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Do You Still Relax Your Hair? – 5 Tips For Relaxing Your Hair At Home

I don’t know about you, but my very first relaxer was done in my kitchen by my mother, who is ...
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5 Bad Habits To Avoid When Growing Long Relaxed Hair

@freshlengths By now, we all know that long, healthy relaxed hair is a thing that some of us don’t get ...
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I Used To Be That Girl – Relaxers Made Me Stop Working Out

I’ve always been an athletic girl; for as long as I can remember my mother had me in soccer, basketball, ...
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My Mid-Natural Life Crisis Forced To Get A Protective Style

Many women of color rely on protective styles as a way to maximize hair growth and to not have to ...
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The Time I Tried To Relax My Own Hair At Age 12

Ever since I could remember, my mother did my hair. It was our Sunday evening routine. We would come home ...
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How To Help Your Teen Care For Her Relaxed Hair

Being a teenager was a really exciting time for me because I knew that I was going to gain a ...
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One Of My Biggest Regrets Is Relaxing My 5yr Old Niece's Hair

One Of My Biggest Regrets Is Relaxing My 5yr Old Niece’s Hair

One of the biggest debates among black hair is whether relaxing a child’s hair is considered to be ok. For ...
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Ladies Who Have Gone Back To Relaxed Hair After Being Natural

Ladies Who Have Gone Back To Relaxed Hair After Being Natural

We are so used to seeing the hair stories of women ditching their relaxers and embracing their natural textures that ...
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Yahya aka Pocahontas Shares Her Relaxed And Japanese Straightened Hair Journey

Yahya aka Pocahontas Shares Her Relaxed And Japanese Straightened Hair Journey

If you have relaxed hair, not reading this interview could be considered the ultimate cardinal sin. Yahya aka Pocahontas has hip ...
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Interview With Jeni 4a/b Relaxed From Just Grow Already

Interview With Jeni 4a/b Relaxed From Just Grow Already

How did you first get involved in hair care? I’d always been interested in hair on some level prior to ...
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Top 3 Reasons We Are Seeing A Huge Return To Relaxers

Top 3 Reasons We Are Seeing A Huge Return To Relaxers

Toward the end of 2019 we noticed several influencers and people in the natural hair community returning to relaxers. With ...
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How Soon Is Too Soon To Relax Your Daughter’s Hair?

So, the other day I was having a conversation with my mom and my sister about some of the decisions ...
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Our Top Tips To Relaxing Or Texlaxing Your Hair At Home Like A Professional

Our Top Tips To Relaxing Or Texlaxing Your Hair At Home Like A Professional

Contents: The week before the relaxer  The day before the relaxer Relaxer day Applying the relaxer Smart application for virgin ...
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What Is Texlaxing And Is It For You?

What Is Texlaxing And Is It For You?

We have had a few questions about Texlaxing over the last couple of weeks, many of which surround what it ...
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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!

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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 Often You Should You Moisturize Relaxed Hair

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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How To Play With Color If You Have Relaxed Hair

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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Relaxer Do's And Dont's From A Girl With Waist Length Relaxed Hair

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

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

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

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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