Naturals, does your hair smell fresh after you flat iron it?

[Harina]

And not that burnt or heat protectant smell. Whether you do it at home or at the salon? How do you keep your hair smelling fresh when you flat iron?

 

[lacreolegurl]

Mine does stay fresh, but I don't use a lot of product (or a heat protectant) when flat ironing...a little argan oil and shine serum after I'm done. I know that's probably blasphemy here, but it works for me. I don't flat iron more than 4-6 times a year. To maintain, I make Bantu knots at night, sealed with a little argan oil. The more product I use, the stinkier and stringier my hair becomes.

But if it does start to smell from just being out and picking up scents, I use a little dry shampoo to keep it fresh. Or go all out, slap some really good smelling butter on it, and do two French braids and wear a braid out until my next wash.

 

[Harina]

Mine does stay fresh, but I don't use a lot of product (or a heat protectant) when flat ironing...a little argan oil and shine serum after I'm done. I know that's probably blasphemy here, but it works for me. I don't flat iron more than 4-6 times a year. To maintain, I make Bantu knots at night, sealed with a little argan oil. The more product I use, the stinkier and stringier my hair becomes.

But if it does start to smell from just being out and picking up scents, I use a little dry shampoo to keep it fresh. Or go all out, slap some really good smelling butter on it, and do two French braids and wear a braid out until my next wash.

What flat iron do you use? And what dry shampoo? I've never used dry shampoo before. lacreolegurl

 

[lacreolegurl]

I use Oscar Blandi's dry shampoo that I got from Sephora. There's another thread here that has some other dry shampoo suggestions...but out of the ones I tried I like this one best. It doesn't leave that white film that you get with some of the others and I've gotten compliments on the scent when I've used it.

I have a CHI that's several years old. I only need 2 passes max with it.

 

[Ladybug33]

A tip I learned from youtube to maintain fresh smelling flat ironed hair is to blow dry your hair on low heat vs high while using minimal product. Try it ! it works.

 

[VictoriousBrownFlower]

I hate flat ironing my hair because of the smell so I'm going to go to the Dominicans and get a rollerset to see how straight it gets my hair. I already talked to the lady and she said I can bring in my own deep conditioner. Hopefully the rollerset gets it straight because I don't want to blow it out.