First Straight Pics of Natural Hair - 12 months post relaxer

djanae

djanae

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Hey Ladies,

Just wanted to share some pics and ask for some advice.

So I blow-dried and straightened my hair for the first time natural and it took me 3 hours. I knew it would take awhile, but this came as a surprise since my hair is pretty short. It was like all the curl in my head just sat at my ends. My sedu glided through my roots, but when I got to my ends - I had to use the Denman to kick the curl out, a comb to chase with, FHI hot sauce, coconut oil....just about everything! lol

It was crazy, you should have seen my big eyes as I was trying to flat iron. Does anybody else have this problem? If so, what do you to combat this when you straighten?

I'm thinking maybe I should rollerset to pre-straighten my ends before flat-ironing, because this was just ridiculous. I probably won't be flat-ironing again anytime soon. I only did this b/c I wanted to do hair updates at my blog.

But N-E-ways here's some pics of my hair, a month after the BC. It's short, but I'm sure it will grow fast. This is 12 months of growth since my last relaxer...


WET- left in a little Suave coconut conditioner

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After I blow-dried

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Flat Ironed with Sedu

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My Starting Point Pony lol


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Naturals past and present - please let me know your tips for straightening those ends with more ease!

P.S. - Am I shoulder length or in between Neck Lenth and Shoulder?
I assumed shoulder, but either way I got a long way to go before I reach my goal (BSL), not in a rush - but I'm thinking it will take at least 2 years, maybe 3.
 
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YOur hair looks great. I'm cracking up at your blowdry pic because that's exactly how my blowdry looked the other day...I had to do a double take. Looks like you are in between neck and shoulder. Your hair is SOO thick! Very pretty
As for the ends...do you use the comb flatiron technique?
 
@ MoniintheMiddle - If you mean chasing the comb with the flat-iron as I press - YES, i tried everything.

but it just took too long. lol

and I had to keep going over the ends, which I hate to do. Maybe the Sedu isn't gonna cut it anymore...
 
MoniintheMiddle said:
YOur hair looks great. I'm cracking up at your blowdry pic because that's exactly how my blowdry looked the other day...I had to do a double take. Looks like you are in between neck and shoulder. Your hair is SOO thick! Very pretty
As for the ends...do you use the comb flatiron technique?
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yea, it makes you think "Woo child!" lol
 
beautiful hair! and lovely results. i love the thickness of your ponytail!

& you may want to try the comb chase method to cut down your flat ironing time. and i'll have to look into reviews of this Fhi Hot Sauce :yep:
 
just so you guys have an idea of how the comb/chase went...
the comb still got caught in the ends, and I had to take it out to finish passing the flat iron lol

this only helped some when i passed the iron a couple times over the ends, then did the comb chase. I just feel like that's a lot of heat though...

may have to resort to rollersetting - which i have to admit, really irks me.
 
Your hair looks good. Yes, I have the same problem with my ends. All the curl seems to be at the end.

When straightening my hair, I have to 1) make sure my hair has plenty of moisture in it, before I start blow-drying or it will just make it harder to flat-iron my ends. 2) Detangle very well. Sometimes, I even run the Denman through my ends just before I blow-dry a section. 3) I blow-dry with a comb attachment. 4) I use Sabino Moisture Block and always put a little extra on my ends. It really helps the rat tail comb to glide through my hair. And finally, I use the comb chase method.
 
If you're going to straighten, it helps to stretch your hair before hand and THEN blowdry.

I usually airdry overnight in mini buns to really stretch the hair, and then blowdry with a wide tooth comb attachment the next day.
 
Thanks so much for the advice shocol and soliel :grin:

I think I approached this straightening session like I did when I was transitioning :nono:

I def need to go out and get a comb attachment.

and about the FHI Runway - dont get me started girl!
I want one soo bad, but that's gonna have to wait.
 
djanae said:
Thanks so much for the advice shocol and soliel :grin:

I think I approached this straightening session like I did when I was transitioning :nono:

I def need to go out and get a comb attachment.

and about the FHI Runway - dont get me started girl!
I want one soo bad, but that's gonna have to wait.
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If you detangle really well before hand, you could do small sections with a denman and a concentrator attachment instead of going out and buying something. :yep:
 
I hope these people telling you to get the Runway can pitch in some $ for it...:lachen: DANG it's not like you can find it at the dollar store, people!

Very nice....and shiny, too...but I have bad news about getting those ends straight: it's a pain for me unless I rollerset or do like Soliel suggested and stretch them out somehow. You might have to bite the bullet and roll 'em up or get a comb attachment. If I blow dry with my Denman, that works as well, so maybe you can go that route. Salon Cabelo has a good tut on YT for that.
 
lilsparkle825 said:
I hope these people telling you to get the Runway can pitch in some $ for it...:lachen: DANG it's not like you can find it at the dollar store, people!

Very nice....and shiny, too...but I have bad news about getting those ends straight: it's a pain for me unless I rollerset or do like Soliel suggested and stretch them out somehow. You might have to bite the bullet and roll 'em up or get a comb attachment. If I blow dry with my Denman, that works as well, so maybe you can go that route. Salon Cabelo has a good tut on YT for that.
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lol true - that Runway is in no way, shape or form in my po' grad student budget. but I can still dream. lol

but yeah, next time I'm gonna be doing things a lot differently. I usually get it straighter when I blow dry, I probably just half assed it since I didn't anticipate all that tangling on the ends.

I learned my lesson, the long 3 hr way.
 
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In the past I've had the same problem with my daughter's hair. The comb chase method gave me a fit when it came to the ends. Last week I applied Sabino Moisture block to her damp hair & then parted in small sections & used the tension method to blow dry. I applied a little more Sabino to the ends & used the comb attachment on the ends. It worked! This is the first time I have used the Sabino & its everything I have read about.

Your hair is so pretty & thick!
 
Thanks ladies for the sweet words and the advice.
I'm so pissed my last blow-dryer with the attachment broke.

And I actually remember how straight my hair laid, even before I flat-ironed it.
Ironic, since I really could have done without the comb attachment when I was relaxed.

And I need to get some more Sabino now that you guys mention it!
 
djanae said:
just so you guys have an idea of how the comb/chase went...
the comb still got caught in the ends, and I had to take it out to finish passing the flat iron lol

this only helped some when i passed the iron a couple times over the ends, then did the comb chase. I just feel like that's a lot of heat though...

may have to resort to rollersetting - which i have to admit, really irks me.
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I have the exact same problem and I am starting to think that a blow dryer is not for me. I gave up trying to chase with a fine tooth comb and used my denman instead. It definitely does the job.
 
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