Straight Hair Natural's Support Thread

I'm feeling lost without my perm rods. I feel like the breakage/thinning came from sleeping in them. Am I rationalizing? Lol I just miss them. I'm deep conditioning tonight so I think I'm going to do a roller set with magnetic rollers and then either blow out the roots or flat iron my whole head. One or the other depending on how the set comes out. I've never done a set on magnetics before.
 
Any body use this or something similar? I have short hair and currently use my flat iron to straighten it can be time consuming because of how short it is in areas and it is hard to get my edges:
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MzRhonda said:
Any body use this or something similar? I have short hair and currently use my flat iron to straighten it can be time consuming because of how short it is in areas and it is hard to get my edges:
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I have the Edge Stick. I use it on DD for edges, of course, and touching up the roots after reversion. The outside teeth don't heat up, just the gold part (on the Edge Stick, anyway) so they actually keep me from burning her. The teeth get warm, but shouldn't burn. The hair has to be thoroughly detangled or it will break in those close teeth.
 
Does anyone use a setting lotion spray to help set their flat ironed hair on rods or curlers? I'm looking for some recommendations. It's been ages since I've used setting lotion, and I'm not sure what's considered good out there.
 
HappyAtLast said:
Does anyone use a setting lotion spray to help set their flat ironed hair on rods or curlers? I'm looking for some recommendations. It's been ages since I've used setting lotion, and I'm not sure what's considered good out there.
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I'm experimenting with these now too. I just picked up Taliah Waajid Crinkles and Curls. No verdict yet have to use it a couple more times to decide. But I haven't used it on flat ironed hair only blow dried.

I also picked up another one from Jane Carter which I haven't used yet.
 
MzRhonda said:
Any body use this or something similar? I have short hair and currently use my flat iron to straighten it can be time consuming because of how short it is in areas and it is hard to get my edges:
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SlimPickinz said:
Naw. I'd be too afraid of burning myself.
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I was just reading reviews on this on Amazon yesterday because I'm considering it too. They don't burn; the teeth protect it from touching your skin. In fact, I owned one (not this brand, but from Sally's) about 2 years ago and it worked great. But I gave it away to an elderly friend of mine who always had hotcomb burns on her neck. But now that I'm flat ironing regularly, I want another one. I wasn't really impressed with the reviews I read on this one. And Sally's doesn't carry the one I had anymore. I was considering the Laila Ali 0.5 inch flat iron if I can't find a good edge stick.

>>>> eta this is the one I owned from Sally's but I don't think it's being made anymore.
 
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KammyGirl said:
I'm experimenting with these now too. I just picked up Taliah Waajid Crinkles and Curls. No verdict yet have to use it a couple more times to decide. But I haven't used it on flat ironed hair only blow dried.

I also picked up another one from Jane Carter which I haven't used yet.
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Thanks. Please let me know when you decide if you like it. How did it perform on blow dried hair? Did your curls get smooth and hold?

I'm teetering between a low-heat flat iron (it gives me blow dry effect) and straight hair at 415. I :love: my hair at 415. It was like a relaxer. But I :love2: my hair big with the blow-out effect too! (380 degrees, one pass)

If I can find a way to hold my curls, twistouts, etc with either heat setting (without having to apply those twist butters- too heavy and build-up) then I would love it. And it dawned on me today to start looking into setting lotions.
 
^^ I used something underneath it and the came out ok. Nice hold. But I didn't like the way my hair felt. I think that's more to do with what I used underneath it so I'm going to try it again alone.
 
I ♥ my new flat iron. I straightened my own hair for the first time last night with 2 passes on 350 and it looks like I went to the salon. Total style time was 1 hour and 15 minutes. Hopefully I will get faster with practice.

I used Kerastase Therapiste (protein) prepoo, shampoo and mask. Then I used chi silk infusion. I'm going to try to make it last 2 weeks. Next time I will use a moisturizing dc
 
Stress really snuck up on my hair. It's suffering. The past few months a lot has been going on. And tonight's wash I noticed I lost more hair than usual. While I'm parting to moisturize I notice it's thinning in the middle at the top. And some parts it's down to an inch of hair. I guess I have to lay off the straightening while I get my hair back to normal. I'm still going to blow dry biweekly though. I'm so upset.
 
KammyGirl said:
Stress really snuck up on my hair. It's suffering. The past few months a lot has been going on. And tonight's wash I noticed I lost more hair than usual. While I'm parting to moisturize I notice it's thinning in the middle at the top. And some parts it's down to an inch of hair. I guess I have to lay off the straightening while I get my hair back to normal. I'm still going to blow dry biweekly though. I'm so upset.
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Oh no!! I'm so sorry!! :bighug:I wouldn't touch a blowdryer at all if I were in your situation. I would use JBCO on my scalp, DC, and avoid shampoo, combs, and any styling that pulls on your roots. Your hair sounds like it needs some major babying.

