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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 604285" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Skotti, I am a curly-top from a long line of curly-tops. ALL of us prefer to wear our hair straight at least some of the time. The trick is in the technique.</p><p></p><p>Here's what you've got to do:</p><p></p><p>1) Towel dry the hair until it's damp. Best way is to wrap the hair in a thick towel and then twist gently. That way you don't add more tangles. Then when the hair is damp, work some hair product through the hair. Not too much, or it'll be sticky.</p><p>2) Next, brush it with one of those wide, flat paddle brushes. If there are lots of knots, work through the air with a detangling comb (wide, thick teeth) first, and then go over it with the paddle brush.</p><p>3) Using the same paddle brush and a blow dryer with either one of the attachments shown below on it, dry the hair in sections. Brush under the hair, blow dryer over the hair. Start at the roots, and work your way slowly down the hair shaft to the ends. Make sure the dryer is on either cool or warm, not hot. If it's on hot you will see clouds of steam and you'll fry the hair. (Curly hair is dry to start with, so go easy.)</p><p>[ATTACH]117[/ATTACH]</p><p>4) At this point, the hair will be dry and straight, but very frizzy. Now get out the flat iron, and iron the hair in sections. Comb each section first to make sure it is tangle free and smooth, and then run the flat iron over it from roots to ends. It's sometimes helpful to clip sections you're not working on out of the way. Start at the nape of the neck and work your way to the hairline if you do this, so you don't clip sections that you've already flattened.</p><p>5) Once you have flat ironed all the hair, go over it with the paddle brush one more time to smooth. Rub a tiny amount of hair product between your palms and then smooth them over the surface of the hair for a final "polish", and you're done.</p><p></p><p>I know this sounds like tedium-on-a-stick, but describing it takes longer than actually doing it. On days when I straighten my hair it takes me a total of 20 to 30 minutes from starting to wash my hair until it's ready for public viewing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 604285, member: 3907"] Skotti, I am a curly-top from a long line of curly-tops. ALL of us prefer to wear our hair straight at least some of the time. The trick is in the technique. Here's what you've got to do: 1) Towel dry the hair until it's damp. Best way is to wrap the hair in a thick towel and then twist gently. That way you don't add more tangles. Then when the hair is damp, work some hair product through the hair. Not too much, or it'll be sticky. 2) Next, brush it with one of those wide, flat paddle brushes. If there are lots of knots, work through the air with a detangling comb (wide, thick teeth) first, and then go over it with the paddle brush. 3) Using the same paddle brush and a blow dryer with either one of the attachments shown below on it, dry the hair in sections. Brush under the hair, blow dryer over the hair. Start at the roots, and work your way slowly down the hair shaft to the ends. Make sure the dryer is on either cool or warm, not hot. If it's on hot you will see clouds of steam and you'll fry the hair. (Curly hair is dry to start with, so go easy.) [ATTACH=CONFIG]117[/ATTACH] 4) At this point, the hair will be dry and straight, but very frizzy. Now get out the flat iron, and iron the hair in sections. Comb each section first to make sure it is tangle free and smooth, and then run the flat iron over it from roots to ends. It's sometimes helpful to clip sections you're not working on out of the way. Start at the nape of the neck and work your way to the hairline if you do this, so you don't clip sections that you've already flattened. 5) Once you have flat ironed all the hair, go over it with the paddle brush one more time to smooth. Rub a tiny amount of hair product between your palms and then smooth them over the surface of the hair for a final "polish", and you're done. I know this sounds like tedium-on-a-stick, but describing it takes longer than actually doing it. On days when I straighten my hair it takes me a total of 20 to 30 minutes from starting to wash my hair until it's ready for public viewing. [/QUOTE]
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