How long does your hair stay moisturized after heat usage?(flat ironing)

[blessed7777]

My hair seems to dry out by day 2 after I wash, dc, rollerset and then flat iron. I apply jojoba oil on my ends and it still doesnt help unless I apply so much that it weighs my hair down.

Does anyone have any tips? Also, how long does your hair stay moist after heat usage?

 

[hillytmj]

The few times that I've flat-ironed, I noticed that my hair retained moisture better. My stylist will do it with a chi iron and some Sebastion shine product. I only have to moisturize/seal a few times during the week if I'm flat-ironed, opposed to daily with my rollerset. I'm not sure why, though.

 

[Galadriel]

I try not to let it get to that point. I'll wait to day 2 or 3 to start lightly moisturizing w/ coconut oil (every other night) before I wrap my hair for bed time. By the second week, I halt on the coconut moisturizing and start lightly applying a hair butter to my ends. This helps keep my hair moisturized and smooth, without feeling/getting dry.

By the end of the second week, I wash...LOL I can't go more than two weeks w/o washing b/c I swear my scalp starts itching.

 

[washize]

My hair seems to dry out by day 2 after I wash, dc, rollerset and then flat iron. I apply jojoba oil on my ends and it still doesnt help unless I apply so much that it weighs my hair down.

Does anyone have any tips? Also, how long does your hair stay moist after heat usage?

3-4 days after, I striaghten my hair with a little bit of regular condish, and through out the week i put a little on my ends and I oil my scalp and ends with coconut oil.

 

[Fhrizzball]

What do you use to rollerset and flatiron your hair because in my opinion jojoba oil doesn't add moisture to hair.

 

[goodmorningruby]

When I heat style my hair, I am not so generous with the leave-in's as my hair is fine and easily weighed down. I try to put my faith in the DC prior to the flat iron or blow dryer as an important source of my hair's moisture level. I do a DC focusing on moisture and then apply a liquid leave in and heat protectant. I maintain for the rest of the week with some oil or blend of oils, usually Qhemet Biologics hydrating balm. I love that stuff. The hair stays moist until wash day, it's great.

I really am inclined to think successful heat usage rests on a quality deep conditioner. Works for me.

 

[Jazala]

My hair will stay moisturized all week unless I neglect to wear my satin bonnet to bed.

I too agree with the ladies that said deep conditioning prior to flatironing is important to help keep moisture.

 

[songbyrd517]

My hair will stay moisturized all week unless I neglect to wear my satin bonnet to bed.

I too agree with the ladies that said deep conditioning prior to flatironing is important to help keep moisture.

Co-signing

And I also add that doing a hot oil treatment prior to washing helps me, and using a heat protectant

 

[longhairlover]

when I was regularly flat ironing my hair stayed moisturized for the full week.
I would use regular shampoo conditioner a blowdrying leave in/heat protector then i'd flat iron apply a light hair serum like razac or my fave salerm silk touch serum.

hair smooth and moisturized never dry.

 

[Victorian]

I'm also in the no moisturizer camp
Deep conditioning and using the right products for you when styling are key.

 

[Tinkerbell19]

i dont flat iron often but when i do i always use either aveda humectant or chi silk infusion and it keeps my hair nice and moisturized.

 

[CaliDiamond]

It stays moisturized for 3 days...Which is why I only flat iron for length checks and 1 or 2 holidays out of the year. When I do flat iron though I use TJ nourish spa (a teeeeeny weeeny bit) mixed with coconut oil on the ends afterward.