On the “straight” and narrow

Ok, so  don’t kill me on the title. I was trying to think of something catchy.

I straightened my hair yesterday. I count this as the first time I’ve straightened since going natural. I do not count the moment of panic I had after I BC’d, as it was a knee jerk reaction and I also did not do it correctly.

I have been toying with the idea of straightening since I hit six months, but wanted to wait until I got a good flat iron or, better yet, got better at rollersetting. Just to let ya’ll know, I have a LOT of work to do on rollersetting.

I take it a sign from the hair gods that I should go ahead and straighten when I was browsing through a Linens and Things that was going out of business only to stumble across a Maxiglide that was super cheap. I’d done my research on flatirons on the hair boards and decided this was definitly one I wanted to try. I now am the proud owner of a Maxiglide and will be posting another post about my initial thoughts about it. Overall though, I liked it.I decided not to use the steam function and to use it on 5, which is half the max.

Also something I had to consider was a good heat protectanct. I can’t let those naps, curls and coils get damaged, can I? So, again, much research on the hair boards. I decided to go with a serum from Fantasia IC. I chose a serum because I thought it would be more coating. It also seems to be necessary to use a heat protectant with cones in order to combat reversion.

Lastly, I had my handy dandy hand held blowdryer with comb attachment. I remember when I was relaxed putting that sucker on high and letting her rip through my hair.

I did not get it super straight, but it’s pretty nice and it let me see my length.

What I learned with this flat ironing experience:

• Straight hair is not as desirable to me as it used to be. I actually find it kind of boring.
• I miss, miss, miss my hair’s texture when it’s straight like this
• My hair is probably the most healthy it’s ever been. I thought I was going to need to do some clipping because I was sure I would find split ends. I didn’t see a one.
• It’s interesting how things have changed. I respect my hair now and won’t do anything just to get it straight. No more getting the tools as hot as they will go.
• The serum was a bit too thick and left my hair feeling a bit greasy.
• Check the weather report before planning to straighten. It rained yesterday and I found out it’s going to rain for the next 3.

Pulled the headband back, yearning for my puff I guess :

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