A Couple of Questions

Hi Leggomydiego

1. Razoring is when a stylist cuts the hair to make it look like a huge variety of lengths. The hair is often cut diagonally so it looks "choppy"

2. Yes. Heat causes dryness and damage. It burns your skin, imagine what it does to hair. The bad smell is the smell of hair proteins "cooking".

3. Try a vinegar rinse to get rid of the residue that is making your hair brittle. I like using 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar in 2 cups of water, poured onto the scalp and the length after shampoo (then condition as usual).

4. I can't view your photo.

Hope this helps
Anais

Ooh, I see the pictures now...... she's GORGEOUS! I'm sure other members can help you figure out how to style it.

If you're interested in getting your hair "thinned out", there is such thing as thinning shears. I'm not sure if they take off length (all haircuts are bound to take length off), maybe call a hair salon and ask. Thinning is not to be taken lightly (excuse the pun), and they do cause damage to the ends of hair.

With a short trendy do, you won't have to worry about damage from using heat frequently. but it is still best to use only the least heat setting necessary. If your hair straightens well at 300* and also 448*, stick with the 300*.

Best of luck

Anais

I've gotten my hair cut with thinning shears before. They don't take off length just bulk. They're like regular shears but have little gaps. My stylist said you can't use then everytime you get your hair cut or you'll get straggly thin hair.

Yes and no.... if hair is overconditioned, you'll be able to feel it. Overconditioned hair can feel plasticky, gummy, sticky, or just plain weird. If hair doesn't feel like any of those things then it's probably not overconditioned. As for heat protectant products, I personally find them highly doubtful. Nothing really "protects" against long term heat damage. Some products on the market have given people good fixes though, so you might want to consider searching the Straight Talk board for relevant threads.

Hugs

Anais

Nope, it's 100% dry because I sleep on it. I also go to sleep with my hair relatively dry, but when I wake up my hair is sticking up and poofy. I don't have enough time in the morning to do all the stuff I do to my hair so I have to shower at night. How can I tell if my ends are fried? Some of my tips, mostly on my bangs, becuase it's been a while since I've cut them, I have like little white balls at the ends. Also,do most all straightners straighten the same? I have a tourmaline(spelling?) ceramic one, but it seems to make my hair a funny texture. Also, I can't get my hair to lay flat on the sides, it goes like this /  \. My hair also won't be soft, for the world. I use pantene pro v conditoner for dry and brittle hair everyday, and the intensive mask by them too. Then I use neutragena leave in conditoner. It might be because I straighten my hair everyday. But even during my christmas break when I didn't straighten it that often it still wasn't soft.

I believe the little white balls on the ends of your hair are damage. I used to have those too when I straightened my hair. Not very appealing, are they?

 

And maybe it's smelling bad or damaging it becuase you're straightening it while you have a leave-in conditioner in your hair as opposed to a straightening balm?

I'm not an authority on hair so hopefully someone else can help here as well, but this is what I have seen from personal experience.