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MrsLeanna
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NBR: Has anyone done hair straightening?
MrsLeanna
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I've been thinking of having my hair straightened, but I'm skeptical. It's expensive so I would love to hear that its worked for someone. Its supposed to last a couple months. My hair is very thick and wavy - not quite curly but definitely not straight. I hate the whole blow drying / flat ironing routine that I have to go through so that my hair looks nice.
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Re: NBR: Has anyone done hair straightening?
OMG I've been dying to have this done. I was planning on doing it over the summer... I guess next yr. A few girls at work did it and LOVE it. Honestly, all they do is let it air dry, or for a more polished look, dry it w/ dryer/hairbrush and it does last, even if get wet w/ rain!
Just make sure they use the one w/ the lease falmaderhide (sp)... and that they wash it before you leave. Some leave the treatment in your hair for like 3 days, and all those chemicals seap into your system.
GL! Let us know how it turns out if you go for it. : )
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I reeeaaallly want to do this! My hair is super wavy and I hate to blow dry and iron. But I'm scared. I googled once (I know I should know better) and I read that it can cause hair to fall out!
Do you mind sharing where you got it done?
I had it done! I did it last summer and I really liked it. I thought it would give me perfect, stick straight hair but it didn't. What it did do was give me smooth, frizz free, almost perfectly straight hair. I could wash and go and it looked 99% better than it did before but if I took 10 minutes to run a flat iron through it the results were even better.
To be fair I have super thick hair that is very wavy in the back and a huge permanent wave (cowlick type thing) at the base of my scalp. My hair was also "virgin" - I've never had any coloring or treatments done so it was more of a relaxer for me than a straightner but it still made my life much easier. I paid $150 + tip and she came to my house. Next time I think I'd rather go to the salon and pay less.
I had the keratin treatment done and I totally recommend it. I have very weird hair. It used to be straight but after puberty got curly/wavy but not in a uniform way so parts of my hair are straight and parts are wavy/curly. I get it done at a Brazilian place in deerfield beach. Its kind of far but I don't mind driving there every 3-4 months (not now of course).
Hair straighteners can be very damaging to your hair but not the keratin so you should def try the kerating first. I think it costs me like $150 plus tax but that's cheap because I have really long hair. I also know of another place that does it in Sunny isles but it starts at $300 over there. Let me know if you need the phone number of the beauty salon and the guy that does it for me.
The first time I did it at a salon on sunset and 107 ave (with the lady that always does my hair--or did--i stopped going because I had the keratin done). The second time I did it with a lady that came to my house because she was cheaper (also charged me $200 but my hair was a lot longer when she did it). They're both good. Let me know if you want either or both of their info!
What kind of straightening? I do relaxers and honestly, I regret it. I lost a lot of my curls because of it.
It may be worthwhile to search for a really great hair stylist that knows how to straighten thick hair instead of getting it chemically treated.