Does texture release have chemicals?

Does texture release have chemicals?

Whilst relaxers use chemicals to artificially straighten your hair, Texture release uses heat-activated amino acids. This essentially means you add products to your hair, then your straighten it. No chemicals, just heat.

What is a texture release treatment?

A texture release is a heat-activated straightening system that uses a combo of amino acids and glyoxylic acid to temporarily loosen curly and coily hair. It’s a treatment that has to be done in-salon by a professional.

What is the difference between relaxer and texturizer?

Unlike a relaxer, which straightens your hair, a texturizer is a chemical process that smooths and de-frizzes your hair while maintaining some of your natural curls. “A texturizer is like a flash relaxer,” says Courtney Foster, hairstylist and founder of Courtney Foster Beauty.

Can you dye your hair with a texture release?

Can you color on the same day of a Texture Release? Wait 3-5 days after the Texture Release service before using Permanent or Semi-Permanent color.

How soon can you wash your hair after a texture release?

To maintain your texture release, it is advised not to get it wet for at least 3 days. It is also important not to put a tight hair bobble in your hair that will leave a dent in your freshly texture released hair.

What chemicals are in a texturizer?

Many texturizers contain similar straightening ingredients to relaxers, like sodium hydroxide (lye) or calcium hydroxide (no-lye). With that in mind, Stevens notes that even though some see texturizers as relaxer lite, for certain hair types, “a texturizer can be equally damaging as a relaxer.

Can you wash your hair after texture release?

You must use sulphate-free shampoo so you don’t wash the treatment out. It doesn’t change the structure of the hair; what it does is pack the hair with protein and amino acids – it just makes your hair feel beautiful,” Michelle says.

What is better than a relaxer?

A texturizer is a chemical process, similar to relaxer, that alters the structure of the proteins that your hair is made of which results in a looser, smoother, more manageable curl pattern. Unlike a relaxer, texturizers maintain some of your natural curls and kinks.