Relaxing mixed race, curly and Indian hair types

Relaxing mixed race hair types should be avoided, especially with children as it is a dangerous process, it burns your scalp and damages your hair. But if you have no other means of managing your hair or if you just fancy a change, make sure that you:
1. Relaxing your hair
You only use a MILD relaxer/perm treatment any stronger and it will do damage. You can use any relaxer as long as it is a MILD relaxer treatment. Stretch your treatment for as long as you can, only retouch your hair every 4 months (6 months if you can), when you apply the relaxer, only apply it to the roots trying to avoid the hair which are already relaxed, that is one of the reason why having a lot of regrowth is easier for retouch. Also, the less exposed your system is to the relaxer treatment and all its chemicals the better, so try and stretch your relaxer for as long as you can, I mean do not follow the instruction to relax every 4 weeks, it will weaken your hair strand, damage your scalp (burns) which will in time dry up your scalp and give you all kind of conditions starting with dandruffs.
Relaxer:You can use Mizani, Dark and Lovely,TCB No Base Crème Hair Relaxer with Protein and DNA
Never leave the treatment longer than 25 minutes, make sure the product covers all your new (hair) growth.Only apply the relaxer on your fine hair and sensitive areas, such as the hairline, hair near the neck, ears and the front of your head, at the end. They shouldn't need more than 10-15 mins. Once you have finished applying the relaxer and smoothed your hair wash out the relaxer thoroughly, make sure there is none left, the water must be clear and residue free. Apply a moisturising or protein conditioner for 20 mins and rinse with cold water to close the hair cuticles, the(hair)cuticle is the outermost layer of the hair, it protects the inner structure of the hair. Relaxers treatments, just like any other chemical treatments enter the hair cortex and raise the scales on the cuticle, leaving the hair shaft and the cortex (middle of the hair shaft) vulnerable. Once your hair is free of conditioner apply the neutralising shampoo to neutralise the relaxer's chemicals. Wash at least three (3) times to be sure all chemicals are gone and your hair is free of any – Once all your relaxer is gone, wash your hair with a moisturising shampoo once and follow by applying a deep conditioner. Keep the deep conditioner another 20 mins, cover with a shower cap and use heat if you can for best results.

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2. Shampooing mixed race hair
If you or when you decide to wash your hair with shampoo, use a mild one. There is no timeframe on hair washing but it is best not to use shampoo more than every 10-14 days, but you can condiwash (use conditioner instead of shampoo) as often as you wish. After washing apply a highly moisturising conditioner . Once a month after your shampoo, deep condition your hair for 30 minutes, apply the deep conditioning treatment to wet hair, cover with a shower cap or plastic wrap or bag, wrap a towel around your head and use heat if you can for 30 minutes.
Best shampoos: ‘Dark & Lovely Moisture Seal 3-in-1 shampoo’ or ‘Nexxus Therapee Moisturising Shampoo’; Moisturising conditioner:‘Nexxus Humectress Ultimate Moisturising Conditioner’ Deep conditioner:‘Nexxus Emergencee
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3. Style mixed race hair
It is best to use rollers right after relaxing your hair, avoid combing too much and to strong direct heat.
I hope this was useful to you. Don't hesitate to leave comments or ask questions.

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