3 Tips For The Perfect Relaxed Hair With Mega Growth.

My Journey To  Healthy Relaxed Hair.

My hair is a mess of split ends and a crown of coarse tough hair- that’s usually how I would describe it to anyone that cared enough to ask.

When it comes to hair care and products, I’m not the smartest cookie in the jar. And for the most part of my life, I didn’t exactly care to be one – after all, it’s just hair right? But earlier this year, I made a decision to take my hair care a bit more seriously.

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve probably heard me talk about this. I put it out that I was determined to have a full head of healthy relaxed hair and I got more than a few helpful tips.

Now I’m no hair blogger or specialist – Never have been, probably never would be (because never say never) but I solidified my decision to grow healthy relaxed hair by going the Profectiv Mega growth no-lye relaxer way.

I picked up a pack of Mega growth relaxer recently and got schooled on how relaxing my hair wrongly may have contributed to some of my hair issues. And because love is not just in words but in actions too, I figured it would be criminal not to share with the people I claim to love.

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1. Read Through The Instructions Manual.

When it comes to relaxing my hair, I usually would just entrust every single phase of the relaxing process to the hair stylist and my instinct (when it starts to hurt). I never bothered to read through the instruction label that comes with my relaxer and now I realize why that is a bad choice.

The Mega growth relaxer kit comes with a timing guide that tells you the appropriate length of time to have the relaxer in your hair. Leaving the relaxer in for longer than instructed would only weaken your hair and cause breakage.

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2. Base Your Scalp Before Relaxing.

If you’re #TeamRelaxedHair or if you grew up relaxing your hair, you’ll definitely be used to the hair stylist applying petroleum jelly (vaseline) along the perimeter of your scalp before relaxing. This is called Basing and is done to protect the scalp from getting burnt during the relaxing process.

But do you know that you can as well base your whole scalp with the petroleum jelly before relaxing? Simply separate and part each section of your hair until the entire scalp is covered with the oil or butter you’re using.

I wish I knew this earlier because I always ended up with a burnt scalp whenever I relaxed my hair.

3. Use A Neutralizing Shampoo After Relaxing.

My first time of hearing about the neutralizing shampoo was a few days ago. Lame? I’m sure there are a few other people like me out there. So if you’re like me, who would just use any shampoo after relaxing. Stop it right now!

The main purpose of a neutralizing shampoo is to re-balance your hair’s pH level. Thankfully, the mega growth relaxer comes with its own pack of neutralizing shampoo to help you thoroughly cleanse your hair from the relaxer, rebalance your hair PH and ultimately improve health growth and volume.

P.S – I hear the ideal interval between relaxing your hair should be at least eight weeks. I usually just go with my instinct – relaxing whenever I feel like its time for another retouching.

What do you guys think? How often do you relax?  Do you use a neutralizing shampoo? 
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