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YouTube - My Complete Flat Iron Tutorial : Heat Without The Damage tracyee straightens her hair
I think she's texlaxed & 1/2 relaxed
love her hair
I think she's texlaxed & 1/2 relaxed
love her hair
I know I flat abuse mine at times-but they grow faster than any other part of my hair-go figure! LOLI love her hair! I wonder if she flat irons her bangs a lot?
^^^^I can dig it!
I really hate YT these days. I have been trying to watch her whole video and it's loading oh so slow so I'ma give up atleast I got to see her hair in the beginning. is transitioning too texlax or something she mentioned her roots were texlaxed.
have you tried clearing your browser cookies and cache? sometimes that's the culprit when videos or pages aren't loading fast enough
Halfway through the video when her hair was airdried and looked full and straight, I did wonder why she's straightening hair that looks straight. Then I realized she might be doing just her roots to make them match the rest of the hair. But she ran the iron down the length. Now I will admit when I was relaxed I used to use heat on my hair like there was no tomorrow. If I were relaxed today, I don't think I would.
But I have to admit, the end result looked good. And I think if she feels secure doing it, then it's worth it to look like that. She's so pretty!
Blowdried and airdried afro-textured hair, even relaxed hair, is not straight. It's still full of texture. Say she was doing a length check - there is no way that she could see the true length of her hair by just airdrying or blowdrying, or even roller-setting.
I dunno, flat-ironing just doesn't seem like a scary, dangerous process to me. I'm glad she did this video to show people her method...even though she doesn't use heat often at all.
I think she's texlaxed & 1/2 relaxed
I think straight is relative. Her hair looked straight to me. Unless hair has growth (which hers does), I personally think you can see length by stretching your hair with fingers. I personally never see any difference in length when I stretch my very kinky hair from how it looks when I straighten it. I do have fine hair though so it doesn't take much to pull it straight.
I know for me, since different sections of my hair grow at different rates, it's very hard to see how long it all is, and how much growth I've gotten in certain sections relative to others by just stretching it with my fingers. I don't flat iron frequently though so I typically just wait until I relax to do length checks.
I know for me, since different sections of my hair grow at different rates, it's very hard to see how long it all is, and how much growth I've gotten in certain sections relative to others by just stretching it with my fingers. I don't flat iron frequently though so I typically just wait until I relax to do length checks.
Can someone explain this to me--I don't understand the concept of texlaxed and 1/2 relaxed?
not only that, but i know for me, when i just blowdry my hair it doesn't have that silky look that the flatiron gives. depends on what look you was trying to achieve i guess, but i know that i also have to flatiron the length of my hair to get a more uniform silky look.
she makes me want to go buy some chi conditioner now . the pj in me lives on into 2011, sigh.
have you tried clearing your browser cookies and cache? sometimes that's the culprit when videos or pages aren't loading fast enough
@Nonie - didn't want to quote all of your posts, but stretching is a deceiving measurement. Depending on your hair's elasticity (which natural, healthy hair can stretch a lot & all hair should have at least some elasticity unless it's severely damaged), you can actually stretch your hair longer than it's true length (like a rubber band). I can flat iron my hair and it's straight - just about pin straight, but if I pull it, it will stretch down further. But, I can't walk around pulling my hair down, so that's not a true length measurement, to me. It's perfectly understandable for naturals who never straighten.
When your hair is wet and heavy with water, it's also deceiving. Every one, even a person with naturally straight type 1 hair, will appear to have longer hair when it's wet.
Everyone else already mentioned my other points.