Since I've been natural I've gotten my hair straightened a total of 3 times. It's not that I don't like the results or a natural hair Nazi against straightening (I actually like my hair straight. Yes, I said it. Lol)But I dislike how long a typical straightening of mine last (which is about a week, depending on the humidity), how long it takes to straighten it (which is over an hour) and the fact I can't style straight hair to save my life (which is reason why I went natural.) Well despite these three major issues I loved the few times I've had my hair straightened and enjoy those couple of weeks to the fullest. Now the above picture went viral on Facebook a couple of months ago and quite a few women asked questions so I'll take this time out to answer the Top 7 questions that are usually asked when I have straight hair.
1. What do you do? Well I do not straighten it myself, that's a no-no. I prefer to let a professional handle my hair so I can get the best results. There's no way I can get my hair to look like that. I suggest that naturals go to a salon to get their hair straighten, if they're not sure how to get the results they want to achieve.
2. What salon do you go too? I am a student at FAMU so I go to the salon on campus. It's called the Rattler's Edge. If you are in the Tallahassee, FL area you can pay them a visit. I've never had a bad experience with them.
3. What type of flat iron was used? A Chi. Sorry I don't know the brand.
4. How long have you been natural? My last relaxer was February 2011, I big chopped September 2011. So transitioned about seven months and I've been natural for two years.
5. How often do you trim? Not like I should. Lol. Since I've been natural I've trimmed my hair a total of three times and that was whenever I got it straightened. I DO NOT recommend that, because I usually have an inch of hair taken off.
6. What's your hair type? I honestly don't know. If I had to guess I'll say majority 4B. My hair is the front is of a looser curl pattern but yet it's still pretty coarse.
7. How do you make your hair grow? I really have no answer to this. I can tell you I do not take any supplements, vitamins included. My diet is OK, I eat sweets way too much. Lol. For the first couple of years I was natural I didn't wear my hair out. It was usually in twists, nowadays I wear my hair out more.
This is a photo from my third straightening. Which was April 2014.
Side view of my results.
Front View of my results.
Your hair looks great! I chose to get my hair professionally straightened as well. I love the curls. I always go bone straight but next time I think I show your pic! I so think I'm going to dedicate an entire post just to the topic of #7!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :) I usually go for bone straight because it's hard for me to maintain the curls but my hair stylist wanted to curl it last time, so I let her. Lol. Good luck with your post, let me know when you write it.
DeleteI'm in the area and would like to try the salon. What was the name of your stylist?
ReplyDeleteHer name is Ashley.
DeleteThank you! It's hard finding salons in the FAMU area that straighten natural hair well. Thanks for taking the time to do this review--you've provided great scoop!
DeleteYou're welcome! Thanks for reading my post :)
DeleteI like your straight hair. You look so pretty in this hairstyle. I also want to purchase a powerful flat iron and already saw loads of flat iron models on “folica.com”. But I am very confused which one I should get. Can you help dear?
ReplyDeleteThank you Goria. Because I don't own a flat iron and I don't straighten my hair I'm not much help with this question, however I asked my hairs stylist ask which type of flat iron she uses on my hair she said it's a titanium one rather than a ceramic one. Titanium helps get my hair more straight rather than a ceramic one because of the way the heat travels through the plates.
DeleteI suggest reading more on titanium flat irons on see which ones are the best. I've heard nothing but great things about them. Thank you again for reading my post!
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that a company has used one of your pictures as a fake review for one their products. Here is the link https://e-goodie.com/products/brush. You have to scroll all the way down to get to the reviews
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