STOP Moisturize and Seal Your Relaxed Hair! This Is Why... 

Please stop comparing relaxed hair and texlaxed or texturized hair. Moisturized and sealed is more compatible with texlaxed or texturized hair as I mentioned. I think a lot of people are discombobulated as it relates to what exactly is relaxed or texturized hair. Some of these RU-vidrs are misinforming us with a lot of information! One minute they are texlaxed and next they are relaxed! whatever to beat the algorithm I guess.....

The thing about relaxed hair is that you can't just moisturize and seal and leave your hair like that. Once you wet your hair, you must set it in a style . Be it a roller set, a braid out or a bantu knot out. You have to give your hair direction once it's wet or it will dry frizzy and feel brittle. Good video

I think it’s about what works for the individual tbh. I’ve reached waist length thanks to moisturizing and dealing with a pea sized amount either everyday or every other day. If I don’t do it, my hair will be so dry and frizzy

There is no one set rule to relaxed hair nor natural hair. Each individual hair is different. The key is learning what “Your” hair likes. Listening to your hair and how it responds when you try a new routine or a different hair product. Once you discover that stick to it and your hair will flourish!

Hair moisturizers are ok to use on your hair, the problem is that people tend to wet down their relaxed hair with the moisturizer, the moisturizer were never meant to be used in that way. If your hair is 100% relaxed then you are only to use a pea size and only when needed. However, if your hair is more dense then you might be able to use little bit more, but never ever use it to wet down your hair. I have been using moisturizer on my hair and it is doing very well. Moisturizer are only to be used when needed. If your hair do not need it at a particular time then do not use it. Please there no need to apply it everyday. I think moisturizers are good for any hair type I just think people need to learn the correct way to use them.

My hairdresser told me to stop doing it too. She also said use a glosser. I was trying to take care of my relaxed hair like I did my natural hair. That was bad for my hair. Great information 👍🏽

Girlie, you might be on to something! When I had a relaxer, I never did the traditional moisturize and seal. I would only use a hairdress- keracare or design essentials as my moisturizer once or twice a week. Sometimes I would use their oil as well just a tiny bit. My hair was never weighed down and I have fine low porosity hair. My routine was simple. Wash and deep condition with a moisturizing conditioner once a week, a protein deep condition once a month. A light weight water based leave in treatment, roller set, dry then wrap. Silk/satin scarf at night. Result was healthy colour treated hair below bra strap length. I believe if you are washing and deep conditioning weekly, then you don’t need the constant moisturizing and sealing.

I agree. I never self relaxed and had my stylist, but she retired. The more I moist and seal and stretched to 20-24 weeks the drier my hair and the shedding. I had a major set back and went to a stylist who specializes in relaxers. Told me to stop moisture and sealing, use serums: olive oil, carrot, or bio silk. She cut the dead hair about 6 inches. Healthy hair at collar bone length. I am through stretching past 12 weeks. My hair was always stringy, and all I did was wear it in bun. Not every one can do all that moist and seal. I have discarded all the oils , leave ins, protein sprays, and decided rather than buy all that stuff I go to her once per month.

This is amazing how I went through the exact same thing with the exact same confusion!! Led me into a set back of hair that was dried out just like you explained and all the shedding! Ladiesss! We neeed to use RU-vidrs as a guide only. 4 years and many set backs later, I am back to my basics! And my hair is shining again for the first time in too long! With my staple ORS conditioner and sealing every other day with a serum or petroleum jelly! Yes! Petroleum jelly!! Let’s listen to our hair I’m glad people are clocking on to this 😄😄

This is a very interesting perspective and thank you for adding to the conversation. Just goes to show the level of detail that goes into hair specific products i.e. relaxed hair needing less everyday water than natural hair. Also a great example of what works for others might not work for you.

This explains what I'm going through. I'm getting a serum immediately

That moisturizer is actually my holy grail lol it’s so crazy how everyone’s hair experience is so unique but I also don’t use enough to wet it I use a small amount

Using hair serum was a big game-changer for me. Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for the video! I just relaxed my hair after about 10 years of being natural. I've been trying to relearn how to take care of my relaxed hair and started moisturizing and sealing my hair before bed...my hair feels awful. Apparently I've been using too much product. Practice makes perfect.

