DRAMA OF SELF-RELAXING
Oh well! A lot of things have happened in the past few weeks that seemed surreal. But my hair seems to have survived it all! I'm still mastering self-relaxing... the very reason why I had to cut all of my hair because I didn't know how to self-relax, nor how to care for my new growth, which resulted in the matted mess that inspired this hair journey... but it seems when I get the hang of something, I go ahead and mess it all up! Since I started my hair journey back in June/July 2014, I've been relaxing with the normal strength of the ORS relaxer. My hair can easily stand the extra strength relaxer but I fear to over-process it... but in the meantime, my hair was getting so thick I didn't know what to do with it. So, last November, I bought the extra strength of the ORS relaxer and self-relaxed... As I am still learning to relax my own hair, the 20-minute window to apply and smooth the hair is never enough for me; I need an additional 10 mns to apply and smooth the h...