Straight Hair Natural's Support Thread

hnntrr, you can always stretch your roots, gently to straighten by making little ponytails or banding the whole length of your hair. Of course you will have to be careful around the demarcation line where the hair is weakest.

This is an option if you are not going to use a heat protectant. If you cant use a protectant, don't use heat.
 
DarkJoy said:
hnntrr, you can always stretch your roots, gently to straighten by making little ponytails or banding the whole length of your hair. Of course you will have to be careful around the demarcation line where the hair is weakest.

This is an option if you are not going to use a heat protectant. If you cant use a protectant, don't use heat.
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I have a mist/water based heat protectant but not a serum (like oil based) is it still okay to use that?
 
What is the brand? I might wanna try. Lol. My hair breaks with serum though it seems to be ok with the mixed chicks brand. The sprays like Chi have alcohol which does the same.
I am also doing a modified cg method
 
its the giovanni protective leave in, it says it protects against heat damage so i am going to try it and see I think the cones in it are soluable. I used it on my bangs the other day as a test and it came out alright.
 
hnntrr said:
its the giovanni protective leave in, it says it protects against heat damage so i am going to try it and see I think the cones in it are soluable. I used it on my bangs the other day as a test and it came out alright.
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Thanks for the info.

How is it on resisting reversion? Did your roots get kinky right away? Some of these give me maybe a day. I get 4 with mixed chicks hnntrr.
 
DarkJoy said:
Thanks for the info.

How is it on resisting reversion? Did your roots get kinky right away? Some of these give me maybe a day. I get 4 with mixed chicks hnntrr.
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I think it was alright. I can def give you an update later on in the week (I plan on staying flat ironed at least till friday/ saturday night...I dont wanna go too long without putting moisture back in it). Then again I didnt used to have problems with reversion and if I did I just set my edges with a scarf/wrapped my hair and it was fine the next day. But I have way more NG than I have ever had and there might be some...unno!
 
hnntrr said:
Unfortunately my hair does NOT do well with shampooing, I dont plan on shampoo'ing unless for some reason I get in a pool........or HAVE to wash my hair with sulfates/cones in it... :\ and I dont have any shampoo I can use that is silicone, sulfate free right now since I am doing the CG method. Nor do I have a serum haha. I will try to work with what I have for right now but I will keep everything you said into consideration. Thank you.
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No worries, there are shampoos that don't contain sulfates, parabens and 'cones. Giovanni shampoos usually don't have any of the above. That is why I use those products mostly. Giovanni smooth as silk deeper moisture is a goo example of that as well. Good luck on your fly ironing and please let us know your results!
 
Anybody consider Grapeseed oil a heatprotectant bc of its high smoke point?I've heard great things and I'm just wondering...:look:
 
kimpaur said:
Anybody consider Grapeseed oil a heatprotectant bc of its high smoke point?I've heard great things and I'm just wondering...:look:
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:) I've read the same, but I don't actually know anyone personally who's tried that. Ive only used grapeseed oil in a prepoo and in a twistout for the ceramide content.
 
kimpaur said:
Anybody consider Grapeseed oil a heatprotectant bc of its high smoke point?I've heard great things and I'm just wondering...:look:
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No. Made the mistake using castor oil tho. Even tho it's smoke point is over 535oF it seems to act as a humectant. I think that flat iron lasted an hour. :lachen: it was full on afro after that.
 
Lol oh yes. Wasn't any moisture in the air either and got only half straight! Haha. Don't try castor oil!
 
DarkJoy said:
Lol oh yes. Wasn't any moisture in the air either and got only half straight! Haha. Don't try castor oil!
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I most definitely won't! That's why I rather stick to serums for heat protectants! I prefer to use oils for moisture only.
 
Sooo this is what I did:


As I am Coconut Cowash to get the ecostyler off my hair from yesterday and to put some protein in my hair before I do the moisturizing DC.

Deep Conditioned with One N OnlyHydrating Masque with a tea rinse underneath.

Detangled before Coconut Cowash and after my DC.

Sprayed on Nubian Heritage Honey and Black Seed Heat protectant and finger combed and then used a wide tooth comb mostly on the ends, a little bit on the roots.

Now I am letting my edges lay flat with a mesh wrap and going to let it dry 80 percent before blow drying. I blow dried my hair on low just enough to get it dry then flat ironed with my CHI. It was really big...it still is really big...so I cross wrapped it and hopefully it will lay a little flatter in the morning.

It was big when I blow dried it and big and bouncy when I flat ironed it. Its short and light so there was no like heavyness to it, but it felt good and it still felt moisturized put SM leave in on my ends an sealed with argan oil...

I dont think I am going to flat iron again for awhile though. I like my hair so much better texturized/curly than straight. Maybe I will feel better in the morning.
 
I maintain my hair while straight using overnight treatments instead of moisturizers. My hair is really finicky about oil, so I don't ever put oil in my hair unless I'm doing some sort of pre-shampoo treatment.
I find overnight products are formulated just right for conditioning the hair without leaving a heavy residue. There are two I use, listed below. The Alterna one is meant to be washed out in the morning, but if you use just a little it is great to leave in. I especially like this on my ends (I also use it as directed the night before I wash my hair). You will really notice an improvement in the quality of your hair after using this regularly.
The L'Oreal one is meant to be left in. It's not quite as "rich" as the Alterna so it's good for just basic moisturizing.
How often I apply just depends on how my hair feels. I usually apply something before bed on the day I wash my hair, and sometimes the day after. I won't apply more unless I feel like my hair needs it, usually on the ends. If I go into a second week of straight hair (like now, for example) I do not put anything in my hair since it's already oily.

Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Overnight Hair Rescue
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L'Oreal EverStrong Overnight Repair Treatment
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When I straightened, I used L'oreal Eversleek Super Sleek Intense Serum which is silicone free (it's free of heavy cones)...I think it has some PEG modified cones though which are water soluable. I apologize if this has been mentioned upthread because I didn't read the entire thread.

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Successfully flat ironed hair and it went alright. I got good use out of it and so did SO. I washed it tonight and boy was i scared. It took about 15 minutes under direct water to even START reverting back curly (which def lets me know my hair is lo po it too so long for the water to start soaking in...even now the curls arent as tight as they were. So I am pretty sure I am only flat ironing once a month until all my relaxed ends are cut off. Straight hair is nice but I was so worried about it getting dry (esp since it snowed about a million inches in MA and my hair kept getting wet with snow). So now it is getting back to its texurized self. Wearing a PS braid out bun tomorrow for my interview since its too cold for my hair to be out straight ;O....Thanks for all the suggestions though, it helped so much.
 
hnntrr said:
Successfully flat ironed hair and it went alright. I got good use out of it and so did SO. I washed it tonight and boy was i scared. It took about 15 minutes under direct water to even START reverting back curly (which def lets me know my hair is lo po it too so long for the water to start soaking in...even now the curls arent as tight as they were. So I am pretty sure I am only flat ironing once a month until all my relaxed ends are cut off. Straight hair is nice but I was so worried about it getting dry (esp since it snowed about a million inches in MA and my hair kept getting wet with snow). So now it is getting back to its texurized self. Wearing a PS braid out bun tomorrow for my interview since its too cold for my hair to be out straight ;O....Thanks for all the suggestions though, it helped so much.
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Don't forget to do a protien treatment! It will help all the curls to pop back and add back the protien!
 
Wenbev said:
Don't forget to do a protien treatment! It will help all the curls to pop back and add back the protien!
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Ahh! I am scared to do a protein treatment, I had a really bad protein overload cause I gett it overloads quickly. Im gonna coconut cowash for 15-20 mins when I get back to DC tomorrow and see if I can get away with doing that without getting another protein set back again.
 
hnntrr said:
Ahh! I am scared to do a protein treatment, I had a really bad protein overload cause I gett it overloads quickly. Im gonna coconut cowash for 15-20 mins when I get back to DC tomorrow and see if I can get away with doing that without getting another protein set back again.
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I hear you, I had a bad experience with a protein treatment in my first transition years ago. Now I use a Giovanni reconstructor (protein) one every three weeks. It's a creamy consistency that sits in for ten minutes and doesn't leave the hair hard. Just keep in mind a protein treatment comes in many forms; natural occurring and laboratory made. Good luck and happy hair growing.
 
MixedGirl said:
I've stopped washing my hair as often soto cut down the heat, I wash my hair once every 3 weeks. Then in the 4th week I stay natural. This means I only flat iron once a month.
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I do this now. However, it is done at the salon. She does and excellent job and my hair has maintained it's structure integrity.
 
Shampoo/DC/flatiron then rollersetting on satin sponge tonight.

I think rollersetting was a tremendous benefit for my hair in 2012. I have high hopes for 2013.
 
czyfaith77 said:
I do this now. However, it is done at the salon. She does and excellent job and my hair has maintained it's structure integrity.
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How do you ladies pull that off? If I work out for 2 days my hair is a mess (my edges revert and my ends get bushy) not to mention my hair become very dirty. How often do you moisturize it during those 3 weeks? I would think your scalp would get very itchy either from being dry or from the pores being clogged with too much oil?
 
bhndbrwneyes said:
How do you ladies pull that off? If I work out for 2 days my hair is a mess (my edges revert and my ends get bushy) not to mention my hair become very dirty. How often do you moisturize it during those 3 weeks? I would think your scalp would get very itchy either from being dry or from the pores being clogged with too much oil?
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I know this might sound bad but I dont work out, but I've been thinking about starting. There have been a couple of times I worked out with a TaeBo DVD and my straightened hair was just fine. I don't use any moisturizers on my hair while straight. I just occasionally massage tea tree oil on my scalp when it starts looking dry. I've really gotten my straightened hair routine down pat for me to prevent reversion for a month til I wash and redo my hair again.

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Wenbev said:
I hear you, I had a bad experience with a protein treatment in my first transition years ago. Now I use a Giovanni reconstructor (protein) one every three weeks. It's a creamy consistency that sits in for ten minutes and doesn't leave the hair hard. Just keep in mind a protein treatment comes in many forms; natural occurring and laboratory made. Good luck and happy hair growing.
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So i washed my hair with as i am coconut cowash an d let it set for about 8 minutes and the curls are back! And my hair feels super soft and moisturized. Thank you for suggesting it, it made a huge difference :)
 
hnntrr said:
So i washed my hair with as i am coconut cowash an d let it set for about 8 minutes and the curls are back! And my hair feels super soft and moisturized. Thank you for suggesting it, it made a huge difference :)
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Yay! Awesome!!!
 
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