I used to moisturize and seal my hair every day (with something else, not that ors stuff, I don't like the scent), then I started doing it every other and now I pretty much don't do it and I think my hair is healthier. I completely agree with you, I think youtubers have a good idea by telling others to moisturize and seal but I think its too much for relaxed hair

I fully agree with this. I'm learning about my relaxed hair after having it natural for 4 years. My hair was going well until I started moisturizing it. Moisturized it about 1 hour ago and it just feels damp and dry. EDIT: So right after watching this video I washed my hair (ran out of deep conditioner so unfortunately was unable to do that). I used IC hair serum blow dried on medium heat and flat ironed. Minimal shedding after that. Theres more i need to do health wise to curb more shedding but ... You've saved my hair BIG Thanks.

This advice applies to my natural hair. I have finally realised it does not like water inbetween washes. If i do moisturise i use very little. I also went back to grease and serums - no more breakage!

Omg, i had the same experience with moisturizing and sealing. Thanks for the helpful info.

God bless you and your family, you don't know how much you are helping with this video

It is about finding the right moisturizer that works for you. That moisturizer breaks my hair as well and I feel it is because of the ingredients which includes petrolatum which blocks moisture and makes the hair feel brittle and dry. I was on a roller coaster trying to find moisturizers that will not break my hair and I finally stumbled upon Asiam - the liquid and the cream, and they have been amazing (for my hair). Moisture, strength and health. I use hair polisher as well but to use everyday without moisturizing results in dry hair for me. What I have come to learn is that our hair is different and will respond differently to different products and treatments. I have very fine hair, but strange enough texlaxing or underprocessing breaks my hair like crazy. I have to use Super strength box relaxers to adequately straighten my hair for it to thrive. I however compensate by relaxing every four to six months so it doesnt look lifeless. But.. the asiam moisturizers (the asiam so much moisture and the double butter cream) have been game changers for my hair. I no longer have to be a product junkie; I finally found what works. I dont use the liquid everyday, only as needed but it works perfectly during my stretches. The liquid is not like water, it has a somewhat thicker consistency; the same moisturizer hairlicious uses. The cream I use every other day especially after relaxers. I think ingredients play a significant role in the way some products work. Mineral oil and petrolatum based leave in moisturizers break my hair so I avoid them altogether. These ingredients tend to prevent the hair from absorbing adequate moisture and results in product buildup and dryness. We just have to find what works for us on our hair care journey and stick with it.

Omg, it works on my hair, u have saved my hair, i am sooo happy 👍😊

This is something to try. I didn’t care for the moisturizing and sealing, but thought it was necessary for my hair to thrive. I’ve been experiencing some shedding (more than Norma I’m I think). I’ll see. Thanks for the video.

I've just started my relaxed hair journey and happy to learn great tips. Definitely trying this, I'm a minimalist so if I can do more for my hair with less, sign me up! 😊. PS - Just found your channel (RU-vid recommended it) and I love it! 🖤

Girl, why am I just seeing this! Thank you for sharing!

I got tired of my hair being weighed down so I stopped years ago. If my hair needs to be moisturized I'll use lightweight products like CHI total protect and Paul Mitchell skinny serum but it's not a routine. Great video!!

I think a lot depends on your hair porosity. I’ve noticed that most of the relaxed RU-vidrs who promote M&S have high porosity hair (so they need more moisture) and they primarily wear low manipulation hairstyles instead of straight hair. Therefore they don’t mind if their hair is weighed down a bit.

I agree, excellent advice. Wetting and moisture does make your hair brittle and dry.

I actually don't moisturize and seal. If I do anything I'll add a little oil to my ends. Moisturizing products always felt like I was wetting my hair. So I agree with this post! :-) M&S is not for everyone.

I think this is great information! Your hair is SUPER SLEEK ❤❤! M&S does work great for me but I never "wet" my hair! Just a few drops on relaxed hair. On my daughter who is natural, I'll wet her hair down! But I don't wear my hair as sleek as yours! But I still found this video valuable because I think I will do this on the days i don't M&S!

