| A | B |
|---|
| base cream | used to protect the skin and scalp during relaxing |
| chemical relaxing | a service that rearranges the structure of curly hair into a straighter or smoother form |
| hydroxide relaxers | very strong alkalis with pH over 13, hydroxide is the active ingredient |
| lanthionization | process in which hydroxide relaxers permanently straighten hair |
| normalizing lotions | restore the hair's natural pH before the final neutralizing shampoo |
| thio neutralization | rebuilds the disulfide bonds |
| thio relaxers | Use the same ATG as permanent waves but a higher concentration and higher pH |
| viscosity | measurement of the thickness or thinness of a liquid |
