Mi Pelo!

As all of you know, I have cut my hair short. This isn't the shortest I've ever had it but it's pretty short compared to how long it use to be. I've been getting some slack on cutting it, some are saying "Why did you cut it?!", "You were my hair inspiration!", etc but it's turning out to be a very good decision for me.

About a year ago I started to texlax. For all that don't know, texlax is a term for relaxing your hair for a shorter period of time, thus the final result ending in the hair retaining some of it's natural texture. After my next trim, I shall have my entire hair tex-laxed. I have been researching this for some time now, actually 5 years, and decided to take the plunge when I learned that I would be moving to a humid climate. My new growth has always been a huge problem for me and in a humid climate I knew my relaxers wouldn't last very long.

I started out with not relaxing my hair for 6 months. No I did not put in a weave or micro braids, I styled as usual but implented more buns and ponytails into my hair regimen. When it finally became too much I texlaxed with Just for Me Texture Softener, which I have found to be just a mild relaxer.(Sidenote: I used Just for Me Relaxer for 10 years from the ages of 12-22).

I tex-lax about twice a year with it and use buns and braid outs to get through the week. When transitioning to tex-laxed hair one must keep in mind that their hair is still chemically relaxed even though sometimes it may feel natural. I blew out my hair for the first time for Thanksgiving and I saw that my hair had more movement, it was softer but not shiner. I have never had shiny hair, only when I flat iron (but I opted not to flat iron for atleast 4 more months). Shiny hair is what I wanted to achieve with a tex-lax but then remembered I am still putting chemicals in my hair and those chemicals are draining the oil from my foliciles.

I will NOT go natural but I do like my tex-laxed hair. I have to admit, I have not been tex-laxing my hair as long as I should and now have semi-natural hair. This month I will try to leave my relaxer in longer, say 12 minutes instead of 7 minutes. I will update this post with pictures later so stay tuned!