FAQ: ARE YOU NATURAL?

Hello ladies

Before I jump in I wanted to say a big hello to all the ladies who have just discovered Hairducation. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you feel inspired to take better care of your hair.

 

ARE YOU NATUTRAL?

The question I get asked the most by ladies who see my hair in person is “are you natural” or “how long have you been natural”? Many simply assume I am natural and make statements like “ I want to go natural like you” or “ if my hair was natural like yours maybe it won’t break so much”
My hair does look natural and the fact that I relax my hair only twice or three times a year means I am usually walking around with a lot of new growth.

This blog post is a chance for me to explain that there are different degrees of texlaxing. Some ladies texlax their hair but still retain a high amount of its natural texture, for example their hair may retain about 60 percent of its natural kinks. Some other ladies with texlaxed hair may retain a smaller amount of their natural texture, for example their hair may retain only 20%.
The ladies in the two examples above both have texlaxed hair but by varying degrees. I knew from early on in my hair journey that I wanted my hair to look like natural hair that had been blow dried straight. Over the years I figured out how much oil I needed to add to my relaxers to weaken it and how long to leave the relaxer on my hair to achieve this look. Looking at my hair I would say I have retained 30% to 40% of my natural texture.

 

 

Mini Hair Update

I thought I would kill two birds with one stone and also write a super quick hair update post.
I am currently 18 weeks post and should be relaxing my hair in a month or so. This deep into my stretch my complaints are usually the same, wash day takes longer, my hair tangles more and I have to work harder to keep my hair moisturised.

On a positive note I was more consistent with my hair regimen on this stretch than I have been on previous ones and I honestly can see a difference. My ends have held up well enough and my hair looks healthy and feels good too.

I hope you have enjoyed this FAQ and mini update and that you’ll come back soon for the bun of the month post.

Happy hair journey

X

Lade