I decided to texlax my hair at 18 weeks post relaxer. I have been texlaxing for almost a year now and i must say the difference it makes is just amazing. I have lots of texture left in my hair and the texlaxed parts of my hair are very thick compared to my relaxed hair and i love that.

I use the soft and beautiful texture softenner to texlax my hair and this is the same relaxer i used this time too, this relaxer does not burn at all but if left in for longer than advised it will leave the hair relaxed as opposed to texlaxed. I always used to think it could not get the hair bone straight but it can!! the back of my hair ended up getting straight and i am not too happy about that. next time i will have to be more careful.
Despite the fact that the back of my hair ended up kind of straight i still loved the overall outcome. the rest of my hair still maintained a lot of texture as can be seen on the picture below which i took after blow drying on cool air.
Blow dried hair on cool air ( left) right flat ironed hair.




















I ended up flat ironing my hair after three months of not using heat on my hair.
Thanks to the great tips from the lovely ladies on the Gahl community ,  i was finally able to flat iron my hair without getting it worn down by too much product and it turned out awesome. I wore


Joanne.

One of the ways to getting african hair healthy is by keeping it moisturised daily, and in order to keep that moisture from evaporating from the hair too fast you need to seal it in with and oil or a butter. The frequency of moisturising and sealing is different from one individual to the other. some of us need more moisture while some of us don´t. so depending on your hair you can moisturise either once a day or twice a day or every other day.
If you are just starting your hair journey i would recommend moisturising daily until you find out what your hair really needs and how often it needs it. Here is a video we made on how to moisturise and seal straight hair we hope this helps you.

                                                                          Step 1.
Type in this link or click on this link http://growafricanhairlong.ning.com/
you should then see the sign in or sign up page where you can also sign up using your facebook details.

1. Before a chemical service so that the hair can readily and evenly accept the chemical service.
2. Apply after a chemical service when additional conditioning is required. Leave on for 30 seconds, rinse out.
3. Apply to the hair in sections while detangling the hair with a wide tooth comb. This is great before shampooing. Let it sit for 5-10mins after the detangling process, then rinse out.
4.  Apply after shampooing. Let it sit for 2-5mins. Rinse and follow up with a deep conditioner for better conditioning results (more moisture, shine and elasticity).
5.  Put 2-3tsp of the conditioner in your deep conditioner for added slip, cortex protection, impart shine, and align the bonding of the cuticles.
6.  Use as a final rinse for detangling, and smoothness, leave on for 2-5 mins, then rinse out.