I miss my bestie

I realize that I am in love with my best friend but my best friend is in a relationship with someone else. I've succumbed to our cycle and find it hard too break from it. Forbidden love can be so addictive, yet is it worth it? I know my emotions make me weak but he is my strength and the sunny ray among the clouds of dreariness.

*deep sigh*
I have issues...

Relaxers or Hair killers?

So today, I am going to touch on a touchy little subject that is dear to many women's hearts-a relaxer.I wonder how many women who actually relax their hair actually know what is inside their little home kit or professional tub of relaxer? Across the board, there is one primary ingredient in all relaxers, and that is lye. Lye is sodium hydroxide(chemical formula NaOH) and this product is substituted in no-lye relaxers by Potassium or Calcium Hydroxide(KOH and CaOH respectively). Lye is known to be caustic and is used in many cleaning products.