10 Things You Must Do To Keep Your Hair Straight

Hey Everyone,

As you may know, I like to answer questions on Yahoo Answers and as I was answering this one question I thought “Hmmm, this looks like a blog post”.  See what you think…

Nadia Asked: Why won’t my hair stay flat!?

My Answer: I totally agree with the person who said don’t thin your hair out! Please please please don’t do that.

Do you know how many people would love to have your thick hair. I’m sure it’s beautiful but you just need a little encouragement to get it to stay straight. I understand. I have very thick hair like you. Follow these steps.When you are about to flat iron your hair, you want everything that you do to your hair to promote straightness.

1) Use a straightening shampoo on your hair. I recommend Sleek Look By Matrix Smoothing Shampoo and Conditioner Liter Duo Set . The reviews for it are amazing.

2) Use a straightening conditioner on your hair. See suggestion above

3) Let your final rinse be freezing cold water. This really does serve to flatten your hair. I know from experience. In order to get your body ready for the cold water, just slowly turn the water from warm to cool so that your body can slowly adjust. It’s kinda refreshing once you get used to it

4) Use a sleekening/straightening leave in conditioner. L’Oreal Paris EverSleek, Humidity Defying Leave-In Crème is a good one to try.

5) Blow dry your hair with a good quality blow dryer. This is a must especially for those of us with thick hair. You need to use a blow dryer that is ceramic. Turbo Power Twin Blow Dryers are the kinds of blow dryers that Dominican Hairstylists use and they get your hair incredibly straight with a round brush.

6) Use a heat protectant that also has straightening abilities. This is so your hair won’t be weighted down and will have movement and bounce. The less product you use, the more bounce your hair will have. I suggest Sabino Lok and Blok

7) Flat iron your hair in a well ventilated room. If the room is too hot then you will start to sweat and your hair will revert back just as fast as you straighten it. You also need to make sure you are using a good quality flat iron like a Sedu or BaByliss

8) Use a humidity blocker spray on your hair. Avlon KeraCare Oil Sheen with Humidity Block 11 oz. has a perfedt 5 star rating.

9) Wrap your hair when you are done and do a silk wrap under a dryer. Look at the video for instructions:

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10) Spray hair daily with humidity blocker and wrap hair at night.

I really hope this helps Nadia and helps you all too. This is as detailed as I know to get but if I think of some more I will definitely let ya’ll know.

Thanks for reading and don’t forget to share this post with your friends if you found it helpful,

Flat Iron Mini Review: Croc Infrared Black 1″

Hey Ya’ll,

I might just make a habit out of this. These questions from Yahoo Answers might be questions that a lot of you are asking so whenever I answer a question there that I feel will be helpful here, I will post it.  Read what sets the Croc Infrared flat iron apart from the others.

Question:

Additional Details:

My Answer:

Hi Katluvv, You want a new straightener…Cool! I used to have the flat iron that you have now (Remington wet 2 straight). It can be very damaging to your hair for two reasons: 1) It is not great to flat iron wet hair (subscribe to my newsletter to find out why…look to the right side of the screen and put in your email address) 2) This is not a true ceramic flat iron but one with ceramic plates.

I have read many flat iron reviews and Croc flat irons stand out to me as being high quality hair straighteners. Let me tell you why. The Croc infrared flat iron has plates with 3 different heating elements. This means that the straightener recovers heat quickly.

You see, after you make your first pass with a flat iron, the plates lose some heat and it needs time to recover. With the Croc hair straighteners 3 heating elements there shouldn’t be much downtime. So hopefully you will not need more than 2 passes to get your hair as straight as you want it, because the plates will maintain most of its heat.

If you are interested in this flat iron, I definitely think the Infrared Black 1″ Flat Iron is a good choice. Still not sure which flat iron to get? Then read How To Choose A Flat Iron for more info.  And please don’t forget to Comment and Subscribe

Thanks for reading,

TR Flat Iron Review Quiz Scavenger Hunt

Hello All,
So we’ve had quite a few posts now and something I really like doing are quizzes. There’s several reasons for that.
1) They are fun
2) They are hands on
3) They force you to…think!!!
 
In light of all of these wonderful things, I have come up with a quiz that will require you to go on a treasure or scavenger hunt around this blog to find the answers. It’s a sneaky way to get you to read the posts that you decided to skip over for whatever reason…or to discover ones you never knew about. And perhaps in the process, you will find a flat iron for your very own. Yea!!!
So let’s begin…
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So how did you do? Did you learn about a new flat iron? The Ginalli Milano perhaps? Did you sign up for the 5 Flat Iron Fairy Tales email series yet (hint hint)?
I hope you had fun on your scavenger hunt. Obviously, as I do more and more posts doing a quiz like this would be hard so I wanted to do while there was still relatively few posts.
Be sure to come back soon because you never know what’s in store. You may kick yourself if you miss it.
Stay Tuned,

Straightening/Flat Iron Video Had to Share/Giveaway Reminder

Hey guys and dolls,
I am watching this great hair straightening video and I had to share it with ya’ll. She gives a great tutorial about what products and techniques to use to keep hair straight even in the rain. It’s super helpful and I know you guys will love it.

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Products She Used:
BaByliss Nano Titanium Blue Straightening Iron
Healthy Infusions by Wahl Pro Dryer
Sebastian Re-Shaper Humidity-Resistant Strong-Hold Hair Spray
Halo Mist Shine Spray

And of course do not forget about the Babyliss Flat Iron Giveaway going on right now. In fact, the girl in the video is using a Babyliss flat iron to get her hair silky straight and you could win a similar one for free. Here are the details for the contest. Very simple so don’t miss out.

That’s all for now, ya’ll.

Thanks for reading,