@Meritamen I'm thinking of straightening my hair next weekend. Do you mind sharing what products you used? My always seems to revert so quickly when I flat iron it myself.
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Meritamen
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@ronnie78 I washed with Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil shampoo, detangled and deep conditioned with the same lines deep treatment. Then I did something rather unorthodox... I lightly blew out followed up straightening my hair on high heat with no product. Afterward I put a little bit of coconut oil on my hair and slept with a bun wrapped under a satin scarf. So.... I wouldn't recommend it because I'm sure it's not good for the hair long term. But that's what I did this go around.
sweethair
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So I have heat damage from a stylist that just knew it all . When I asked her to flat iron at 370 she refused. she used 400 and tried to do 2 passes!!! Please don't let just anyone touch your hair. My cousin referred her and I trust my cousin because I used one of her other stylist and she was amazing. She told me to do one pass when I flatiron my hair wait for your hair to cool down then go back and do another at 370 max. I wish I could go back to her but she's booked till the end of the year and has a full client list. Not sure what to do. Im to scared to put heat on my hair but I'm tired of wigs and weaves. I really wanted to enjoy my hair now its ruined .
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Napp
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Wow I'm so sorry for you! when the other stylist do your hair did she use it at 370?
I also find that interesting because I could flat iron hair with 400 and it will be puffy straight and youtuber sistawithrealhair uses one pass at 450 and her hair curls up just fine. I wonder what property of the hair does this
sweethair
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I think it depends on how thick your stands are and the health of your hair. I have fine 4c hair and once the stylist sees how coarse my hair is they want to fry it. The first stylist got my hair bone straight at 370.
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Napp
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Was this stylist old school? some of these older ladies know how to lay hair at lower temperatures. I hated that in beauty school everyone went directly to 450. I let them do my hair twice and got heat damage both Times. then I let my teacher do my hair at 370 and it looked way better and my curls bounced back with a quickness
sweethair
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Nope she's 33 I think but she know natural hair Her hair is midback, she's amazing!! Im praying I can see her soon. I guess I'm back to wigging it.
Napp
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is she located in NJ?
Napp
In hair purgatory
Oh really? does she need an assistant?
lol I'm still trying to get my foot in the door
Ivonnovi
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This past Thursday I used Beautiful Textures Naturally Straight to treat and straighten my hair.
I blow-dried my hair in tiny sections, using low heat and mild tension.
This was followed up with using the Straightening Brush @400 to lengthen all the sections,
Lastly I flat-ironed on a high temp to achieve a bone straight length*
Quick Notes:
I blow-dried my hair in tiny sections, using low heat and mild tension.
This was followed up with using the Straightening Brush @400 to lengthen all the sections,
Lastly I flat-ironed on a high temp to achieve a bone straight length*
*(I emersed a finger tip into GrapeSeed oil and smoothed this down the length of each section, like I was shingling, then I twisted the sections to wring the product throughout the strands, THEN I flat-ironed)
I like to wear my hair straight, no curls; I am tenderheaded and I hate sleeping on rollers. SO, I french-braded (milk-maid style) with a scarf (Thigh-high panty hose) and woke up with beautiful waves that lasted allllllll day. Quick Notes:
- I used the Shingling & Wringing(twisting) method to apply the Kit's Leave-in too.
- I don't know what temp my Flat-iron was set at but I do know it was a few "clicks" higher than what I used when my hair was relaxed.
- lso, I dipped my finger in the grapeseed oil (for my ends) as a took my hair down in the AM.
- Mo-braids w/the scarf = Mo-Waves.
- If I remember later I'll take Pics.
- Wearing my hair completely down was a HUGE step for me and my thinned out scalp
Napp
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aww ok. i wonder why she is leaving.
curlyTisME
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Blowout is still going strong. Sprayed some dry shampoo on it and wrapped my hair for the night. Tomorrow I will need to pin curl it to put some uumphf back into it.
Pin curls have worked wonders to keep my blowout going, it definitely adds new life and extends me keeping my hair straight. Hoping to get another week out of this before I wash again and am curly for the next 3/4 months!
curlyTisME
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Yes my goal is to stretch another week until my appointment next Friday.
How do you style for hair in the colder months when you are curly?
@curlyTisME, WnG's and braid/twist outs are just loose in the pattern I braid/twist or set my wash n go in. Sometimes I'll have a deep side part or a middle part. Other times I pin the front up and wear the back down (see pic). I love a big curly bun by weeks end!
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GettingKinky
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If I didn't workout I could easily be a straight hair natural. My hair is still pin straight swingy and shiny 9 days after getting it flat ironed, but I haven't worked out at all. As soon as I work out, my roots revert and my hair looks wiggy. And once the roots revert, even though the length is still smooth and shiny, it's no longer swingy. But I have to workout, that's not optional. Sigh...
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Napp
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Lately I've been doing more intense workouts with a personal trainer and I have been wearing this headband https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01I4JN5H8/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and my hair is 2 weeks old and still straight. I put my hair in a high bun with an Invisibobble and keep it on until an hour or so after my workout. My hair still looks great. I keep my hair fresh smelling by using dry shampoo at the roots.
GettingKinky
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I see how that could help the edges but what about the rest of your scalp?
Napp
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My hair stays straight but then again I do not get really sweaty (like to the point where I'm soaking wet) even with intense workouts.
Napp
In hair purgatory
What's the best edge control that doesn't cause reversion ? I've tried perfect edges, paul mitchell and crew. all end up with slicked back but wavy hair.
I've been waiting to make a post of this but I wanted to be sure it wasn't a fluke. when I wash my face sometimes water gets on my edges and curls them up. so I use this edge control ebin ny 24 hour edge tamer with extra mega hold.
And lay a scarf over it. my edges look straight and not greasy or producty. I use the tiniest amount. so far this has been the best edge control I've ever used.
Prettymetty
Natural/4b/medium-coarse
@GettingKinky maybe you can do intense workouts for 3 weeks and straighten during week 4 (rest week).
I only straighten once a month now anyway because of my growth aid (Xcel21).
I only straighten once a month now anyway because of my growth aid (Xcel21).
GettingKinky
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This is kind of what I do now. I only get my hair straightened every 8 weeks so I either take a week off from working out it do workouts that cause minimal sweating but if I could figure out the roots issue I could have straight hair most of the time and still workout all the time.
I've been waiting to make a post of this but I wanted to be sure it wasn't a fluke. when I wash my face sometimes water gets on my edges and curls them up. so I use this edge control ebin ny 24 hour edge tamer with extra mega hold.
And lay a scarf over it. my edges look straight and not greasy or producty. I use the tiniest amount. so far this has been the best edge control I've ever used.
Thank you!! where do you get this?
Napp
In hair purgatory
I got it at my local beauty supply. they sell it online too.
Guinan
Re-Branding
I've been waiting to make a post of this but I wanted to be sure it wasn't a fluke. when I wash my face sometimes water gets on my edges and curls them up. so I use this edge control ebin ny 24 hour edge tamer with extra mega hold.
And lay a scarf over it. my edges look straight and not greasy or producty. I use the tiniest amount. so far this has been the best edge control I've ever used.
I can't wait to try this!!! If I cant find it at my local BSS, then I will order it on Amazon. I wonder if Sally's sells this product.
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