Relaxer Touch Up On Fine, "4C" Hair At Home After 1 Whole Year! | Must Watch!

Hey, ladies, it's Sydney from sit and pretty here reinforcing the fundamentals of hair care. If you're new here, my name is Sydney, I am a hair restoration specialist and what that means is I help women with textured hair, learn how to heal and restore their hair through the use of refined, protective styling and heat styling methods. So if you are currently dealing with textured hair, that is not yet at a place where it is reaching its fullest potential and you prefer to style your hair through extensions and heat styling then make sure you consider clicking that subscribe button so that you can join Pretty gang today I have a very fun video and I have a fun video, because this is kind of different from what I've posted - and I know this is something you all would be interested in. What that is, is a relaxer touch-up. Now you all are used to seeing me touch up my own relaxer on my channel talk about my relaxer on my channel complain about what is going on with my relaxed hair on this channel, but you've never really seen me add another person to the equation. So I figured that I filmed this because it's very obvious that you all are interested in the relaxed hair conversation. So the theme of this video is gon na, be like the silk press video I did a while ago, where I talked about the point of view or I titled it the point of view of your mom still pressing your hair in the kitchen okay. So this point of view is: you are relaxing your sister's hair from home? Okay, maybe you all are in a pinch, maybe you can't find a reputable stylist or maybe you simply can't afford it? Okay - and you want a few tips that could possibly make this process a bit easier for you. So in this video I'm going to give you all some of the things that I learned as I've embarked on my relaxed hair Journey, and hopefully you will find Value in them. This particular model that you're, seeing in this video has so-called 4C hair. Her hair is very fine and historically, it was always highly porous, but I feel like her porosity has normalized tremendously, since I began working on her hair. This touch-up, as you will probably see from the title already, is after one whole year of no relaxer and for the conditions that our hair has been in this entire time. The end result shocked me and they will probably shock you all as well. Before I tell you why I believe that these end results will shock. You all make sure you click that link in the description box and get your hands on my newest ebook, choosing the right products and that product or that uh digital product that ebook, I teach you all all of the fundamental knowledge. You need to learn how to become a smarter consumer when it comes to shopping for products, believe it or not. You do not have to go around trying endless amounts of products in order to find the right ones for you. What you do need to do is educate yourself on what your hair needs in terms of products, how to properly use products and how to properly shop for products according to those properties. Okay, so that is what I teach you all how to do in that ebook. You can click the link in the description box to get your hands on it now. So the reason I said that I feel as though the end result was shocking was because she has kept her hair in a bun underneath wigs for the last year. Yes, now was not one single bun; she did. You know wash her hair in between that. Of course, it wasn't just like literally one whole bun, but her hair just was not taken care of, and I want you all to go and refer back to my video. Yes, you can grow your hair, long, strong in weaves and also roller set on relaxed hair, because there you will be able to find her journey, but for her she has a consistency problem in her hair. Regimen, okay - and I feel like her journey - is a prime example of how I teach you all. Even when you find a reputable stylist, you have to make sure that you are doing your due diligence at home to maintain your results, because the client stylist relationship is a partnership. And if you are not holding up your end of the deal, it does not matter how much work your stylist puts in during your appointments. It will all go down the drain if it is not being paired with the proper Aftercare, so definitely check out her journey over the last couple of years to see you know kind of where her hair has been, and this is why I encourage you all to Click that link in my bio in my description box and get your hands on the free version of my five keys for success in your healthy hair Journey guide, because in that guide I hope you all build the mental Foundation to help you repeating. You know the same bad Cycles when it comes to your hair. It really starts in the mindset. You really have to start training your mind differently, as well as instilling new habits. If you want to see long-term results and your hair journey and any Journey you embark on period, whether that be Fitness, personal development Etc. So, like I said this is a year touch up on a relaxer. So of course there is plenty of new growth. I would