That silky smooth relaxed looking flat ironed NATURAL hair...

manter26 said:
If you're still looking for a VERY moisturizing DC, try the caramel treatment or molasses
treatment as it's sometimes called. If you do a search you should find the list of ingredients which are a knock off to a name brand DC. I think the ingredients also mirror that of DivaSmooth (?) or some natural "relaxer" that is heavily advertised on the banners.

I did it overnight and found that it over moisturized my fine hair. But if you're looking for something heavy duty, I would suggest trying it before a flat iron.

I did it before I went to Aveda for color, the stylist did not know how to do natural hair so I left with it wet. I got to my friend's house and all she had was a Remington flat iron and some biosilk, so I ended up straightening. My friend (she's Dominican) said she was suprised how little time it took for me to flat iron and that it only took one pass on 360 degrees. (I'm 4a, she's a 3c textlaxed.)
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I found one but thanks n e way!
 
Hey MsLizziA in case you're still struggling with this, here's my detailed straightening technique that got me from tightly Coily:

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To Straight:

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Good luck!:wave:
 
Awesome thread OP/ladies! I am currently transitioning and will be getting braids the first weekend of next month for the summer. This thread will definitely be useful for when I straighten my hair in Sept. for a length check and trim.
 
Thank you for the early morning hair p0rn!! LOL
What beautiful hair!

I can get my hair that silky if I go to the Dominican hair salon and they blow dry the hell out of it. Not worth it though! I can get it close enough though, with a bit more body by rollersetting my hair first, then using my CHI flatiron. With my hair, the key is to rollerset it first. I could never get it to be that silky with just a blow dryer. My hair would be so dry. She has beautiful hair!
 
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Cyd Chicago said:
I can get mine as straight with one pass. (I know I need to post pics).

WestNDNbeauty introduced the "relaxer DC techinque" which calls for you to heavily apply your DC from root-to-tip as if it were a relaxer.

I have tried this method weekly since mid-Jan with several different conditioners. Right now my favorite mix is any conditioner with honey and banana (baby food/pureed).

Here's the thread:
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=431336

Here's a YT video of the technique:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NegFfvnthBg
I not longer use a relaxer brush, I simply use my hands to apply THICKLY.
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Thanks Cyd for sharing this.

....seeing that I have a youtube channel now, I will probably do a video on how I straighten... keep a look out for that.
 
Jessicurl WDT and Aveda's smoothing style prep and glossing hair straightener get me pretty much there (sadly i dont have pics.) When I used those people kept giving me the "OH SO YOU WENT AND RELAXED YOUR HAIR >:[" mad face :D And the Aveda is magical when it comes to protecting against reversion.
 
Subscribing. I LOVE THIS THREAD. So much beautiful hair. /drool :lick:

Seriously. I will be flat ironing for the first time since I decided to embark on my hair journey this upcoming weekend. I'm so nervous about flat ironing again....it's been four months. :sad:

I'm scared I'm going to bring the flat iron up to a strand and it's going to just snap and break off or something, lol. The idea of flat ironing my hair again is so scary! Before it was like an everyday thing. I do have a question, though, how often do some of you ladies flat iron? I know heat is a real easy way to screw everything up.....which is what I'm afraid of....
 
^^^^^thanks so, so much for sharing! Your hair is GORGEOUS! Do you mind me asking which conair flat iron you use?
thanks in advance for your response,
tishee
 
Im naturak, when i want that look, I usually wash/condish (Kinky curly Come clean/kinky curly knot today) then deep condish with a cocoction (honey, shea moisture deep condish, olive oil) and roller set on mesh rollers (i can get straight with a roller set) and sometime i use a LOKY flat iron that i got from my aunt ( she works at an eritrean salon and she is eritrean) to take the volume out....these r the only pics i have of my hair straight.. as i dont wear it straight often. also i do not put any product in my hair...a heat product is applied before i roller set and i lightly apply coconut oil on the end at night

DO NOT QUOTE PICS PLEASE

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MsLizziA said:
That's some chick on Hairlista who's straight hair i am in love with. I am natural byy the way and the last time i had a relaxer was in jan of 09
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LOL!!!

