Ladies please help me straighten my hair

[Bellamystic]

I am relaxed, but when I do relax I leave it on for 15 minutes max and rinse it out. It seems to get sraight but not bone straight and that is my goal. I don't want to overprocess. Now, the problem is that I see other ladies with hair that's not even straight and they can straighten pretty well with the flat iron. When I flat iron my hair, everything else gets straight except the ends. They are frizzy! I tried lots of moisture, serums, you name it. I know my ends are not split because I take a microscopic mirror and observed them. They are just as healthy and thick as the rest of my strands. My ends don't shed either. I tried the blowdrying method, but I only blowdry with cold air and my hair ends up in a big afro no matter if I comb straight through it while blowdrying. One thing I haven't tried was rollersetting. I will try that next week. Braidouts seem to work for me since my hair is so stubborn to get straight like in pic 2 of my signature its braided out. Can I still retain length with braidouts? If so, I will not need to straighten that much anyways. Are there any ladies that can help me straighten my hair really silky without using the flat iron that often. Ideally a non heat method? Please help me, anyone that knows the tricks of the trade for that silky look.

 

[Je Ne Sais Quoi]

OP do you have any better close up shots of your hair?

 

[*closer*2*my*dreams*]

Could it be your flat iron? erplexed

 

[Newtogrow]

My 2 cents, when I was relaxed-my hair was straightest when I wrapped it and sat under the hood dryer.

hth.

 

[ceebee3]

I would definetly try the rollerset and wrap afterwards. This always leaves my hair straight and the ends stay neat and sleek looking. I don't flat iron my ends.

 

[Denise11]

What brand of flat iron do you have? The problem could be your flat iron.

 

[Bellamystic]

I have CHI iron that gets really hot that the room smell like its on fire.

 

[Ronnieaj]

I would definetly try the rollerset and wrap afterwards. This always leaves my hair straight and the ends stay neat and sleek looking. I don't flat iron my ends.

ITA. When I was relaxed that's how I did my hair for years. I only used a flat iron for the roots when the NG got bad. I never flat-ironed the ends. For me, the key was to make sure the ends were really wet and lying flat against the roller. HTH

 

[Bellamystic]

OP do you have any better close up shots of your hair?

No I don't I take all pics with my phone and then it's all braided up again. I usually don't pay attention to anything else but length when using the camera. But next time I will try to use a zoom, but it still looks blurry. I think I may need to invest in a high quality camera.