encourage you all to check out my self-relaxing technique, where I show you all how you can correct your relaxer at home and relax your hair in sections. If you are someone who is overwhelmed by relaxing your hair all at once, and you want a more foolproof way at approaching your relaxed hair, but in that video I'll show you all how I Believe air drying could be helpful when it comes to showing you the Line of demarcation, so I did ask her to her hair, wasn't washed anytime recently or near this video when this video was filmed, but she did kind of put a little bit of water on it the day before, so it kind of helped, but not really. I just eyeballed it, but that is why you know that is the reason that the application is so thick and so heavy in terms of how long or how far down the relaxer is being applied. But if you notice, I am not applying it on the scalp and I'm not applying it on the scalp, because if you didn't know by now - and I'm going to assume a lot of you, don't because when I see a lot of at-home relaxed hair videos, a Lot of people automatically go for the scalp first, but when you're dealing with chemical process, you know color relaxers, whatever the hair closest to your scalp is going to process faster due to the body heat okay. So you don't want to apply it directly to the base of the hair. You want to start below that and when I say below that it depends on when you're touching up in this video. You see me doing it about an inch in some areas. Some it looks like about an inch and a half, but the point is it's not near the scalp to where it would process super fast and another important tip that I will give you all is making sure that you don't just apply it to the front of The hair section or the part, but you also apply it to the back as well, to make sure that it processes evenly through. Of course, we based her scalp and we based it all the way through not just around the perimeter not only to protect her skin. Her scalp, but to also I find that pre-parting helps it help, makes it easier to part through the hair as you're going through. I didn't use the twisties. Some people do use the twisties and the braids, and if you find that that works for you when it comes to pre-sectioning, then you know that's on for you. I'Ve tried that once on myself - and I did not like it, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I just don't find it to be necessary for me, and that's the thing with this, for those of you all who are doing your hair at home period, but especially when it comes to this, you have to make sure that you set yourself up to do it In a way that works best for you get the fundamentals down, like I said, do not apply it to your scalp, don't apply it on your scalp or up to your scalp or excuse me, you don't apply it up to your scalp first and don't apply on Your scalp, you know, make sure you're hitting the front and the back of the parting. These are examples of fundamentals, but when it comes to all of the improvisions in between y'all understand, it comes down to preference. It comes down to circumstances. I always tell y'all on my channel: get the fundamentals get the principles everything else outside of that is arbitrary. It comes down to which you feel most comfortable with hair care is not black and white, it is very simple, but it's not black and white or this or that or binary to the point where it can only be done one way. So this is these are examples of fundamentals, but all of the other things, for example, when you see me, do my self-relaxing technique, I'm not saying you have to do that. That'S just the method that I found easiest for me and I'm sharing it with the intention of adding some variety to the conversation, so that, if people are anyone, who's also struggling can find some helpful pointers in that technique. Now another key thing when it comes to applying your relaxer is you want to be mindful of how you are applying the relaxer, because the way that you are applying it is going to be the same sequence that you follow to rinse it out, and I will Show you all that at the end of this video, but as you can see, I chose to go counter clockwise, starting with the back of the hair, because that is where it is the most coarse and not just the back two quadrants, but also starting with the Top of the quadrants, where the hair is the most coarse. If you notice, I applied it on the nape in the lowest um area, the lower end of the quadrant, because her hair was super. Her hair is fine period, but her hair is very not just fine but is looser. There is softer there, so that's why I applied it their last, so that it would not process too quickly. You have to pay attention to your hair when it comes to Silk. Pressing relaxers, sew-ins, Etc. If someone has a thin spot in a certain part of their head that they don't have in other areas, then obviously you want to be mindful of how you're braiding there. I believe that a lot of hair blows that are often experienced stem from a lack of being able to improvise and being able to take each person's head in unique their unique hair situation into consideration when it comes