April Texlax Update

Affiliate Links

The struggle is real! It’s finally time for me to share my latest texlax update with you. Somehow, I made it to 16 week post texlax and honestly, the thought of having to fight all of my new growth overwhelmed me. Y’all know my nerves are bad! I have to admit, the process was a bit faster this time around when it was all said and done. But, I had to get my mind together to even start the texlax process.

Just to recap…Previously, I used no-lye relaxers to texlax; however, this time I decide to switch back to a lye relaxer. I went with an oldie that I started with way back in the day, Bantu with shea butter. Yes, I said it was an oldie but it still works for me. LOL! If you have never used Bantu, it is strong and I mixed in olive oil to dilute the strength to texlax. Unfortunately, my front burned a bit because I was scratching like a mad woman the week prior to texlaxing.

BTW, I have decided not to do any 16 week stretches in the future because I noticed breakage at the line of demarcation. Plus, my hair is just too much to deal with at that point. I’m going to try only stretching to 12 weeks.

ETA: As of now, I am one year post texlax and doing fine. I’m not transitioning and I plan to texlax whenever my new growth becomes too much to handle. If you want to check out my latest texlax update, I’ll be sure to link to my last length check update post.

My texture results for this texlax:

My texlaxing process:

Base scalp with vaseline
Mix relaxer with 1/4 to 1/2 C of EVOO
Oil length with EVOO and ends with Vaseline
Part hair in 4 sections
Apply relaxer to new growth only working as quickly as possible
Smooth for 1-2 mins with hand
Rinse each section individually starting with the section relaxer was first applied
After rinsing relaxer out, apply Motions CPR or Dudley’s Cream Protein
Leave protein on for 15 to 30 mins.
Rinse
Shampoo with Relaxer specific neutralizing shampoo and leave it on for 10 mins
Rinse, repeat shampoo, and leave on for 8 mins
Rinse and shampoo with a color signal shampoo (check color)
Rinse hair with 1/4 C ACV and 2 C warm water
Let it sit for 2 mins
Shampoo with a moisturizing shampoo
Apply Roux Porosity Control and leave on for 5 mins
Rinse apply DC (normally AOHSR with Hemp Oil)
Leave DC on overnight

A few days after texlaxing, I followed up with a shampoo using my Mizani Neutralizing and Chelating Shampoo. I almost didn’t do it this time but someone reminded me and I’m happy she did.

Issues:

I mixed the AOHSR with GVP Humectress for my deep conditioner and I had an allergic reaction. I now know these two products are not meant to be mixed together. Lesson learned

I will admit it takes me awhile to complete my process. I rather shampoo too much than not enough. If you do not remove all of the relaxer, you will experience breakage and I’m not about that life.

After I did my second shampoo, applied a reconstructor, and deep conditioned on Thurs, I let my hair air dry for a bit. When my hair was about 80% dry, I blow dried and flat ironed. My hair has so much body! For whatever reason, I decided to do a slight trim. Yes, the second one in two weeks, and I’m kicking myself for cutting off my progress.

I do have pics of my super fluffy blow out. I was tempted to wear my hair like this and not do anything else to it. However, I’m glad I didn’t because I didn’t see my true length until I flat ironed it.