STRAIGHTENING AFRICAN AMERICAN HAIR (NO CHEMICALS)

 If you are an African American who does not use a relaxer, you are probably looking for ways to straighten your hair. The good news is that there are many ways to straighten curly and kinky hair without the use of chemicals. The results don't last as long, but they are normally safer and don't damage your hair and scalp.


STEP 1: Shampoo hair with specified shampoo and conditioner. For African American hair its best to use a mask treatment once a month at the least. 
STEP 2: While you have conditioner on wrap hair in saran wrap and sit under hooded dryer for 10 minutes. You don't have to always sit under dryer. (this step can be skipped, instead of going under dryer you can sit with conditioner for 5 minutes.
STEP 3: After washing out conditioner, towel dry hair and comb thru with large tooth comb.
STEP 4: Apply a leave in conditioner and a small amount of serum and run thru the hair
STEP 5: Sit under dryer to dry out scalp and dampness from the hair
STEP 6: Use a small amount of blow dry lotion mixed with lite serum to blow dry hair. Use a paddle or blow dry brush so that you can get the roots straight. Also, blow dry in the opposite direction of how your hair grows, this will give added volume. 
STEP 7: Part hair into 4 sections. With a ceramic flat iron make small parts and flat iron. Trick when flat ironing use a fine tooth comb and place after the flat iron, this detangles the hair. Go over hair 2 or 3 times with flat iron. 
STEP 8: For a silky, satin finish add a small amount of serum and style it like you desire

HOW TO GET YOUR HAIR STRAIGHT

Here are some steps to get your hair straight. These steps can be used for all types of hair, all ethnicities, races and lengths. Look for the next post for African American women without relaxers who want to that straight sleek hair. 


Step 1:  Shampoo hair with straightening system shampoo and conditioner.
Step 2:  Towel dry hair
Step 3:  Apply leave in conditioner to the hair
Step 4:  Apply a small amount of serum to towel dried hair
Step 5.  Sit under hooded dryer to get excess water out of the hair
Step 6:   Begin to blow dry hair section by section. In order to get more volume dry hair in the opposite direction. Use a flat paddle brush and a blow dryer with a nozzle so that you can get close to your roots.
Step 7: When all hair is dried, use a flat-iron on bigger sections of hair (about 1 inch) Begin on the inner sections (under) and finish with the outer sections. The trick is to pull the iron flat from the roots to the ends of each section. (Trick if you can put a medium to fine tooth comb after the flat iron and glide them down at the same time. The comb is assisting in detangling the hair.)
Step 8: After hair is straight, wrap hair in a circular motion around head(like beehive but flatter) put on a plastic cap and sit under hooded dryer for 4-5 minutes. This step is not necessary but will assist in getting rid of fly away hairs and smoothing out the hair. This step is a must for women with thick or coarse hair