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    Posted: January 15 2006 at 10:32pm

Hey all,

I think I have a pretty decent hair care regime, but it ocurred to me that I don't use heat protectant.  I flat iron only when I shampoo, which right now is 1X per week. Those of you that use heat, do you use protectant and if so, what kinds?

Thanks in advance for your advice...
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I like Beyond the Zone's Turn Up the Heat, heat protectant.  I even use it when Im not flat ironing.  It makes my hair so soft and it adds shine.  It's very lightly oiled so I like to spray a lot in. 

Heat protectants are important if you use heat often.  They help protect your hair from heat damage (frying your hair) and therefore split-ends/breakage.  HTH! 

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I think it would be best to use one.  I use Beyond the Zone also.  It's the best one I've used so far.
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I have to agree as well, you should use it when appling heat. I use MegaHertz Heat Smoothing Balm and Ion heat protectant straightening spray and I love them both.
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Thanks for all of your advice...I guess it's off to Sally's for me!
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I use BTZ (on dry hair) and Paul Mitchell Heat protectant (on wet hair).  Both work great.
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girl,, u better start using a heat protectant,, lol it will
provide a barrier between the iron and ur hair and
also diffuse the heat or something lol im not sure
how they work,, i use Fantasia IC spray in a pink
bottle,, the Beyond the Zone is quite similar but i find
it to be more heavy buit it contains less silicones ...
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I'm still searching for the best heat protectant. I have BTZ and Fantasia IC but I feel like both leave my hair too greasy, although I do tend to overspray because I get paranoid. I don't flatiron very often but when I do, I try to use either those or last time, I let my hair airdry with mango butter and then i flatironed. Although, I don't think mango butter is really considered a heat protectant...
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i use the same thing merisit uses.
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Originally posted by cookiesnkream cookiesnkream wrote:



girl,, u better start using a heat protectant,, lol 

Cookiesnkream, you crack me up!

How do you use that stuff... put it all over and then blowdry, or apply it on each section as you dry/flatiron?

thx again...
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