Page 3 - Volume 2 Black Hair

the sound of hair frying, then brush through and style. The finished style

looked great and the hair looked healthy, very black and shiny from all

the oil, but in truth very damaged underneath all the oil.

I was hoping on my return from America that I would be able to say to

my staff “This is the right way to do it”, sadly, I could not get any

technical information from any of the manufactures, so all I can do is

relate to you what saw us through chemical processes in my six salons, I

am not saying this information is right, all I am saying is that with no

technical information available this seemed the best way for us.

Before you begin apply Vaseline to the areas around the frontal hairline,

on top of the ears and lots on the nape of the neck, this is to protect the

skin from burning in these sensitive areas. where it is easy to burn the

skin.

When you open a box of relaxer you will find one sheet of paper with

polythene gloves laminated over the top of the instructions, the

instructions seem very simple, there is a nice sketch of a head of straight

hair divided into four sections, it recommends starting on one of the neck

sections first and then work your way through the other three sections.

Comb it all through, and use the back of the comb to flatten the hair to the

scalp section by section. This would work if you were dealing with

straight hair like in the sketch but the chances are that the client sitting

before you has a whole head of naturally frizzy hair almost impossible to

comb into nice neat sections.