to performing whatever technique or service. So you have to take everyone's situation into consideration. Another thing that I found helpful when it comes to um home relaxing is making sure that you have everything set up before you get to applying relaxers so making sure you have enough relaxer lying around making sure you have all your tools together: um not lying around, But you know making sure that you have all of your tools at hand. You have enough relaxer, making sure that you have a game plan. You know making sure the hair is detangled beforehand making sure like I said you can pre-part your sections also taken into consideration. The person's hair or your hair before you actually apply the product different things, setting up your rinse out station ahead of time, so that you know your shampoos, you have towels. Everything is ready to go. There are no dishes in the sink if you're rinsing it in the um kitchen and that's the whole other thing. Are you rinsing it out in the kitchen? Are you rinsing it out in the bathtub? You got ta, have your game plan together so that you got your timing right setting your timer, that's a whole other part of the conversation making sure that your timer is set. Now. As for timing, this particular relaxer that was used, their suggestion for fine here is 10 to 15 minutes for the application, as well as the smoothing. I believe that this was applied and smoothed in about the clock was set for 16 minutes, and I think we probably went to about 20 minutes or something like that. The timing thing is a really weird issue. Y'All, the time of thing is an issue I mean. Excuse me not an issue. The timing thing is one of those things where it's like. I feel like it's best to start with less than more but you'll for me personally, I've just had to figure it out as I've gone because it really has depended on the relax I've been using and you know my technique did I under process my hair. Last time it's just, you have to you'll you'll get the hang of it, but of course it's better to have less than more. But then you don't want to have it too little to where it's not enough time, but I feel like I've noticed for myself as well as others. It'S like that 20 minutes and that's like with extra time to smooth and 20 minutes is like it seems to be. The 18 to 20 minutes seems to be about what it is, but I know I was relaxing my hair in 15 minutes at one point and that seemed to work, but I was using a different relaxer. So y'all follow the instructions but also pay attention to what you got going on. So as you can as a disclaimer y'all like I said, these are tips I'm using for at-home relaxers. I do not offer relaxers and I'm not a relaxer specialist. These are observations. I noticed throughout my relaxed Journey, okay, okay, I want to make that clear, but definitely check out the videos of not just professional stylists but professional stylists, who are well versed in relaxers. Okay. These are things that I've um noticed over this past four years. Almost four years that I've been relaxed and self-relaxing so, as you can see, as I'm going back, I'm applying the relaxer up to the scalp, not on the scalp, but up to the scalp. That doesn't mean there won't be a little bit that gets on it. But again, I'm not necessarily applying it to the scalp, I'm applying it up to the scalp, and that makes a difference because that should cut down on the contact that your scalp has with the relaxer. We should reduce your chances of burning with it prematurely so that you can make sure you're getting the full process on games. Another key tip is to remember that you're free to relax your hair. However, you like, however, if you like, to maintain the Integrity in the hair, it is nice to not relax the hair bone straight because you don't want it to be over processed and that's what you all are going to notice in this video is her. Hair still had a good amount of texture left to wear. Although her hair is on the finer side, she has very fine strands and she considers her hair to be thin. I don't think it's thin. I just think she has fine hair. He does have some thinning in the crown area just due to past abuse of jaw, string, drawstring ponytails in jail when wet buns and things of that nature braids. But you want to make sure that you leave the strength in the hair. Now I don't offer shortcuts um, but I've worked around a lot of stylists that do offer shortcuts. If you are a stylist that specializes in shortcuts. Please let me know in the comments, but it seems like shortcuts are almost relaxed bone straight almost um. A lot of the times I could be wrong, but it seems like when it comes to how long you process or how straight you get the hair when it comes to shortcuts. It seems like there's more leeway with shortcuts. I could be wrong, but that's what it seems like y'all. Let me know in the comments I have had a shortcut once on my hair, which I actually did not like, and it was a relaxed it was relaxed, but I do not offer shortcuts their observation that you will make is yes, the product is being applied to The hairline last, because that is where it is more