Naturals that press

[jaiku]

What are you guys using to press your hair? Are you using a comb on a cooking stove? Did you buy an oven made for combs or marcels? Are you using an electric comb? Also, what degree of straightness do you achieve with your tools?

 

[balisi]

I'm a natural who straightens with heat from time to time. I blowdry and then use a flatiron. I'm able to achieve silky straightness.

 

[KAT25]

I use my flat irons I have a cheapie (conair* yellow and black from walmart) and FHI and they get my hair straighter than any hot comb that I have used.

 

[stargazer613]

I use a pressing comb that I put on the burner, and I do a light to medium press mainly to get my roots straight, and then I use a flat iron (Solia) to go over the rest of my hair.

 

[llpru]

I use a comb on the stove. That's the only thing that works.

 

[jaiku]

I am thinking about staightening my hair myself. I went to a nice salon recommended by LHCF members and it did not go well. She flat ironed my hair but I ended looking like Shaka Kahn on a bad hair day. I went to my hood salon and she gave me a press. It looked fantastic but some of her hair practices and etiquette are atrocious.

When I flat iron myself the ends are a mess. I have never tried pressing my own hair but I'm thinking about buying an oven.

 

[kim]

I just flat iron using a maxiglide.

 

[lana]

When I was natural the ONLY thing that got my hair silky straight (like a relaxer) was the Maxiglide (after applying straightening shampoo, conditioner and then blow dry straight with comb attachment followed by a straightening serum). If you detangle and blow dry well you won't have to worry about any snags with the wonderful MG. I love my Maxiglide...I still use it even though I decided to Texlax.

My ends used to be a mess when I would just use the pressing comb. Talk about breakage? knots? curly ends? The pressing comb was very damaging to my hair.

But I texlaxed because I prefer to wear my hair straight 99% of the time. I had to be honest with myself on that one...cause it was the only reason I was holding on to being natural for six years.

 

[PinkSkates]

I press my hair with an old fashion hot comb. My skills with my hot comb + my Aveda products = soft, silky, hair with lots of body!

 

[Ms Lala]

I blowdry then use a ceramic flat iron

 

[SweetMarshCrystal]

I use a flat iron - I too am able to acheive silkiness after.

 

[meaganita]

I flat iron with an FHI ceramic and hit the edges and the nape with an electric pressing comb.

 

[lsw29]

I use a flat iron to press.

 

[shagginabit]

I use a chi flat iron, but my straightest hair was with my grandmother's old straightening comb that you put on the stove.

 

[SpyCats]

I flatiron using my Maxiglide. Still trying to master getting that "swangin" hair though .

 

[ClassicBeauty]

I use a flat iron, but I really want to try a hard press. The problem is I know I can't do it myself, and I'm scared to let someone else do it. I wish I lived near Pinkskates! I wold trust her.

Right now my hair is not damaged at all, and I'm afraid to let any stylist do my hair at all, let alone put a smoking hot comb on it.

ETA: I rollerset with leave-in conditioner before I flat-iron. I never use a blow dryer.

 

[brownsugarflyygirl]

Blowdry then flatiron with my Jibere....does great things

OP...What LHCF recommended stylist did you go to?
I had a similar experience as you and Im just curious.
Feel free to PM me the answer if u dont want to post it

 

[adw425]

I also use a flat iron. I could never get it right with a pressing comb although when I went home to Chicago or my mom came to visit, she could get it right. I could not really get it right with a flat iron either until I bought the Maxi-Glide. I did come to realize that I could not get it right pressing it because my hair was usually over-moisturized and that, I found out once I found this site, is not conducive to a good press.

 

[cocosweet]

I use a flat iron these days. I have an electric pressing comb that I need to replace.

 

[Sugar Brown]

I airdry in fat twists then flat iron with a maxiglide.