Pro Tip : The ends of your hair tend to be the most delicate and prone to breakage. The ends are also thinner, requiring less heat to straighten. To help protect them from excess heat damage, stop mid-shaft when straightening your hair in sections. Then, at the very end, gather all of your hair and straighten the ends together.
Give your newly straightened locks a good once-over in the mirror. Did you miss any spots? Then, put the finishing touches on your new sleek style with a hydrating, frizz-fighting smoothing cream. Be sure each strand is completely dry before attempting to straighten. To avoid scorching your hair, start at the lowest setting, and increase the heat as needed to achieve the desired results. You used too many styling products. Styling products are key to achieving your perfect look, but too many products can weigh down your hair.
Focus on using only the products mentioned above that hydrate your strands and provide protection against heat. You tried straightening too large of sections. Straightening thick, curly hair is best done in very small, 1-inch sections. Smaller sections are more manageable and will allow you to straighten more quickly and effectively. Avoid putting your hair up right after straightening. Newly straightened hair is much more susceptible to bends and kinks from hair elastics than two or three-day-old straightened hair.
Deep condition to repair damage. Curly hair is already naturally dry, and heat styling can dry it out even further. But hair care items labeled "smoothing" may be able to help prepare the strands for the process by providing major moisture. Hair that's dried out and brittle before you even start with the straightener is the culprit behind frazzled hair that won't lie flat. Once you're out of the shower, don't towel dry like crazy! That will enhance the natural curl. Instead, pat downwards gently.
As for your brush, Sarah insists on using her boar bristle and nylon mix : "Nylon would cause static on its own, which is why plastic brushes are difficult to use," she explains. Because the iron clamps down on the hair, there's nowhere for the product to go.
You're essentially boiling the product into the follicle, which isn't a great idea, especially when it contains alcohol. OK, so you don't want the hair to sizzle.
But how are you supposed to get runway-ready strands without the help of a little something? If you have thicker or coarser hair, you could still use an argan oil to help moisturize your hair and add more shine. Always protect your hair by avoiding too-hot temperatures.
So each hair type is entirely different. And at this point I may only straighten my hair once a month, max , while I also can use less and less product. Something I heard and learned over the years is this: dirty hair is the best hair to achieve desired results. I go all-natural almost too much to save my own life, and by all-natural — mainly just thrown up into a messy bun. Guess what? FYI: no hair type will curl or straighten properly with dead or split ends.
Believe me when I say that I used the cheap curling irons and flat irons in my past. Use a fine-tooth comb on a section of hair to separate the strands as you work your way down root to ends , following behind with your flat iron. It gets every strand of your hair straight, smooth, detangled, and shined — without adding the oils of your hands. So while prepping your hair is half the work, using the right products is the other half. And you should always apply product to wet hair.
Strong and healthy hair not only looks better, but it will allow your blowout to last longer. Sleep in it, bathe in it, swim in it—I swear by it. Use coconut oil as a treatment once a week and shampoo it out in the morning. In a few weeks, your hair will feel like silk. But do not go out in the sun with it on. I have all my girls sleep in a braid lathered in coconut oil at least once a week. It seems to be the best, most affordable thing for my clients.
When your hair is healthy and strong, it can hold up to heat a lot better, giving you a better, longer-lasting blowout. Kaleigh Laurino is an avid writer, traveler and illustrator that has embraced her frizzy blonde 3b curls as her identity.
Still finding the balance between serums and stylers, she has created her own curly girl method that follows her wherever she ends up. We cannot search for an empty value, please enter a search term. Kaleigh Laurino.
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