Hi Auntybe,
I think you may get many different opinions on Mr. John. I personally have his book and found several things he said that were helpful to me.
1. Press the hair from the ends up
2. Curling the ends under.
Now that I know what he said about mositure, I don't know if I agree with it. The thing is YOU and only YOU can make the decision on how to use information that people write about or give out. I believe any information that will help you to better understand and deal with your hair is always helpful. You have to take in the information with a grain of salt and weed out what doesn't work. The book is $13.95, which isn't too much of a loss if you don't like it.
I personally thought the pressing comb wasn't good for my own hair and probably had to do with my own skill in handling it. I did better with a curling iron that has a temperature setting to control the heat. I also noticed less split ends. I wish my mother was here because she can definately press some hair. /images/graemlins/grin.gif I recently switched to a ceremic flat iron and it works even better.
I did learn something from Mr. John that I tried recently and it work! I explained to him about the problem I was having when I did use the straightening comb and how it seemed to pull my hair out from the roots. He said the reason was that the heat wasn't consistent. He said that many of his clients do their hair at home with success.
Here's the thing that he said do that I tried.
Purchase 5 Gold n Hot pressing combs. Put them on temperature 17. Let them heat up for 30 minutes. Use one pressing comb for four strokes. Go to the next one. You are alternating the combs and not allowing them to lose the heat. When they lose the heat, they pull out the hair. That's the key to getting really straight hair without damage. The heat from each comb is consistent and it works. I went and purchased the five straightening combs and tried it and was amazed at how the concept worked. I was just annoyed with all the wires, but still don't want to use the combs because I HAVE BECOME LAZY and the one curling iron seemed simple...one thing to plug up, one or two strokes.
I have never used the hair culture but was told by my ex beautician in Chicago that it was good to use. I have used the Dudley's Cream Press, KMS Flat out Balm and Wanakee hair oil.