HER NAME IS MAMA'S ORGANICS ON YOUTUBE (she's transitioning from texlaxed)
it's mostly her hair texture<---gorgeous

she and her 2 daughters hair is so beautiful
 
Ivey14 said:


ITA with the above post. Here's how I personally go about straightening my hair in detail (my methods have changed slightly over the months):



(Above) Straightened photo is from September (one month after joining LHCF). I would shampoo, condition and then saturate my hair with ProVitamin Leave-in Conditioner (Aphogee) . After that, I would section my hair into four parts and comb in, with my denman brush, some Organix Coconut Milk Serum. Then, I would blow-dry each section into smaller sections making sure hair is mostly dry. I use a concentrator attachment nozzle and a round brush adding slight tension. I find this to be an important step! Once I'm done, I would go back with my flat iron and spray FX Flat Iron Spray per small section before each pass. It's all about being very detail-oriented. You want to make sure you are applying the same amount of heat to every strand evenly. At the time, I would set my flat iron to 395 degrees! :ohwell: After I was all done, I would then spray Palmer's Olive Oil Formula Conditioning Spray Oil to my ends mostly.


Then, in Janauary, I made some changes. I learned that using less products helped with my hair being less greasy and kinda stiff. So I stopped using the coconut serum as I thought it was too heavy. Instead, I only used the leave-in for blow-drying and then a heat protectant for flat-ironing. I was still using the same two products though: Aphogee and FX. And afterward, I would still use the spray oil. However, as for the flat iron, I bought Jilbere de Paris Porcelain Series and straightened at settings 20-25. I looked to see the actual temperature and it was over 400 degrees! I stopped using the flat iron after that and returned to my old flat iron.


(Current) I no longer use Aphogee and switched the leave-in spray to Aussie Hair Insurance instead. I still use the same FX flat iron spray though. I also straighten using 330 degrees on my old Conair flat iron which is enough to straightened my kinky, fine hair. When I am all done, I apply a light layer of 100% grapeseed oil. The actual straightening techniques are still the same: blow-dry and flat iron in very small sections.


This is just a shot without the flash to show texture up close.

I may change things up again though, so we'll see. But to recap, to achieve that silky look, less is more when it comes to products. Also, it's always best to straighten on freshly cleaned hair. Lastly, blow-dry evenly (on low heat) in small sections using a bit of tension with your brush. Then flat iron in small sections. The reason why you would want to blow-dry before flat ironing is because flat-ironing on damp hair is not a good thing. When you're done, add a light oil of your choice from mid-shaft to ends to protect it from friction or other elements. HTH!
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Your hair is so pretty (You should be a hair Model)




Happy Hair Growing!
 
MissBCurly said:
Im naturak, when i want that look, I usually wash/condish (Kinky curly Come clean/kinky curly knot today) then deep condish with a cocoction (honey, shea moisture deep condish, olive oil) and roller set on mesh rollers (i can get straight with a roller set) and sometime i use a LOKY flat iron that i got from my aunt ( she works at an eritrean salon and she is eritrean) to take the volume out....these r the only pics i have of my hair straight.. as i dont wear it straight often. also i do not put any product in my hair...a heat product is applied before i roller set and i lightly apply coconut oil on the end at night

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Girl you making me wanna str8n my hair RIGHT now
 
MahoganyJazz said:
Like this?

L'occitane Repairing Shine Mask, Philip B. Lovin' Leave-in Conditioner, a little Seyani Butter... and my Joico Vapor Iron.

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Yes...L'Occitaine is my love...it makes the hair shiny, smooth and beautiful. Here is my hair straightened with it:

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I also use Chi Silk Infusion which I love, love, love!!!


And I went to the salon and I can't remember what she used, but I do remember the last thing she put on was Morrocan Oil:

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