cause breakage. Also, once you’re done relaxing, you probably going to want to do a deep condition treatment, something that’s protein based and moisture based, put that on, and leave it on. Some of the neuron relaxers have a conditioner in them that you can do in between the relaxing pace and the neutralizing pace. And remember there’s several different types of relaxers on the market so make sure that you are looking for one that for your particular hair type. Is your hair fine, coarse, is it color treated? Keep those things in mind when looking for a relaxer that your going to do at home.