Paradoxically, it is a fact: those women who have straight hair tend to make them curly, and those who have curly and naughty hair do everything they can to make them straight. So it turns out that both perms and hair straightening are equally demanded at home.
Straight hair is much easier: it’s easier to wash and style. To straighten them for a long time, you can go to the hairdresser, where they will make a procedure similar to a perm. By acting with special chemicals, even the most naughty hair will become straight. Today in the store you can buy special kits and do your own hair straightening at home. Nevertheless, stylists unanimously say that it is extremely undesirable to do chemical hair straightening at home. An incorrectly done procedure will lead to deterioration of the hairline, because all the same, far from the most harmless chemicals are used. It is worth noting that even professional straightening is a big stress for the hair. Be sure to do their thorough treatment and tidying up after the procedure.
It is much easier to straighten hair at home, though you will have to do it more often. To do this, you need to buy straighteners in the store. This option is cheaper, besides, the damage to the hair of irons is not so large-scale. Least of all money will have to be paid for ironing with metal plates. But if you want to do less harm to your hair, then it is better to buy irons with ceramic plates: they straighten your hair more gently, and besides, it can be used more often. Also, this ironing has an improved temperature control function, and this helps to prevent thermal damage to the hair.
To properly straighten hair at home, you must use a thermoactive milk or spray that will protect your hair from excessive heat and damage.
So, how to straighten hair with an iron?
• First you need to wash your hair with shampoo. Apply a special hair styling product (with the effect of adding shine and smoothing hair). After that, thermoactive milk or spray is applied.
• Hair is dried with a hairdryer, but not completely: they should remain a little damp.
• Now ironing comes into play: the hair on the crown is fixed with a hairpin, and the straightening starts from the bottom. To do this, you need to take one thin strand and run on it with an iron until completely straightened. The strand should not be very thick, otherwise the heat will not be able to pass through it and have an effect. Do straightening with all hair.
• Final touch: add volume. To do this, lock the strands and spray them with a volume spray or varnish.
Hair straightening at home requires some precautions:
- It is forbidden to iron wet hair, as they can be severely damaged. Wet hair can be straightened only if a special styler is used for drying and straightening at the same time.
- The heating temperature of the ironing plates should not be higher than 1200, even if it has a higher temperature setting.
- You can’t hold irons for a long time on the same section of hair, it must constantly be in motion.
- It is undesirable to straighten hair every day. The best option is 2-3 times a week.
- If the hair was accidentally burned during use of the iron, straightening should be stopped immediately. After this, the damaged ends are cut, and the hair itself requires enhanced care. At this time, it is advisable to use nourishing masks and shampoos.