Recipes for Natural Relaxers?

Hey,

I am not sure if you are still looking out for this...I just joined today and saw your post hasn't had any replies yet. I only just heard about these types of "relaxer" last month and first have to say that I think the term natural "relaxer" is a little "too much" (lack of a better word). I can only talk from personal experience and my point of view and I would deem this as a natural deep conditioner with proteins (all the ingredients used are edible). It can have a loosening effect for some hair types (depending on how tightly curled your hair is and the texture etc). Some women have said that it has loosened their hair while others said it didn’t work.

I have so far tried it once and there was a tiny bit of loosening (for me) but I definitely felt that my hair was super soft, I had a lot more movement (when I shake my head) :) but then again my hair did hang before I did the treatment, and so much moisture! I plan on continuing with the treatment even if I do not get the loosening effect. I have posted a few links I found while researching. I made a few modifications to my own treatment.

I used:
6 oz natural full fat plain yogurt
5 oz coconut cream (mine was the liquid type in a can)
2 tbsp of natural coconut oil
2 tbsp of molasses
1-2 tbsp of corn starch (used to thicken the mixture as it is very runny and messy).

Some of the links I posted below used the same or similar ingredients (add/remove) a few to time. There is also a "Caramel treatment" which apparently has similar effects... I haven't tried this yet but will see how the coconut treatment works out for me as I plan on tracking the progress.

I hope this helps! :D

Coconut treatment links:

http://www.blackhairinformation.com/hair-treatments-and-recipes/the-coconut-and-lime-treatment-for-natural-black-hair/
http://curlydiva.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/coconut-creme-curl-loosener/#comments
http://goodhairdiaries.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-loosen-your-curls-naturally.html
http://www.africurl.com/hairsoftenerrecipies.htm

Caramel treatment links:

http://www.blackhairinformation.com/hair-treatments-and-recipes/the-caramel-treatment-a-natural-hair-softener/
http://derbycitynaturals.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/diy-caramel-treatment/
http://www.nappydelphia.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

Good Luck! And please do tell me about your experience if you try them out.

P.s. when I did the treatment I actually did a two twist I my hair which was extremely messy but I feel was work the effort