Tips for transitioning to texlax

As you may know I have texlax hair, but my hair is not fully texlax because I still have relaxed ends at the bottom which I have not cut off yet. When I will be cutting off the relaxed ends, I don't know myself, but when am good and ready I will do it.

So, any of you out there that are wanting to go texlax or are currently texlax keep on reading for helpful tips for this transition.

This is showing transitioning hair from relaxed through to texlaxed and even natural. 

Texlax step by step transition tips:
1. Section your hair by braiding: When going to shampoo, condition or even doing a protein treatment please make sure that you section your hair just like you would when preparing your hair for a relaxer. Section it using a wide tooth comb, to create each section part (create 4 sections or more depending on your hair).
I didn't know that it was important to section my hair and so my hair was always in a mess when shampooing or conditioning.

2. Never leave your hair completely dry after shampoo, or conditioning before combing it I learned it the hard way and had a lot of breakage and tangles in my hair which was very difficult to manage. When you hair is still wet, is when you should be combing each section that was braided gently detangling. Use your finger first to detangle and whenever there is some knots in the hair.


3. Moisturiser - When going texlax you need a good moisturiser that will help you with your texlax hair journey. As the process of becoming texlax your hair would require more moisture than it needed before when rexlax.

4. Stretching - When transitioning your also stretching your hair from the last time you put in a relaxer. It is important to try and get your hair soft and manageable as possible, you can do by using intensive conditioning treatment (deep conditioning) or leave in conditioner in your hair. For the intensive conditioning process it helps more if you leave in for at least 1 hour or more if you can as this helps with the next step which is styling your hair.  


5. Hair styles- as your transitioning it is important to keep in mind that you now will have a mixture of textures. So, as your texture will become more curly it is a great way to start wearing curly protective styling such as bantu knots and many more.

My last advice for those who are starting their journey to texlax (new to this hair journey of texlax), is to transition/stretch for 4 months then place a relaxer only on the new growth area. The reason for this is that it will help make the journey easier than leaving all the new growth for 6 months or 1 year. From experience, it makes it much easier since you will only be dealing with two textures, until the new growth comes again and you will be dealing with three textures. Check out texlaxing hair on my blog.

Let me know what tips you are doing that is helping you in your texlax hair journey?

Texlaxing Hair

As you might have read, I am going on the route to texlaxing my hair. Texlaxing route, comes with having to deal with three different types of textures: natural, texlax and the relaxer hair at the end. There are difficulty in dealing with these three different textures, but I know once those relaxed ends are gone, it will be a bit easier to take care of my hair.

What is Texlax?
Many of you who might have started your hair journey a couple of months ago, a year ago or more might not know what texlaxing is. To be honest, I didn't even know what that was, all I knew about was relaxed or natural.

Texlaxing is when you underprocess your hair, with a relaxer,or some like to use a texturiser. Although, you don't have to use a texturiser. By texlaxing your hair, you loosen the hair texture, and it is less damaging than doing a full on relaxer to the hair to get it straight.

There are different techniques that others do, when texlaxing there hair; all of which works for them as seen on Youtube. But I believe it is important to find what works for you.

This is the relaxer I use, to texlax my hair, can be found in US and Europe 

How I texlax my hair: 
First, I take a mild relaxer, as for me I like to use the kids relaxers. Section your hair in four sections/parts just as it says in the package of the relaxer.
Then, you can either put in the oil of your choice or a conditioner to the relaxer mix; only 1/4 to the mix. I put oil instead to the relaxer mixture.

CO:By putting in the oil or conditioner, you are diluting the relaxer mixture and decreasing the strength of the relaxer.


Protection: It is important to place a barrier on the hair before texlaxing. The barrier can be any light oil to protect your hair before applying the chemical. As well as, onto the hair edges to place vaseline as another barrier; this prevents the relaxer coming in content with your skin which can cause burns. I like to do both of these barrier protections, since it's better to be safe than sorry.

Time: Another thing to consider when texlaxing  your hair is the duration you leave the mixture in your hair, most of the time for relaxers you sit down for maybe 10 mins or even more. However, when texlaxing your hair we want to create loose curly texture, so it should be left for a shorter period of time; the shorter the time the more curl texture you get.
Between 5-7 mins no more, to leave the mixture in your hair before rinsing. I like to leave it for about 5 mins, which works great for me to still get that curly texture.

Make sure when texlaxing hair, apply it to only the new growth nothing else. Unless your natural and want to texlax your whole hair.

Texlaxing rules to remember:
CO-conditioner/oils
Protection
Time


My hair is currently in braids (box braids), I will be texlaxing my hair very soon. I'm excited for that. ^-^