I ruined it!!! The edges of my flat iron are puffing up.

[naturalmanenyc]

Darn! I got a great blow out & flat iron on Tuesday and ruined it this morning by using too much water based moisturizer. I had been using just coconut oil for a few days....but got the bright idea to use a water based moisturizer this morning before leaving for work.

The back of my pinup does still look cute....but with puffy edges along the fronterplexed

ETA - I had no idea that the photos were so huge. They did not look that big on the blackberry.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

Darn! I got a great blow out & flat iron on Tuesday and ruined it this morning by using too much water based moisturizer. I had been using just coconut oil for a few days....but got the bright idea to use a water based moisturizer this morning before leaving for work.

The back of my pinup does still look cute....but with puffy edges along the fronterplexed

A little oil on those edges and put a scarf on may just smooth it right up.

I use Oyin Burnt Sugar Pomade and it works wonders.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

I'm at work and cannot do anything with it until I get home.erplexed

 

[naturalmanenyc]

So, is it a hot mess? Are photos showing, from blackberry.

 

[Browndilocks]

Next time try a few drops of serum mixed with a few drops of oil. It produces a great result for me. I like the pin up though.

 

[Lucky's Mom]

Totally fixable when you get home. Have you tried that Stick from Sally's??? It is like the Tancho stick....

It keeps my edges unfrizzed....

 

[shtow]

Coconut oil+brush+scarf. Waxes and the sort make it worse for me. The coconut oil will stretch it out some.

 

[PrettyBrwnGrl]

Can't help you here, but i wanted to tell you that your hair is gorgeous in your siggy pic!

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

Yeah, tie a scarf around those edges that should help.

 

[NYAmicas]

So, is it a hot mess? Are photos showing, from blackberry.

You're tripping! Or maybe I'm used to seeing worse when my NG comes up. You'll be fine til you get home.

 

[Junebug D]

So, is it a hot mess? Are photos showing, from blackberry.

It's not too bad, just looks like you got some new growth.

I got a small section in the front of my hair wet when mine was flat-ironed, so there was a whole fuzzy patch of hair on just on side of my head. I know it was bad, but I had to straighten that out with my little curling iron.

 

[november wind]

I think your hair looks beautiful. I just see gorgeous texture. It's not as bad as you think. Mine looked like Fredrick Douglass the other day

 

[naturalmanenyc]

Okay, I think I am trippin'. lol lol It's not as bad in the pics....just not as silky straight as it was on Tuesday.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

No, but I did read about that stick.

Totally fixable when you get home. Have you tried that Stick from Sally's??? It is like the Tancho stick....

It keeps my edges unfrizzed....

 

[naturalmanenyc]

I ended up using the miniglide on the edges. It looked much worse when I got home.
http://public.fotki.com/RegsWife/salon-blow-out--fla/

Lesson learned, don't use water based moisturizers on pressed hair! I never had this happen when I was relaxed. It's really an all new experience, learning to care for natural hair.