Self relaxers -- Relaxing one side at a time?

[perfectpeace]

Hey self-relaxers,

I was wondering if anyone relaxed their hair one side at a time. What I mean is, you relax the left, then neutralize, then relax the right side?

How do you do it? Can I get some tips? Thanks in advance, ladies.

 

[CICI24]

no I haven't but I was thinking about trying applying it that way

 

[cece]

A stylist did this to my sister's hair. If been thinking or relaxing my own hair and it sounds like a good idea for a new jack so you don't overprocess. But it seems like it would be tricky to prevent the the second half from getting it wet or shampooed.

 

[CurlyCrly]

I did it that way when I first texturized my hair.

THE METHOD:

I divided my hair straight down the middle from forehead to nape of neck. I then put a plastic conditioning cap on the right side with the elastic part laying within the hair's part. I used bobby pins to secure it. I then relaxed the left half. I did the left half first because I planned to rinse in the tub. The water faucet is on the left. After neutralizing the left side, I towel dried and loosely plaited it up and put a plastic cap on that side. I then relaxed the right side and got in the shower to rinse and neutratlize. Once the right side was done, I removed the plastic cap from the left side and undid the plaits and neutralized all of my hair once again.

 

[AnjelLuvs]

sounds like it takes to long what are the benefits

 

[soslychic]

Well for me at least I know that would be the easiest method because I have a tendency to underprocess my hair (even though I don't want it bone straight) I still want the curl relaxed out to a certain degree. So concentrating on one half of my head first would certainly give me more time to make sure everythings covered as opposed to a big blob of hair that I'm trying to cover in the alloted period of time.

Doing it that way, I'm sure to miss things because I'm not very experienced yet.

 

[perfectpeace]

Thank you ladies. I wanted to know because I just can't seem to get the timing down. I think I am going to try this this weekend or next. I may do the left side on Friday night, then the right side Saturday morning . . .Ill post my results.

 

[skegeesmb]

I do the method similar to CurlyCrly,

It takes me an hour, because I do each section, not two sections at a time. That way I know I didn't overprocess my hair, and since different parts of my hair take different times to relax, doing it one section at a time ensures that I don't underprocess.

I do it this way because I refuse to have overprocessed hair after getting it to the condition I wanted my hair to be.

 

[ballet_bun]

skegeesmb ... I just saw your photo album. You roller set looks really nice. What are you using in your hair that keep it so shiney! Good job!!!!!

Ballet Bun ...

 

[skegeesmb]

Thanks ballet bun. I used a combo of WGO (of course

) and lottabody cremewrap (thanks to sweetcocoa). I used a brush to smooth my hair as much as I could, and then I would roll away.