ORSOlive Oil Professional Creme Relaxer Extra Strength 18.75 Ounce (Pack of 1)

I wanted the normal strength but I forgot to check and got the extra strength instead. I was worried but since I had stretched my relaxer it worked really well for my coarse hair surprisingly.

I love this stuff! I have very curly hair, it's a loose spiral. this straightener makes it seriously straight, this is also the best straightener I'veused. It does initially make it dry but I fix that with dove conditioner on my hair for 20 minutes and it comes out silky soft. I threw my straightening iron away. My hair looks like I had a awesome blowout then straightened with a straight iron.

It’s way better than the stores. Got my hair super straight.

This relaxer is the best value you can get. What's good about this is that it's a one step process. Just apply and leave on for about 10 minutes, I have regular/fine curly hair (I'm mixed race). More or less time depending on your hair type. This will not damage your hair as long as know what you're doing. The people who left 1 start reviews most likely did it wrong. Read the directions, do not leave the product on too long, do not apply it directly to your scalp. Apply about 1/4-1/2 inch away from scalp. After you rinse out the relaxer apply a neutralizing shampoo or conditioner. I use Linange Neutralizing Conditioner for 5 minutes. The whole process is quick and easy, leaves my hair very smooth and manageable, and most importantly, has not caused damage to my hair or scalp.

This product smells bad. Also, it does not work as described.The instructions say to leave it in your hair for up to 20 minutes. It didn't do anything. I had to leave it in my hair for over an hour to get any relaxing of my hair.As an older white male with mostly grey hair, the persistent wave just would not relax. It mostly but not completely relaxed after the long treatment. However the portion of my hair that was still somewhat black turned yellowish.I should also mention that the instructions are wordy and not clear.I found this product to be sub-standard and not worth buying. Don't get stuck with it like I did. Just don't buy it in the first place.

I don't relax every 4 -8 weeks but, I stretch my relaxers to 12-14 weeks. I decided to no longer use no-lye relaxers and this is a good lye relaxer. It does the job with relaxing your new growth. One jar will last me close to a year since, I only relax my new growth.

It works great.Very important to follow directions. I left it on 10 min, used the Olive Oil neutralizer shampoo and their replenishing conditioner. It is much stronger than the regular kits sold in local stores.If doing a touchup, be sure to only apply to new growth. I had no burns.I recommend this product.

If you want extra strength, pick a different listing. If you look at the photo, it's a jar of normal strength relaxer. Since the listing says extra strength, I assumed that they just used the normal strength picture because the jars look the same and I ordered it anyway. I was disappointed when my order was delivered and it was indeed normal strength. With that said, I feel that the normal strength actually does work the best for me because it gives me the texlaxed result that I want without my scalp burning or my hair being damaged. I don't worry about taking too long to apply the normal strength because my hair is generally course and I needed extra strength when I did no-lye relaxers years ago. I will suggest though to not put leftover product back into the jar. Just try to put what you need for your application into a glass bowl and throw away any product left over in the bowl. I made the mistake of putting my unused portion back in the jar and when I opened the jar the very next day, the jar had a very strong chemical smell and it almost looked like the cream had a slight pink color to it. In my experience this product doesn't have a smell and it's very white. I still had enough cream for at least 3 touch-up applications that I had to throw away because I don't want to take the risk now.