Given the attractiveness of a smooth hair, many women with curly hair, curly or frizzy hair straightening that use. A hairstyle technique far from being trivial. Decryption.
Straightening is a sustainable process operation of changing the texture of curly hair, curly or frizzy to make them more or less steep. For this is applied to the length a product which left to stand 15 to 20 minutes. The pause time will be longer on the hair dense and curly texture. As for the dyestuffs, the relaxer cream should not come into contact with the skin. It is why the protected beforehand using an insulation product -type Vaseline. The protective gloves is recommended during application.
The operation can be performed at home using kits commercially -Large surfaces, Afro shops or hairdresser.
Two types of straightening
The soft is suitable for straightening curly or frizzy hair moyennent. He appealed to the thiolated technology. The product acts on the surface of the hair to change their appearance. After a period ranging from 3 to 6 months depending on the density of the hair, the product fades and hair regains its elasticity and original texture.
The fort is for straightening very curly hair frizzy. It uses alkaline technology. It is open from an alkali (derived soda), hair scales in order to go deep into the hair and break it artificially keratin molecules. The hair is then seen imposed a stiff texture, made permanent through chemical action.
The two types of straightening are not compatible. A hair was straightened with a thiolated product, can not receive an alkaline product and vice versa. Not until all traces of the product used has disappeared. This equates to cut the hair in case of using alkali.
It is best to limit the operation to three times per year maximum for thiol straightening and meet a minimum of six weeks between two alkaline straightening. In the case of a renewal of straightening or editing, only the roots, also called "regrowth", will receive the product. The already processed lengths must not be in contact at the risk of damaging them.
How to apply?
Spread the relaxer on lengths, a few centimeters from the scalp.
Leave on for 15 to 20 minutes maximum from the beginning of the application.
Rinse the hair making sure to get rid of all traces of relaxer product. This step is delicate because while it is in contact with the hair, the product continues to act. The manufacturers supply their kits in a shampoo, the color of the foam is used to identify the presence of any product residue on the hair.
A minute restorative care provided in the kit is then applied. We can then proceed to styling through rollers set on damp hair and then drying helmet or using a curling iron used after drying the hair with a hair dryer.
The attraction of the smooth
Despite the growing popularity of natural hair left, straightening remains the norm for many women around the world. In 2009, the American Chris Rock aired a documentary titled Good Hair shock, in which he questioned the African American women compared to their hair and straightening. We discovered there across the Atlantic, stiff hair is still called by many "good hair" (good hair).
The media and celebrities also play an important role in the promotion of a female model with long, straight hair. Whether it's music stars like Beyoncé or Rihanna, dummies like Naomi Campbell and Chanel Iman or from media figures like Tyra Banks, few women who wear their hair natural. Most prefer to wear wigs or extensions. Under these conditions, it is difficult for many women, especially younger ones, to identify with different models of beauty.
In his book Black Skin, frizzy hair, the sociologist Juliette Smeralda lists, according to the results of a survey it conducted among French black women why they défrisent hair: hair and facilitate make it less painful, have straight hair, seduce and correspond to Western canons.
Far from being complexed by their natural textures, some like Aisha blogger who runs the blog Black Velvet Hair evoke above all the convenience of straightened hair. After a stop straightening for two years, the young woman explains in the video below why she wished to bring back her hair straightened, "In September 2014, therefore, two years after my last relaxer, I crossed a rather difficult period on a personal, emotional, educational (short everything!). Going to do my shopping, I saw a box relaxer and I fell. I took refuge in what I knew, the 'simplicity' of my hair. I could then do my hair rollers (roller set or flexi rods) as is my habit, "says the young woman who wears her hair straightened since the age of 6 years.
