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Can you get THESE results with a flat iron?

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My Andis works great but I also heard great things about the yellowbird and have seen amazing blowout results from it but I'm kinda worried about how powerful it is:ohwell: I still might cop it tho:look: been curious on how it'd work on my kinks for a minute.
 
MsLizziA yep, I surely do have a maxi-glide...its great, I go back and forth btwn that and my Amika, right now im liking my ceramic one more 4 whatever reason....currently rockin a press right now as a matter of fact:yep:
 
I typically do a deep condition with a conditioner that has a ton of cones in it. I let my hair air dry a little then add some shea butter and spritz with my heat protectant on each section. Then I add a little One & Only Argon serum and spray more heat protectant then do the comb chase method and flat iron. I get the same silky results, swing and no heat damage.
 
MyAngelEyez~C~U said:
I blow dry with a standard heat protectant, and then I apply a tiny dab of Crisco to each section just before I flat-iron it. My flat-irons come out silky and last for 1-2 weeks. (I do this to my 12 yo DD's natural 4a-4b hair, and my 14 yo DD's 1-year post transitioning hair, and I set the temp at 325-375).
both girls get full reversion on wash day.
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Wow... I don't blow dry but might have to try that Crisco thing while flat ironing (if I ever stop being a chicken)!
Does it cause your hair to smoke? And does it have that dead-on Crisco smell?
 
was all that really necessary? i thought her hair was super straight just after blow drying.

the results were very nice but he did too much for me.
 
aquajoyice said:
I typically do a deep condition with a conditioner that has a ton of cones in it. I let my hair air dry a little then add some shea butter and spritz with my heat protectant on each section. Then I add a little One & Only Argon serum and spray more heat protectant then do the comb chase method and flat iron. I get the same silky results, swing and no heat damage.
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I think this is key for me (bolded). Lots of cones before straightening!
 
davisbr88 said:
Wow... I don't blow dry but might have to try that Crisco thing while flat ironing (if I ever stop being a chicken)!
Does it cause your hair to smoke? And does it have that dead-on Crisco smell?
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Not really, not to me anyway. Just that flat-ironed hair smell, LOL.
 
Yup...just what BlackMasterPiece said, except I don't use the fine tooth (chase) method...Somehow I perfected it w/out doing that. It's too much to use the flat iron and the comb at the same time for me, I end up dropping one or the other, lol (but I do use the serum and high setting, no heat damage)
 
Wow* I didn't even get those results when I used to relax :bricks:

I agree with others, why use the straightener (i.e plug in flat iron) to curl ends when he could have used a circular flat iron (i.e oven press) and saved himself and her extra time and less heat usage.

:off topic: the girl is gorgeous, a natural beauty*
 
I agree with BlackMasterPiece's tips.

MyAngelEyez~C~U said:
Not really, not to me anyway. Just that flat-ironed hair smell, LOL.
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LOL @ flat-ironed smell. @MyAngelEyez~C~U I have become such a snob since my April 2009 flat iron that I will NOT accept the flat-iron smell. I didn't have it during that press, after or during my wash and know now that that smell isn't necessary for your hair to be straight. I used my Babyliss Pro Ceramic iron at its highest setting 230 degrees Celsius/446 degrees Fahrenheit. No heat damage, and my hair was pretty straight.
 
Yes with a maxiglide it's very possible. Also you'd have to go light on the products and I'd suggest roller setting first so the hair is already smooth and less heat is required.
 
I might repurchase my Sedu... between my sisters and my mom, SOMEBODY broke it but when ya sh!t break its always "it wasn't me" and "i don't know" even though i hadn't been using it at all
 
MsLizziA I go back and forth between warm and high and hot and high....its whatever I feel like, no I dont feel like I get any heat damage from it.


Nonie said:
I agree with BlackMasterPiece's tips.



LOL @ flat-ironed smell. @MyAngelEyez~C~U I have become such a snob since my April 2009 flat iron that I will NOT accept the flat-iron smell. I didn't have it during that press, after or during my wash and know now that that smell isn't necessary for your hair to be straight. I used my Babyliss Pro Ceramic iron at its highest setting 230 degrees Celsius/446 degrees Fahrenheit. No heat damage, and my hair was pretty straight.
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Same here,.....I've come to find that for my type 4 coils, braiding my detangled hair in 12+ tight braids, air-drying with a light liquid leave-in, then going straight to the flat ironing step gets me the same silky straight results with half the heat, less dryness and completely eliminates that "burnt hair smell". That was such a breakthrough for me I was so happy to share that on my blog:yep: nobody wants to smell like somethin that burned:nono:
 
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That's a blue steel flat iron and ceramic/ionic irons don't give the same feel. They may look just as straight but that blue steel is in a class by itself with straightening. I've heard stylists say thermal heat is better for AA hair than ceramic. Dunno.
 
I can get these results too. I rollerset first and then use my CHI. Now, to master reversion - before I'm ready!!!

Also, the stylist that I just started going to is able to get these results too. She uses the blowdryer, then her iron. I had no reversion after her flatiron until I washed my hair.

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MyAngelEyez~c~u:That's interesting. How did using Crisco come about?
 
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Nonie said:
I agree with BlackMasterPiece's tips.



LOL @ flat-ironed smell. @MyAngelEyez~C~U I have become such a snob since my April 2009 flat iron that I will NOT accept the flat-iron smell. I didn't have it during that press, after or during my wash and know now that that smell isn't necessary for your hair to be straight. I used my Babyliss Pro Ceramic iron at its highest setting 230 degrees Celsius/446 degrees Fahrenheit. No heat damage, and my hair was pretty straight.
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I dunno, it seems like that smell seems to accompany flat-ironing with oil. It never seems to linger very long though, so I don't mind much.
 
BlackMasterPiece said:
MsLizziA I go back and forth between warm and high and hot and high....its whatever I feel like, no I dont feel like I get any heat damage from it.


Same here,.....I've come to find that for my type 4 coils, braiding my detangled hair in 12+ tight braids, air-drying with a light liquid leave-in, then going straight to the flat ironing step gets me the same silky straight results with half the heat, less dryness and completely eliminates that "burnt hair smell". That was such a breakthrough for me I was so happy to share that on my blog:yep: nobody wants to smell like somethin that burned:nono:
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I never get a "burnt hair smell"...
 
MyAngelEyez~C~U said:
I never get a "burnt hair smell"...
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LOL, I know the smell you mean. It's different from the burnt hair smell. I never thought it was possible to get hair straightened without it until April 2009. I don't know if that's also what BMP meant but called it "burnt", but when you heat up protein, it has a certain smell. And when you burn it, it has a certain smell. Somehow, with heat protectants last year, I didn't get either smell.
 
Yes! Without the burning hair smell!

It took a long time for me to figure out how to do it with a flat iron by myself, but it can be done without heat damage.

Also with rollersets ( done by someone else, I still haven't mastered doing those at home) and with the roots blown out give me a similar result as well.
 
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