Hey ladies,
This is a quick quick post to share my texlax update, some surprising observations about the final month of my stretch, the actual length of my hair in inches and yup…a couple of pictures too.
The 7th Month and Texlax Day
You may have read my 6 months rant in which I talked about how much work stretching my relaxer interval to 6 months was. To my utter surprise, month 7 was a breeze and I don’t know why. I didn’t do anything different. I am now convinced it was simply an attitude adjustment, I must have resigned myself to the fact that caring for my hair was going to be tough and accepting it made it seem easy. (Note to self, an attitude adjustment can work wonders or in other words, yes its tough, deal with it)
I was scared, legit scared, every time I thought about texlax day. I didn’t think I could handle it, I was sure something was going to go wrong because I’ve never stretched so long. Texlax day came and everything was a breeze, so much so when I finished applying the “weakened” relaxer to my hair I paused and thought “something is wrong, this was too easy, I must have missed a step”. But no, it was all around probably the easiest texlax day I’ve ever had.
Length Check
I’ve been asked what the actual length of my hair is on several occasions. I’ve always guessed and said it was about 20 inches. I decided to measure my hair using a tape and to my surprise the shorter parts are 20 inches and the longest parts are 25 inches (I used a 24 inch tape). The plan was to have the markings on the tape be visible, but my photography just isn’t that good…yet. If you zoom into the picture however you can see the numbers on the tape I used.
I am happy with how thick my hair has gotten and that I’ve retained a good amount of length too. I have been trying a few new things which seem to be working well. All will be revealed in due course 😊
The next post will be about Manshanu and hair butters. Manshanu is also known as ghee or clarified butter. It is very popular in the north of Nigeria and several ladies have given rather interesting feedback about it. So, I intend to dig a little deeper, compare it with hair butters and share my findings with you real soon.
Happy hair journey ladies
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Lade
Learn| Change | Grow
This is a great post. So on Monday I finally texlaxed after a 6 month stretch and well it wasn’t a perfect texlax but I can see a bit of texture and its not totally bone straight. Sadly I forgot to add coconut oil to my relaxer mix plus I have been scratching my hair so much so I suffered some burns and major sensitivity on my scalp. Aside that it was a beautiful experience and I am ready to put all the after relaxing care I have been reading on your site into more practice. Thank You Lade.
P.s This was my very first texlax. And I still don’t know why I have itchy scalp and there is no dandruff.
New around these parts but your hair is just lovely! I’m natural and growing my hair a bit more before texlaxing. Your hair has been goals for quite sometime and I’ve finally awakened to realizing this. I’m looking forward to scanning this blog for information. I hope you don’t go away anytime soon and continue to post:) Also do you still have your u-part wig company? Thanks!
Amazing growth and length. Well done!
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thank you so so much 🙂