Relax About It!

Choosing to relax your hair is a great way to switch up your style, and you shouldn’t feel ashamed to go all out. The most important thing is that you don’t damage your hair in the process. If you are interested in relaxing your hair while maintaining healthy, you found the holy grail of tips and tricks to maintain your hairs health while also achieving your desired goals. 

Relaxers are cream or lotion-based treatments that permanently or semi-permanently straighten or alter the texture of your natural hair. The treatment lasts for about six to eight weeks, and his gives curly girls who want sleek manes a chance to take a break from using hot tools.

Make sure your relaxer is compatible with your hair type, the amount of the active chemical determines the strength. Mild is best for fine, color treated, or damaged hair. Regular is for normal hair, and super strength is for those with thick, coarse, or very coily textures. If you have very damaged or bleached hair, you should skip relaxing it altogether, always book a consultation to make sure the service is right for you. 

Any sort of chemical treatment that compromises the hair will make it more prone to damage if not cared for properly. One of the key components to maintaining chemically treated hair is keeping it moisturized. Make sure you’re keeping up with regular washing and conditioning, and using a deep conditioner once or twice a week, and a steam treatment in salon at least once a month.  Also, make sure to keep your heat use to a minimum to make sure your hair has the integrity to stay healthy with the treatments.

All that said, remember that choosing to relax your hair is a personal choice; you should feel confident no matter what you choose to do to your hair. Follow this guide to make sure your hair stays in a healthy state through all of your new hair changes.