gymfreak336
New Member
Well, I have a friend of mine that has very nice apl hair. She is four weeks post and you would NEVER EVA know it. No blow outs but she did say she flat irons her newgrowth but from the looks of how straight it was I was guess she had to be using the highest heat possible. She promised me she didn't and offered to do mine. I am four weeks post and I have a couple of areas that are really thick. She led me to my beloved pantene mask so I trusted her judgement so off I went to her house with my shower comb and shower cap.
She washed me with pantene and we used the breakage defense mask for aroung 20 minutes with heat. Then we rollerset and around an hour and half I am dry. This is where it gets interesting. She pulls out chi silk infusion and garnier hair spray
When I saw the chi, I was cool but hairspray.....
erplexed 
She promised me that it would be fine (she is 4b as well) so I said just do one section and then we will see. So, she started in the back and combed through one whole layer of curls. Then see ran some chi on my hair, mostly on the roots. Then she sprayed a little hairspray on her fingers and rubbed it only on my roots. I was thinking she was going to spray me but she explained that most of the alcohol evaporates so if you spray it on your fingers, less gets in your hair. At this point I am listening a little more so she keeps going. I feel the back of my hair and it wasn't wet or anything. She uses a really small flat iron on level 3 out of level 20 and runs it over the new growth, slightly pulling it down. She does this throughout my whole head and wraps it up. I go home and go to sleep. I am still a little nervous because I didn't see it yet but she did such a good job wrapping it up I decide to wait till morning.
So I unwrapped this morning and fingercombed down and 
, my hair is straight. My roots look like they do when I am 1-2 weeks post. My hair still feels moist and my ends are not dried out. I am extremely excited. As far as me doing this myself or on a regular basis, time will only tell. I do plan on monitoring my hair over the next couple of days until my next wash to see if I see any ill effects but so far so good. She did say that when she does this, she tries to go atleast a week between washes and she will air dry her hair before beginning the flat ironing process. I might try this on my really thick parts as I progress in my relaxer stretch. Who knows, maybe one day I could make it four months.
She washed me with pantene and we used the breakage defense mask for aroung 20 minutes with heat. Then we rollerset and around an hour and half I am dry. This is where it gets interesting. She pulls out chi silk infusion and garnier hair spray
When I saw the chi, I was cool but hairspray.....erplexed She promised me that it would be fine (she is 4b as well) so I said just do one section and then we will see. So, she started in the back and combed through one whole layer of curls. Then see ran some chi on my hair, mostly on the roots. Then she sprayed a little hairspray on her fingers and rubbed it only on my roots. I was thinking she was going to spray me but she explained that most of the alcohol evaporates so if you spray it on your fingers, less gets in your hair. At this point I am listening a little more so she keeps going. I feel the back of my hair and it wasn't wet or anything. She uses a really small flat iron on level 3 out of level 20 and runs it over the new growth, slightly pulling it down. She does this throughout my whole head and wraps it up. I go home and go to sleep. I am still a little nervous because I didn't see it yet but she did such a good job wrapping it up I decide to wait till morning. So I unwrapped this morning and fingercombed down and
, my hair is straight. My roots look like they do when I am 1-2 weeks post. My hair still feels moist and my ends are not dried out. I am extremely excited. As far as me doing this myself or on a regular basis, time will only tell. I do plan on monitoring my hair over the next couple of days until my next wash to see if I see any ill effects but so far so good. She did say that when she does this, she tries to go atleast a week between washes and she will air dry her hair before beginning the flat ironing process. I might try this on my really thick parts as I progress in my relaxer stretch. Who knows, maybe one day I could make it four months.
wonderful! i pray everything works out
