wood ashes? homemade lye?
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Topic: wood ashes? homemade lye?
Posted By: dude20
Subject: wood ashes? homemade lye?
Date Posted: Dec 5, 2005 at 9:31pm
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Lye:The liquid obtained by leaching wood ashes. From www.dictionary.com So, does that mean you can go to your fireplace if you have a wood stove and get the ashes? But it only seems to relax a little, and lye is the strongest relaxer, so what do you have to mix it with to make it as effective as a store boughten one? Or is there one in the store that you know of, lye? I know it requires one or two things cuz I left it in there for like an hour with some lotion to hold the ashes, but it didn't break, which means it wasn't working, it needed something else.. |
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Posted By: dude20
Date Posted: Dec 5, 2005 at 9:31pm
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Lye:The liquid obtained by leaching wood ashes. From www.dictionary.com So, does that mean you can go to your fireplace if you have a wood stove and get the ashes? But it only seems to relax a little, and lye is the strongest relaxer, so what do you have to mix it with to make it as effective as a store boughten one? Or is there one in the store that you know of, lye? I know it requires one or two things cuz I left it in there for like an hour with some lotion to hold the ashes, but it didn't break, which means it wasn't working, it needed something else.. |
Posted By: AnaisSatin
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 2:15pm
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Oh my... I would only try homemade relaxer if I had short hair that I could cut off if I messed up. However this sounds like an interesting experiment. Let us know what substance turns up. Anais $$ )'```ara $).,`` %*,`r !,,!-- ,,)-% ! " $4 |
Posted By: dude20
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2005 at 5:13pm
| Well, it seems to be a better thickener than a straighener, so may try lye on only the waviest parts of the hair, staying away from ends and roots.. |
Posted By: dude20
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2005 at 5:47pm
store boughten lye that is, if I can find some, and not easy straight
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