RELAXED HAIR

The Harmful Effects Of Relaxers – A Critical Look And My Own Experience

Our girl Chime Edwards has been on a real educational kick lately and her latest video is about some of the ...
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“I Probably Would Have Kept My Relaxed Hair If It Was Not Breaking” – What My Friend Taught Me

Back in 2007 I had a friend who decided to go natural because of thinning hair and her inability to ...
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Finally A Twist Out For Relaxed Hair!

Don’t get me wrong I love my relaxed hair, so much so that I decided to switch back from texlaxed, ...
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3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Care If You Decide To Relax Your Hair After A Natural Hair Journey

I don’t plan to relax, why? For one I don’t need one extra thing to do every 6 weeks and ...
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Stretching Relaxers: Do’s And Don’t

For our girls who are wearing a relaxer you might be thinking about doing a little stretching. When getting relaxers, ...
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Before You Go Back To Relaxers – Try This First

Contents: Women Are Going Back to Relaxers The Reasons The Straight Hair Natural Basic Regimen for a Straight Hair Natural ...
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These Hair Products Could Be Increasing Your Cancer Risk Study Finds

Contents: Is Your Hair Routine Risking Your Health? What’s The Latest News? Unpacking & Making Sense Of It All So ...
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Sultry Summer Curls On Texlaxed Or Relaxed Hair

We have had a few requests to feature some videos and styles that are relaxed or texlaxed. Truth be told ...
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What The Heck Is A Texlaxing And Is It Natural?

I hear this question quite often in hair forums, groups and on blogs. It’s a funny word that has been ...
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10 Top Tips For A Healthy Relaxed Hair Journey

Relaxed hair and natural hair can be seen as very different, after all one is curly and the other is ...
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A Few Reasons Your Hair Relaxer Might Be Causing Breakage And Shedding

I have relaxed hair that is medium length. I relax my hair about every 7 weeks. A few days after ...
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Some Words Of Encouragement From A Relaxed Hair Guru

Are you going natural? Gurl Naw! I love Prettywitty, she is such an awesome person, and her accent it too ...
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A Summer Hair Regimen For Relaxed Hair

It is really hard to talk about summer when its snowing in the spring seriously? I mean did ya’ll catch that ...
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5 Relaxed Hair Ladies You Should Subscribe To On YouTube

I have a confession to make: I LOVE YOUTUBE! I could literally spend the whole day watching videos. Who would ...
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How To Play With Color If You Have Relaxed Hair

I think that we all can agree that we love changing up our hair from time to time, and ...
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How Often You Should You Moisturize Relaxed Hair

It is almost impossible to start your healthy hair journey without constantly being reminded of how important moisturizing and sealing ...
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Relaxer Do’s And Dont’s From A Girl With Waist Length Relaxed Hair

I was really appreciative of TheHappyHairShow on YouTube for coming out with her own list of do’s and don’ts for applying ...
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What Relaxer Stretching Is And Why It Is Important In Retaining Length

There was a time where I would run for the relaxer at the first sign of new growth. To me ...
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The Difference Between Clarifying And Chelating Relaxed Hair

So I know exactly what you are thinking, “this post came right on time!” Am I right? Okay maybe not, ...
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Black Tea Rinse For Shiny Locs

Tea is typically not my thing, I mean I will have a cup every now and then and afterwards be eternally ...
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3 Things To Remember When Deep Conditioning Relaxed Hair

Dare I say it; relaxed hair gets really dry too! One of the things that stood out for me the ...
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5 Important Things I’ve Learned About Caring For Texlaxed Hair

I’m a sucker for a good challenge/project to throw myself into. Freshmen year I wanted to master healthy relaxed hair ...
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Relaxed Hair Myths I Once Believed To Be True

I will always remember the day of my first relaxer. I was in the seventh grade and one of the ...
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Some Ways To Win The New Growth Battle As You Stretch Your Relaxers

She walks up to the line looking graceful and postured. Her back is straight her shoulders are relaxed. She doesn’t ...
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The Search and Destroy Method

Have you ever heard the saying ‘ If it aint broke, don’t fix it” well that is my personal approach ...
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Top 3 Sealing Oils For Relaxed Or Chemically Treated Hair

Oils, oh oils. How do we healthy hair care lovers love thee! Oils are a major part of any healthy ...
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Pros And Cons Of Texlaxed Hair

Call me greedy, but when it comes to my hair I’ve always wanted the best of both worlds. There’s nothing ...
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4 Natural Hair Care Techniques That Increase Length Retention In Relaxed Hair

We all know that natural hair in its purest form increases length retention for most of us, but that is ...
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Yes Relaxed Girls Will Probably Have To Big Chop Too

If you Google the term ‘big chop’ the search results will almost always reference ideas surrounding starting a natural hair journey ...
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7 Steps To Flat Ironing Relaxed Hair Without Heat Damage

Relaxed ladies don’t often think that heat damage applies to them because unlike with natural hair, you are not immediately ...
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8 Tips To Ensure That You Get The Same Texlaxed Texture Every Time

Texlaxing is one of those newfangled words/techniques that came about as part of the healthy hair revolution a few years ...
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Why Do Women Still Use Relaxers? – A Retailer’s Perspective

We receive very interesting emails here at BHI and while most of them are your standard ‘help me make my hair better’ ...
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A Look At The Cathy Howse Regimen For Relaxed Hair

Cathy Howse used to be known as the don of relaxed hair and even though she is natural now her ...
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Finger Detangling – How To Go Comb Free For Natural Or Relaxed Hair

I am the ultimate minimalist. If I could find one product that washed, conditioned and styled my hair all in ...
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Moisturizing Your New Growth In Relaxed Hair To Avoid Breakage

You know that awkward moment when you have just finished detangling, moisturizing and sealing your relaxed ends and all of a sudden you get ...
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