I'm wondering if it is possible. I hear that Paul Mitchell Super Skinny has that effect. Do you have any techniques or products that you use to get movement?
AstroQueen77, I'm not natural but I'm texlaxed and 12-13 weeks post
, so count me as transitioning for the purposes of my comment. I just did a bunch of research on the Design Essentials Strengthening Treatment and I think parts of the system might be helpful to you.
There are three pieces to the system: the transitioning mousse (for naturals who wear their hair mostly straight or transitioners), the elongation mousse (for naturals who wear their hair mostly kinky/curly), and the silkening spray (for relaxed heads who want a bite-sized version of the system). It's based on amino acids, cysteine to be exact (fyi, the amino acid that's depleted after a relaxer). The idea is that they fortify the strand while adding weight (and swing). The first two, the mousses, last for 12 wks until they wear off. The spray is meant to be a weekly thing, or whenever you straighten. They specify that you only need to do 2 passes at 340- 400 degrees, which I liked.
Now, the thing is, it's hard to find since it's professional only.
The mousses, when purchased by someone who is not a stylist, seem to run around $167 for 8 oz of product, of which you use 2 oz per treatment. Salons do it, but they seem to charge around $150. The silkening spray, otoh, is $39.99 on sale at Paynes Beauty Supply (they're black-owned and online). That's what I bought, but from what I gathered, if you wanted either mousse, they might be able to get it for you.
Neither mousse will leave your hair straight when wet. You still have to blow-dry and style with heat, but naturals report that their curls feel heavier and therefore slightly elongated, but no noticeable difference and, again, it wears off in 12 wks or less. The spray, like I said, is a week-to-week deal. It's the spray I would recommend. I should be receiving it soon so I can give a review if you want. If you want to look into it further, Design Essentials has a five or six-part youtube series about it AND an hour long discussion with two stylists, one of whom is a natural type 4 who tested the product for the company on both clients and herself. Actually, in the video, she's wearing a puff so you can see kinda how little it messes with your texture.
Hope that was helpful to somebody. I typed a daggone novel.