Beauty Gizmo

Working With The Good ‘Ol Hair Iron

by Sophia on May 7th, 2008

Just because I haven’t found the time to buy a nice hair dryer yet, and I probably would not be able to learn as fast as I could like those in the salons who are so skilled with using the hair dryer, I am sticking with my hair iron right now.For some idea on why I need my hair iron, my hair’s poofy, thick, and even thick stranded.

I am dead envious of my mom’s fine hair that her hair is effortlessly “rebonded” and so easy to maintain, as opposed to mine that I have to “flat-out” everytime before I get out of the house.I am also a person on the go, that means that I want really quick fix-me-ups. I’d love to use the hair dryer everytime, but I haven’t had any luck in making it work for me just the way I want it ( I am planning on seriously trying to learn about it. ). For twice in a row, I’ve had my hair rebonded in a salon for a wash-and-dry, low maintenance hair that I loved. But as it wore off, I actually felt a little bit lazy to go to the salon again, and I haven’t had much time lately, too.

The hair iron is the best bet for flattening out my poofy hair, because it’s much easier to use than the hair dryer, but the thing is, I have to let my hair completely dry before using it, or it’d be such a disaster. I don’t find Wet to Dry Straightening Irons all appealing because I’m scared my wet hair would be burned with the immediate heat of the iron, as we know that hair is most vulnerable when wet. ( Even if they give us assurances, I still don’t like the idea! )

Here are some tips to make hair iron work best with your hair:

* First, make sure that hair is at is moisturized best. Hair irons dry your hair no matter what and it doesn’t hurt to seal your hair with more moisture as you condition it more, and have some intensive conditioning weekly or twice a week.
* Make sure that your hair is dry before you use the hair iron. Hair strands are most vulnerable when wet and you wouldn’t want to have hair breakage because of using the hair iron.
* Use a heat-activated conditioner or styling product before using the hair iron. Much better if you let it dry a bit before you use the hair iron too.
* Let the hair iron glide and not dwell/stay too much on one area for a long time - it just might burn the hair. Just let the hair iron glide down in slow motion.
* As much as possible get tourmaline technology or at least ceramic hair irons. They are more forgiving to the hair.

Well , more tips anyone? I’d love to hear from you!

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