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To what temperature do you set your flat iron?

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I just can't see 200 degrees working.. I don't even know why they make flat irons with temparture settings that low... i just bought a babyliss flat iron and that goes up to 450 degrees. ... im experimenting.. don't judge me..
 
Um ok. I'm going to try this and report back. When I flat iron I use 450 and do one pass in addition to blowdrying. I think this is why I can't get past mid back length. If this is successful, I will be so happy.
 
I use the Maxiglide on a low temp. I'm not sure what the exact temp is, but the setting goes up to 10 (which I'm assuming is 450) & I always flat iron on 4 (probably about 200 degrees).

The steam really helps. Even when I was natural (4b) the 4 setting & a wrap was enough.


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200 hundred degrees? I have fine non heat trained hair. My hair reverts while I am passing the flat iron through.

When I was in Texas, I went to salons with family so I could see what they do. They roller-set my family then just used the flat iron as a finishing tool. If they needed to pull out hot irons or pressing combs it was a spot treatment.
 
I'm guessing it was a typo.
Or it could be a texture thing. With a rollerset, based on what I've seen of the sister's texture, her hair should be pretty straight. you wouldn't need much flatironing after that. whatever works for them, i guess.
I like that stylist, at least from the interview. She seems to be really knowledgeable and committed to healthy hair. And her hair cut is fly.
 
I can get my hair strait with low heat, but it doesn't stay strait.:nono: I won't use high heat unless I decide to use heat to keep my hair strait. I used 300 degrees with my Izunami. When I was relaxed, I used 200 degress with success.
 
The only thing I can think of is that she is using a Celcius degree flat iron and doesn't realize it. 200 Celcius (like 390 F) makes a LOT more sense.

ETA: I myself use a Celcius degree iron, and on that I tend to set it to around 180. I think most pro irons not made in the US utilize Celcius. I have a Babyliss Pro.
 
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I believe it is very possible to get natural hair straight on low temperatures. While I was transitioning I found that the key is not the heat but the moisture/state of my hair. If my hair was WELL moisturized (1 hr minimum DC and a great leave-in) it straightened beautifully. I also did not blow dry, for me that stripped my hair of moisture and made it hard to straighten, I found this to be true even when I was relaxed.
So when I was relaxed I would moisturize, roller set and sit under a hooded dryer on the lowest possible heat setting (not the cool setting), I thought this would cause my hair to dry much slower but to be honest my hair dried evenly and in the same amount of time (give or take 10 mins) on the low setting. I would then run my flat iron through my hair or just on my roots. When I transitioned I did this exact routine (conditioned a longer) and got the same results. I have not one sign of heat damage either, I have a head full of defined coils!

ETA: I flat ironed on setting 3 which is in the 200 degree range, my flat iron goes up to like 15.
 
To be honest my roots would get silky straight from roller setting alone and sitting under low heat. Now if brow dried and then flat ironed my hair on 200 degrees I would look stupid relaxed or natural!
 
While I think 200 degrees is a JOKE! I am definitely going to try turning my flight iron down and see what the lowest temp I can use. I am using a GHD and I am finding that it takes more passes than my CHI did.
 
I just flat-ironed my hair for the first time last night while fully natural. It has been over 1 year since I used heat in any form. My hair would NOT get straight on just 200 degrees Fahrenheit, unless a ton of passes were used (like close to 10 passes).

I used a blow-dryer last night (my hair hates them), and I believe it sucked the moisture from my hair, locked in the curls (I just pulled and dried it, didn't use a diffuser or comb attachment), and made it hard to subsequently flat-iron the curls out.

From now on, I will try stretching my hair by banding before flat-ironing and either sitting under a hooded dryer, or air-drying. Haven't done a rollerset in YEARS, but I may delve back into it if it proves to work best for quick and efficient straightening.

I think avoiding the blow dryer would leave more moisture in my hair, and make it easier to straighten. I have a cheap Conair flat-iron I got like 8 yrs ago for $14.99 (it is ceramic), so there is stated temp setting, though it goes in 5's from 0-25.

I set it on 20 since my hair is not heat trained and I still had to do about 3-5 passes at the highest setting. That could be due to the blowdryer locking in my curls, or the flat-iron. Will get a new flat-iron and see what happens. 200 degress F would work on my hair when it was relaxed, but by no means while natural. :sad:

I estimate I use 300-350 degree heat. That got my hair straight, but left lots of volume and "fluff", which is ok because I bun anyway. I also use a Maxius miniglide for the edges (since it has teeth and is super narrow). In the market for a better flat-iron that will combat frizz, straighten better with lower heat, and one that has wider plates (at least 1.5-2.5"). My roots get straight with minimal effort and heat...but the ends? UGH :nono:
 
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I can get my hair straight not bone straight with 200 degrees but I do rollersets to stretch my hair first.
 
My hair gets straight on 280, sometimes as low as 230. Mind you, I'm texlaxed, but I stretch up to 6 months and my new growth can get straight on 280 as well. I started being really lazy and going up to 350....yikes! But, I rarely flat iron.

I think a low temp is much more important than one pass.
 
sweetlaughter said:
Her hair looks like mine when I blow dry it. It does not look flat ironed at all because of the low heat. For me since my hair reverts quickly it would be all tangles in about twenty minutes using her methods.
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Oh I didn't even think about that.
My hair reverts quickly and subsequently tangles, too. Her hair is so thick and looks really heavy. Mine is like flyaways... :ohwell:
 
I don't like the bone straight look. I like the look naturalcurlz had.

I can't wait to flat iron my hair but I'm gonna start on 200 first becasue I have fine hair. I did 350 or 400 degrees in one spot just to test and that sucker has been bone straight for months. It got heat damaged.
 
keelioness said:
Thanx for posting that crwnandglory..I just subscribed..davisbr88 check out this video..after the hair was wrapped then oiled and pincurled.. so pretty. 200 still seems low but I think I wanna try ..her hair has that exact looked most of us are going for..not pin straight but has body for days...http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=r4UE_7SvxRo
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Yes, it is so pretty! I just don't think it'd look good on my hair since it's so short. On long hair, it's like a nice body wave, but on my hair, it'd probably only be enough for a half a wave so it ends up just looking like a weird bend... :lol:
I love anything that emulates body/fullness since my hair is thin so I'll definitely give that a try the next time I straighten. I'll probably go for 300 instead though.
 
Oh nooooo, I wish that was my hair lol! No, I posted a video of a natural on YT who has gorgeous hair and recently straightened with 203 degrees. Sorry for the confusion
 
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