Thanks for the info about PhytoSpecific. It is expensive; I saw it in Sephora. I think I'll pass on it for now. I also read about a relaxer call Sytonics (I think that's the name), but it seems like a cheap version of PhytoSpecific. Why do you have to go back to the salon so often for styling with PhytoSpecific? That's interesting.

Pelo Malo/Pelo Bueno…. Bad hair good hair

Dominicans have 13 names for the texture of hair. 13!

so to say that other communities hair issues aren't as prominent as the african american community is a joke. I have quite a few family members and friends who can tell you otherwise.

dope post btw

You're lucky you found a stylist that uses any Avlon products at all because very few salons do. In my opinion they're the best relaxers on the market but that one type may not be the best for you. Now as for PhytoSpecific it's a very expensive no-lye relaxer which has been universally panned as not good for ultimate hair health when relaxing. I knew one stylist who used it but then you had to go to the salon for weekly roller sets and maintenance. Yet no-lye is pushed like it's going out of style. Yet someone else will be the exception. So again, it's very daunting. I have a relative with locs but dyed her hair some time ago and it weakened it to the point she's had a lot of breakage. I think whatever we do to our hair we must have professional maintenance from a qualified stylist at some point simply because we can still damage our hair no matter what we do to it.

I'm with you here, if only because I'm a not-quick on the uptake kind of person, so if someone is trying to get their point across to me via a hairstyle, I'm going to miss it. I figure, if someone's got a political statement to make, they'll verbalize it to me, soon enough. So I figure the hair is a fashion or convenience choice, unless explicitly told otherwise.

My only issue with relaxers and weaves is who is getting the money from these purchases, and how (or if) the profits from hair care sales ever benefit BW. My understanding is that some of the major advertisers on BET are from the family of Black hair care products, but the images produced as a result of this funding are damaging to BW and girls. My problem here is with ownership, not with the actual look itself.

I've also been in a situation a few times where a stylist insisted on using Affirm relaxer on my hair, no matter how much I told her that I KNOW it does not work on my hair. Needless to say, those stylists never saw my hair again. Like you said, they are more concerned about their own convenience than my hair, paid for with my hard-earned money (close to $80!!). I want to try PhytoSpecific, but I can't find anyone that uses it in a salon.

I do take issue with the abundance of sisters wearing weaves. Now it's cool for a hair styling break, special occasion, etc. But so many women wear them now like they were born with them, rather than just taking care of their own, real hair.