This video is all ! Thanks for sharing

Thank you so much!!! I’ve always had my doubts about moisturizer on my relaxed hair…👠👠👠

Thank you for this information!

Thanks for this insightful video. I'm glad I already had a glosser oil in the back of my cupboard somewhere. Otherwise I'd be off to the shops tomorrow!😂 Also thanks for reminding us to do a treatment on our hair right after we wash out the relaxer. Don't go directly to the neutralizing shampoo guys! Do the treatment 1st (I use the Affirm 5-in-1 Reconstructor).

Thank you, I will definitely be giving this a try. :)

Great information! You’ve earned yourself a new subscriber 🎉🎊🎉

Oh my this makes so much sense because i was so confuse as to why my hair is breaking

I wonder if this rule is really for relaxed heads who use heat. Of course if you’re flat ironing or blow drying hair straighter on wash day you wouldn’t use a water based moisturizer. But if you air dry and plan to cowash more often I feel like it might be ok

Hmm... I honestly feel you are correct based on my experience. I've noticed when using CHI serum only that I have no breakage, but when using a liquid moisturiser, then seal that i see some breakage/hair in the sink. Also, i saw another video that stated to only use the CHI serum🤷‍♀️... So, you onto something here... I believe leave-ins, moisturisers and such are to be used probably after washing and conditioning the hair, but before you allow your hair to dry... From then on you only need a serum...

Im going to try this method and see how my hair reacts. Thankyoh for sharing i appreciate different tips and perspectives to give us ideas on things to try and see what our hair agrees with

Wow! Thank you so much! My hair was growing and flourishing it was off my shoulders but I have been following RU-vid videos about moisturizing and sealing and my ends keep breaking and my hair was shedding soooooo bad . Everytime my hair grows I have to trim because it was just too much on my hair and I didn’t understand what I was doing wrong. My mom told me today I can not do that with relaxed hair and fine relaxed hair at that. just wash every week and deep condition. I have a serum here at home that I only used on my wet and wavy wig. I will start to moisturize with that and make sure I am washing every week as well as protein treatments once a month. Thanks for the tips , can’t wait to maintain the hair growth now.❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hmm I thought I was the only one.... I don't like the heaviness of moisturizing and sealing either. I use a Rusk serum and it give moisture and shine minus the heaviness. When I cannot get Rusk I use Paul Mitchell. Great video!

Thanks for posting this video.

I followed your advice and got the polisher and noticed a different. I will definitely keep using it from now on (why didn't l use it before 🙄) l will use hair lotions and creams when l protective style but that's it. Thanks for sharing what you learned it has definitely helped me A LOT!!

I'm going to give this a try and review it on my channel.

Great video. Thank you 🙏

I use a liquid leave in spray instead of cream based moisturizers cos I have control on the amount of products I use . Then I seal it with serum. If I have too much new growth , I use leave in spray plus lighter leave in cream and top it up with castor oil on my new growth and serum on my relaxed hair . Hope this helps someone ❤️

I have to agree that it depends on what products a person is using. I am currently natural and I both had super long hair with my relaxed hair. Now I’m natural for 5 years I still have super long hair. I really believe it depends on the products. Yes I did moisturizer my hair when I had a relaxer, but it moisturizer it once a week. So perhaps people need to understand what really works for their hair..

I think its about knowing what your works for your hair. I moisturise and seal my hair using a leave in cream conditioner and seal with hair grease. I have returned alot of length.

You might have a point. My sister don't moisturize and seal her hair and she hardly has hair breakage. And I have all the fancy hair treatment and have breakage. I will give it a try. My only concern is that is recently put highlights on my hair, does that apply to relax hair with highlights.

I stopped moisturizing and sealing a long time ago. I don't own any moisturizers. I just apply a little serum on my hair before wrapping it at night.

I do M&S at times, but I mostly use serum. I thought it was just me that heard my hair snapping when I moisturised and sealed. I guess I was using too much.

