subject: Guide Before Trying Hair Straightening: Some Info [print this page] Guide Before Trying Hair Straightening: Some Info
When planning to straighten your hair, it's a wise decision to begin with your hair in its healthiest condition. If you're used to the damaging effects of conventional relaxers, you may be interested in restoring your hair to its healthiest condition and achieving greatest growth. Natural hair relaxers offer all the benefits of chemical relaxers, without the ruthless side effects. When you set up your hair for straightening using a flat iron do think about the following tips as they will help you in achieving ideal straight hair:
The most vital element for success in the straightening of curly hair and the destroying of its frizz is heat and tension. Make sure the hair is completely dried out before you start.
1: Apply your chosen pre-dry product(s) and dry your hair with the use of just your fingers at first.
2: While using the blow-dryer always direct the airflow away from your scalp to avoid the tangles and fuzziness caused by roughing up of the cuticle.
3: Once the hair is just slightly moist, anchor a brush into the root of a section of hair, concentrating the air stream from the dryer onto the paddle of the brush and pursue through to the ends, moving both the brush and the dryer at the same time.
4: Squirt on your hair a thermal spray while your hair is still moist. Spread the spray evenly through your hair using a comb or hair brush. The thermal spray will provide additional safety from the heat in the flat iron.
5: Sweep the brush all the way through the hair at different angles, forwards, backwards, up and down, to dry all sides rapidly.
6: Angle the brush to keep the tension in the hair if you are dealing with a stiff curl; avoid aiming to completely straighten the hair. Start by just loosening and drying.
7: Divide your hair into equal sections with some hair clips. The number of sections that you will require depends on whether your hair is thick or thin. Thin hair may only require being in six equal sections, whilst thick hair may require 10 equal sections.
Be cautious when using your flat iron. If you get the iron too near to your scalp you CAN burn it.
The tips given will provide you with the help that you need and hopefully you will be satisfied with the guidelines.
