Blow drying hair straight

[Grace]

Mkay so I went to the hair dresser's and after it was washed and cut she made it pefectly straight with just a square brush and a blow dryer.

Ever since I went there I've been trying and trying to do the same job. So I went out and bought myself a new blow dryer, and a square brush.

But guess what. I cannot get the same results and it's making me angry. My hair is naturally wavy and I would give anything for natural straight hair. I do have a straightening iron but I'm trying to back away from using it to make because it's doing so much damage to my hair.

Could any of you please give me some tips into using a brush and a blow dryer? Like how to hold it, how much hair, what products to use, etc.

This means so much to me! Because when I do it, it just makes my hair more poofier and frizzier.

 

[girl_geek]

Once you get 800 posts, Janelle (NYAngel98) has an amazing blow-drying video tutorial!

But for now, I'll just summarize the main points of the video -- hopefully she will come along and maybe elaborate further

- Use a very wide (like 3 or 4 inches) round ceramic brush

- Use a ceramic, ionic hairdryer

- When blowdrying each section of hair, put the brush under the hair and blowdry it, then put the brush on top of your hair and blowdry it from underneath -- this was the one thing I had never thought of, to blowdry both top and bottom of the sections!

- If I remember right, Janelle touches up with a flat brush. But I know she uses a large round ceramic brush for most of it.

- You'll also probably want to use some sort of straightening heat-protectant cream on your hair before blowdrying.

However (this probably won't make you feel any better, lol) I have naturally wavy hair and even with Janelle's techniques, I cannot get my hair straight with a blowdryer. I don't know if I have a bad dryer, a bad brush, bad techniques..... I can get the length fairly straight, but the ends insist on doing crazy curly things that I can never get under control! I can't even make the ends all curl in the same direction! Yet I can get my hair straight with a cheapo drugstore flat iron

(Unless it's humid, then nothing keeps it straight

)

 

[Grace]

Thanks a ton babe!

 

[Jennifer]

Originally Posted by girl_geek /img/forum/go_quote.gif Once you get 800 posts, Janelle (NYAngel98) has an amazing blow-drying video tutorial!
But for now, I'll just summarize the main points of the video -- hopefully she will come along and maybe elaborate further

- Use a very wide (like 3 or 4 inches) round ceramic brush

- Use a ceramic, ionic hairdryer

- When blowdrying each section of hair, put the brush under the hair and blowdry it, then put the brush on top of your hair and blowdry it from underneath -- this was the one thing I had never thought of, to blowdry both top and bottom of the sections!

- If I remember right, Janelle touches up with a flat brush. But I know she uses a large round ceramic brush for most of it.

- You'll also probably want to use some sort of straightening heat-protectant cream on your hair before blowdrying.

However (this probably won't make you feel any better, lol) I have naturally wavy hair and even with Janelle's techniques, I cannot get my hair straight with a blowdryer. I don't know if I have a bad dryer, a bad brush, bad techniques..... I can get the length fairly straight, but the ends insist on doing crazy curly things that I can never get under control! I can't even make the ends all curl in the same direction! Yet I can get my hair straight with a cheapo drugstore flat iron

(Unless it's humid, then nothing keeps it straight

)

thanks!

 

[echanting]

girl_geek

thanks for posting

I have the same problem

 

[Aquilah]

Thanks for the info Jennifer!

 

[SwtValina]

Good advice!

 

[Leony]

Thanks Jennifer.

 

[brazilian]

1-start at the show with products that controls your frizz.

2- don't let your hair get dry before you start.

3-use a good blowout lotion (example, redken satin blowout lotion).

4- give up all that work and get japanase reconditioning, since your hair is wavy, you will only need to redone the roots every 12 months. Cost: $700 per year, probably more you spend trying to deal with your unruly hair

 

[wideeyedyoungun]

A good product for getting hair completely straight: CHI Silk Infusion. An added bonus is that it won't weigh your hair down so that you're feeling like you have on a lot of product.