Everything in excess is bad, at the beggining of my hair journey my hair was very thirsty and damaged, needed to moisturize every other day, never had issues, but presently it is healthy so I only need it middle of the wash cycle...

Thanks for sharing, great video.

I just realized this like 2 weeks ago. I got so sick of damp, tangled, dry hair. I will buy popular moisturizers and moisturize and seal religiously, but my hair was still dry and breaking. Now, I just apply baby oil every other day and my hair feels great for the first time since I first went relaxed.

Like how you keep it real 💯 subscribed

Good info. Moisture should come from the shampoo and deep condition process. Coconut oil prepoo will help with hygral fatigue.

I have to agree with you because I also noticed that after moisturizing and sealing my hair, overtime it has become dry and brittle so I will definitely be using glossing polish to see if I have better results. Great vid!

Thanks for sharing - I've never heard this before but it makes sense to me...I've literally washed my hair yesterday so will practice the use of a polish/serum when needed instead 😃 How about using moisturiser on your new growth only and sealing with an oil? New growth will need love too no?

She is right I use moisturizer on my daughter's hair they are natural it works for them, I stop using moisturizer on my relax hair I use the old school hair grease and pink moisturizer.

Really appreciate the tip on doing protein treatment right after relaxing. Pls clarify if the protein conditioner should be added before using the neutralizing shampoo or after ??? Thx allot

I can definitely agree with everything you just said! Although the LCO (I have low porosity hair) method worked when I was natural my hair flourished, but not when I’m currently relaxed. My hair was so healthy & bouncy at first & then a few months later it was dry, brittle, and shedded broken hairs would always be all over the place when I would comb it, I didn’t understand because I always kept it moisturized. So one day I just decided to just wing it lol and stopped using leave-in conditioners. My current routine: wash & deep condition every 2 weeks and use a hair serum every other day when needed. My hair is finally back like it was before thank goodness!!! So you are most definitely making sense here. I’m going to start using protein treatments after washing out my relaxers before the neutralizing shampoo because that seems pretty smart too. Glad I’m not the only one now lol, it’s crazy how I was fed up and intuitively knew what to do for my hair health.💖💖💖

Just came across your page and the title caught my attn. I'm glad I watched this because I thought I was tripping how my hair would snap when moisturizing and sealing but if I just used a leave in conditioning spray on wash day and use my oil and serums my hair had less breakage and was soft and shiny. This all makes so much sense thanks new subbie!!!

My hair absolutely HATES oil!!! Ugh. I can only use it as a rinse out. I haven't "sealed" my hair in 2 years now

Love your videos. At present, I use the creme of nature argon oil treatment as my daily moisturizer. Do you think I should replace it with a glossing polish?

Soooo, would you happen to have a video that shows the correct/proper way to use hair glossing polish on texlaxed or relaxed hair?

I think you’re on to something, sometimes I don’t like using cream moisturizers on my hair when it’s dry because it’s makes my hair wet and I just don’t like the feel of it. I’m trying to see if I can find like moisturizing serums or like a hair butter like mango butter. I’ll probably use the moisturizers that I have now as a leave in on wet hair.

Great video 😍😍

Interesting!! Because different things work differently for each person... my hair is relaxed as well as fine strands, and always felt like many items are too heavy for my hair, especially this particular step! It's really a lot of trial and error.

Thank you for your info..Can I ask what did you use for your scalp?

OMG .........GIIRRRRLLLLL, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ............I AM GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING WITH MY RELAXED HAIR........IT JUST STARTED SHEDDING LIKE CRAZY , FALLING OUT IN HUGE CLUMPS.........SO I WAS DEVASTATED.......I AM USING THAT SAME ORS BRAND.........EVERYTHING YOU SAID MAKES PERFECT SENSE ..........I WILL STOP......I USE THE PAUL MITCHELL SERUM BUT IT WEIGHS DOWN MY HAIR AND GETS IT STICKY WHICH I HATE THE STICKY FEELING.........I WILL DITCH IT AND TRY YOURS........MY HAIR ALSO HAS COLORED STREAKS AND I,M HALF INDIAN , SO MY HAIR IS LONG ........WHAT TYPE OF PROTIEN TREATMENT YOU THINK I SHOULD TRY FOR MY RELAX HAIR.......I AM USING THE ORS AT THE MOMENT BUT MY HAIR IS SHEDDING EVEN MORE ......😣😣😣😣. I WAS THINKING TO CUT IT AND START OVER ......PLEASE ANY ADVICE WILL BE APPRECIATED........YOUR HAIR LOOKS SUPER GORGEOUS BY WAY SWEETIE , YOUR HARD WORK PAID OFF.........GREAT VIDEO , VERY INFORMATIVE AND VERY HELPFUL. ❤👍❤👍❤👍❤👍

