JenMajBeauty

My current relaxer (love it!) Not many hair bloggers/vloggers talk about the downs of their hair journeys when it comes to self-relaxing. I understand they need to keep a positive outlook, displaying their success only when it comes to haircare. It encourages everyone to believe in themselves and that they can do it too. But I think it's also important to inform others on what can happen (the risks) of relaxing your own hair, especially if you've never done it before. That's the reason why I decided to talk about my setbacks on today's post. I started relaxing my own hair in 2014. Keep in mind that I knew nothing about relaxing my own hair. But I've learned how to do it over time. Here are the setbacks I've had so far: SETBACK #1 That first setback happened because I used a leftover relaxer that stayed too long under the bathroom sink. Big mistake! My hair became dry and as you can guess, some of my hair fell off but only at the nape on the ri...

Disclaimer: If you haven't relaxed your hair before and are looking to do it yourself, please seek the advice of a professional hairstylist or let her/him do the touch-up for you. The methods below work for me as I took the personal decision to relax my hair myself, and found ways to make it easier for me . These methods are just pointers for those who are already relaxing their hair themselves and are looking for ways to make self-relaxing more enjoyable. Self-relaxing wasn't something that I felt confident about at the beginning of my hair journey. After I got my pixie cut, I still wanted to visit a hair salon. But at this point in time, I was away from my regular hairstylist. So I decided then that I was going to relax my hair myself. I watched tons of Youtube videos (not the best way if you want to go about it professionally but it worked for me), read tons of blog posts and forums. When I felt confident enough to take action, I started self-relaxing. And I'...