Base relaxers require stylists to base the client’s entire scalp with a protective cream prior to the chemical relaxer application. No base relaxers have a protective cream built within the relaxer that settles onto the scalp according to the client’s body temperature.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, what can I use as a base for relaxer?Anytime you get a relaxer, you should use a base such as Vaseline. I’ve noticed that many people only tell you to base your edges and your ears. When relaxing my hair, I based my edges, my ears and my scalp. Basing the scalp definitely helped stop the burning.Likewise, do I relax or dye first? If you color your hair, it is recommended that you do this a minimum of two to four weeks before relaxing your hair, although relaxing and coloring your hair at the same time can be successful if done the right way. Choose a hair dye in the color you desire. Similarly, you may ask, what is a Thio relaxer? Thio relaxers break the disulfide bonds in hair, similar to the permanent waving process. When enough of the disulfide bonds in the hair are broken, the relaxer is rinsed from the hair and the hair is towel dried. After towel drying, a neutralizer of some sort is applied to the hair.How does a hair relaxer work?Hair relaxers use chemicals to straighten hair by breaking the di-sulfide bonds found in the cortex layer of hair, and re-forming them while hair is being held in a straight pattern. The cortex is the layer under your cuticle. It’s made up of twisted ‘cables’ of protein, and it’s this layer on which hair relaxers work.