My summer camp job is over, so now I can finally try out this straight-haired natural life :drunk: . I straightened my hair 16 days ago, and probably fried the crap out of it LOL!! I blowdryed and flatironned on hair that hadn't seen a drop of conditioner in about 3 months, but it came out soft and stayed straight through 2 weeks of GA humidity and a water balloon fight. I'll be back later with my potential regimen.
 
ckisland said:
Oh no!! I'm so sorry!! :bighug:I wouldn't touch a blowdryer at all if I were in your situation. I would use JBCO on my scalp, DC, and avoid shampoo, combs, and any styling that pulls on your roots. Your hair sounds like it needs some major babying.

My summer camp job is over, so now I can finally try out this straight-haired natural life :drunk: . I straightened my hair 16 days ago, and probably fried the crap out of it LOL!! I blowdryed and flatironned on hair that hadn't seen a drop of conditioner in about 3 months, but it came out soft and stayed straight through 2 weeks of GA humidity and a water balloon fight. I'll be back later with my potential regimen.
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But I need to stretch. Using twists and braids to stretch are a complete joke. My hair laughs at that. I'm thinking of trying banding although I never really wanted to because it seemed like a lot of work.

Interested to see your potential regimen for new ideas once my hair is back to normal.
 
I've been lightly blow drying then doing flat twist outs for the last month or so. I think my hair likes this more than twisting when wet. I have also noticed my hair does not break or get stressed out as much when I keep it somewhat pressed out. Shrinkage is not my friend these days.
 
I just washed and DC'd my hair. Just as I had suspected, I fried the crap out of it! Got heat damage all over the place. SMH
I knew this was going to be the result, so I'm partially laughing at my own tomfoolery, partially about to cry :lachen:.

Imma do a protein DC in a few days, and then I'll be sure of how much damage has been done. I see a cut of about 3 inches in my future :beer:. See this is what being off LHCF did to me!! Being out in the real world made me totally reckless. Bump that!!! Didn't even realize how much my curls and coils meant to me until I jacked them up :cry3:. Neither a blowdryer or a flatiron will be seeing my head for a long time!!

Good luck ladies! I'm out and I need a drink :alcoholic:
 
tiredbeauty said:
Sure! It's exactly like the comb and chase method (you want to detangle your hair first) but you use the wigo brush instead, however, the wigo brush has ceramic plates that heat up and makes the process of flat ironing quicker. I usually do small sections anyway because my hair is thick, but I only have to do one pass and my hair is bone straight at 300 degrees. I also use three heat protectants, four if you count grapeseed oil (two for blow drying and two for flat-ironing) and there isn't any build up and my hair doesn't feel weighed down.

When I get home I will post photos of before just using the plain comb and chase and then after using the Wigo on lower heat, so you can see the difference. It's also not expensive, I paid around $20.00 at Ulta. You just have to get used to it because it will pull your hair out if you use too much pressure when closing it.
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@tiredbeauty does that brush have bristles or is it the plastic teeth kind?
 
Im thinking of flat ironing more often, once humidity season is over, maybe once a month or every two months, as opposed to twice a year like I do now, but I need to work out at least 3 times a week, and I sweat a lot from my head.
 
MzRhonda said:
Any body use this or something similar? I have short hair and currently use my flat iron to straighten it can be time consuming because of how short it is in areas and it is hard to get my edges:
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I have the edge stick. I found it useless and troublesome. It just snagged my edge hair in the comb. My edges were combed out. I got my edges better just using the flat iron
 
HappyAtLast said:
If I can find a way to hold my curls, twistouts, etc with either heat setting (without having to apply those twist butters- too heavy and build-up) then I would love it. And it dawned on me today to start looking into setting lotions.
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A stylist I went to would only use Design Essentials curl enhancing mousse on air dried/blow dried hair. Her twist outs were great! I too am finding myself tired of the creams unless I am in a ponytail. I may try this tomorrow as it is wash day!
 
I'm back, ladies!! LOL!! I got over the initial shock of losing that much of my curl pattern, but I remembered that my plan was to keep my hair straight most of the time anyway :laugh:. I also washed my hair a second time, and seeing how much I would have to cut to get back my curl pattern back, I would be big chopping again!! Nope! Not happening especially when the heat damaged part isn't split or breaking. It's just really loose.

Getting back on track with the plan I already had, on Saturday, I washed, DC'd, roller set and flatironed. It's the first time I roller set instead of blowdried, and I love it :love:!! My hair isn't as straight, but it falls better, the body's lasting, and I lost a tiny bit of hair through the whole process :yep: ! Because I didn't cut anymore length, I'm still full SL- CBL .

New regimen: Every 2 weeks

1. Prepoo overnight with CO
2. Shampoo with ORS or EBW Tea Tree
3. DC with heat with Joico Treatment Balm, or Hask Monoi Oil, etc
4. Roller set with foam wrap lotion and Chi Keratin Silk Infusion
5. Flatiron
6. Pin curl to maintain at night

I plan to avoid wrapping my hair because I tend to abuse my paddle brush LOL!! When my hair gets poofy, I'll bun or do french braids.
 
I think I am ready to rewash and straighten my hair. It has been 2 weeks since my last wash day. Today I will use a sample of Kerastase Force Architecte bain, sample of Masquintense mixed with Ampli Ciment mask and then I will section my hair and add Nectar Thermique before detangling and flat ironing. I have a wet/dry iron so there is no need to blowdry or rollerset. This is less manipulation and as a result I lose less hair.
 
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