1. Long Works Better
Than Short
In case you want straight hair, it would be a good idea to
let it grow a little longer. Short hair has more tendencies to curl up than
long hair. Moreover, it is harder to make short hair stay the way you want it
to be.
Don’t forget regular trips to a hair dresser, at least once
in every three months, to get rid of those dead or split ends, because they are
one of the reasons why your hair curls up. In any case, try to keep your hair
as healthy as possible, not only for the sake of straightening it, but for the
sake of having a beautiful healthy hair, straight or curled.
2. Use of Products
Buy hair products that are labeled as “smooth”, “sleek”,
“straight” or anything similar, wash your hair with a straightening shampoo and
always apply conditioner. After you wash your hair, dry it a little with a
towel, but don’t be too harsh. Apply some kind of straightening mousse, gel or
any other hair straightening product on wet hair.
Don’t ever brush your hair while it’s wet, although brushing
can help make it straight, your hair is weakest when it’s wet and brushing
damages it. It’s also a good idea to apply some heat protector, since you’ll be
exposing your hair to heat next.
3. Blow Drying and
Flat Ironing
You can now choose to either blow dry your hair or to
straighten it with a flat iron, or both. If blow drying, take a wide brush and
straighten your hair as your hair stylist would do. Watch out not to turn the
blow dryer on maximum heat and not to keep it too close to your hair.
If you decide for a flat iron, bear in mind that a good flat
iron costs good money. Take small sections of your hair and clip the rest of
the hair with hair clippers so that it doesn’t get in your way. Work your way
from the back of your head to the front, leaving the hair sections closest to
your face last.
4. Keeping it
Straight
Now that you’ve made your hair straight, the idea is to keep
it straight the whole day. You can do this best by applying either hairspray or
even better a small dub of anti-frizz serum with silicone. Try to avoid warm
and humid places since they will probably make your hair curly again.
Always keep a couple of things in mind – first of all buy
good hair products. Flat ironing and straightening your hair in any other way
does a lot of damage, so you need best quality products to give your hair the
care it needs.
Second, and even more important – give your hair a break
once in a while. You look perfectly good with curls, and no matter how “in”
straight hair is right now, try not to damage your hair too much and leave it
curly now and then. Guys like it wavy and curly anyway.