People are using the wrong products to moisturize and seal.Oils do not moisturize,they coat the hair. The moisturizer is only good for roller sets that you sit under the blow dryer with. Glosser polish is great for wrapping,and heat protection. The best moisturizer is water and hair grease seals it in. Only a dab for each section.

Pink oil moisturizer is the absolute best its the only thing that actually work's for me along with afrosheen

Very Good with Hair polishers with my hair.....feels very silky and frizz free

Is it okay to use Chi Silk instead of the IC or Proclaim gloss/polish?

After relaxer u wash out the relaxer do a protein treatment then deep condition and then wash your hair with the neutralizing shampoo???

I have to keep getting perms because I don't want to go back to natural again. But I want my hair braided so that it can grow because I suck at wrapping my hair and don't really like it down

I have to agree.. i dont really M&S as much any more.. i use polish most times and my hair is fine.. i pre poo with african pride, DC weekly, use my spray leave in, air dry a bit add a light hairdress, wrap then use polish and thats it for the week ( i may add a touch of hair dress to my ends depending) till next wash day... i do protein treatments once per relax cycle because my leave in keratin based and thats my routine lol M&S left my hair weighed down and greasy

I have a glosser that is silicone free. Does the glosse4 need to have silicone?

At first I thought this title sounded crazy and just had to watch, but this is an interesting perspective. I have thicker relaxed hair and often m&s, do my protein treatments, etc...but still notice shedding when I comb and also AS I'm m&sing!!! So you may be on to something🤔. I guess it's just whatever works for your hair at the end of the day 🤷🏾‍♀.

What products do you use on your scalp and how often do you use it

Please, which protein can l used on my relax hair thanks

Can I do the same thing for colour treated relax hair.

Now you've got me questioning. I've bought the Creme of Nature oil moisturiser and it is so very thick, I'm not a fan. I tried to use the tiniest of amounts. I do have an issue with dryness in the middle of my head so I've been trying to figure out what to do.

Do you wet your hair before using the serum and polish? Or do you just apply it on a dry scalp?

What should I use to moisturise my dry ends texturised hair

Nobody knows what works for their hair but the individual. Maybe some use too much others not enough. Everyone’s hair is different

I do use these ORS hair lotion and jojoba oil to moisturize and seal (I’m relaxed) but I use a very very very small amount per four sections of hair and one drop of the oil on each of the four sections and my hair seems fine so far. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I have coarse, thick hair.

You are my guardian Hairangel 😘

THANKS!

Hi Sammi, Can you clarify something. If you are relaxed that means high/low porosity no longer applys?

Bingo I knew I was not imagining things my relaxed hair hates water and water based moisturiser it loves oil more

I've moisturised and sealed my relaxed hair and notice its taken in too much moisture and its soft but puffy and frizzing up almost like natural hair! How can I go back to a proper relaxed straight hair?

I will try I have the same problem

What leave in conditioner do you use? Thanks

Do you think cold curling your hair is a good way to protect your ends?

Thanks so much

What about the CHI SILK INFUSION? Would that work as a serum

New subscriber. I have relax hair. What do you recommend to put on n your hair nightly example: grease. Just getting some information. Thanks.

Good stuff! I don't believe moisturizing & sealing is necessary for relaxed hair. I use light oils or a serum.

Hmm, what if I used Shea Butter hair spray as a moisturizer? I hope it’s okay! 😊