fragile. Now, in this particular case, she did have a lot of got to be glue caked onto her hairline um, so that did affect the way that some of the hairs process, but overall it still came out very nicely. In my opinion, especially considering how long it had been since the last relaxer, it really evened out because the last relaxer she came in with which I did not do it was all over the place. So it's more even now so, as you can see, we're rinsing the hair out um, it's not cold, it's not hot. It'S just nice, normal, warm temperature. One thing that I used to do wrong is, I would rinse it out, but I wouldn't rinse it out very thoroughly, because I thought I had to hurry up and get the the neutralizer ship order. Y'All. Now I make sure I rinse rinse very thoroughly because it makes it easier to neutralize the hair if you, especially if you're using the color alarm ones, if you don't have it rinsed out, it's going to take forever to get there neutralized so don't be afraid to Be thorough when it comes to removing the product. You know water temperature, wise. You know I if, as you will notice, I'm using my fingers, not my nails but the the pads in my fingers to help remove the product and I'm being very thorough, making sure that I get the hairline making sure that I get the edges Etc. I did not show me smoothing the hair and I forgot to kind of talk about it, but basically what I did, after applying it to the roots, was kind of worked. The relaxer down to finish processing the rest of the new growth and allow it to just be uniform, meet the um previously relaxed, and so it wasn't there weren't. There wasn't any sort of kind of demarcation list. Because that's another mistake. I know on my own hair. I used to be so nervous about getting the previously relaxed ends, but you know as long as you're applying it properly making sure you're not applying it up to the new growth I mean the previously relaxed ends right away. You know it it. You don't have to this is an intense process and you do have to be intentional, but being too scary, y'all it'll it can be bad too, and that's something else that I noticed so like. I said I'm rinsing it out in the order that I applied the relaxer in so that it can process evenly, because that's the mistake I've made in the past before is just being so scary and just rinsing it out right away. And then you end up with under processed hair, so when you're doing it counterclockwise in the way that you apply it, you are allowing it to finish processing the way it's supposed to nice and evenly foreign products, which I mentioned earlier. You all can get in the description box. It'S an amazing ebook to teach you how to become a better consumer, how to be a smarter consumer and better at product selection, saving you time and money in the long run and disappointment in that ebook. I teach you all about how to properly mix and match products, because you do not have to stick to a singular product line y'all when it comes to regular old products. Every product in a line is not always going to hit and suppose you find a clarifying shampoo from one line. That'S really good, but you don't like the rest of the line. But then you find another line that you, like all the products, it's okay, to bring that clarifying shampoo over you can mix and match products I feel like when it comes to relaxer systems, though, and chemicals you want to be. Mindful of you know, if a if a relaxer comes as a system, y'all use the system. So, for example, I've worked by stylists who use the affirm fiber guard, and you know that is an example of relaxer system. Now you're gon na have you have certain stylists? Who might improvise differently whatever, but generally I do believe in mixing and matching products, but when it comes to chemicals, you know if it's sold as a system use the system. That'S something else that I would say to you all. I will admit, though, when it comes to my relaxing routine. I don't use all of the products in the particular line that I use. I do not, and my hair is fine, but that relaxer is not as it's not as intricate as like. I said that other brand affirms is: they have a few products that I have bought the entire line, and I realized, for example, one of their products is really just conditioner. So now I just use conditioner to serve that purpose, and we can talk about this more. In the academy, that is something to be mindful of y'all if it's come as a system use the system until proven. Otherwise, if I left the sound on for this portion of the video and I'm going to, allow you all to just hear it, but make sure you rinse that relaxer out thoroughly and make sure you gently scrub it out as well with the pads of your fingers. Not your nails, you know no we're not using tea tree shampoo or any of those aromatic um Sensational type of shampoos. That will irritate the scalp just using simple neutralizing, clarifying shampoo to make sure that we get that product out and you all make sure that you tune back in for part two where you will see the aftermath and The Styling process. Thank you all. 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