How often do you flatiron your hair?
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Topic: How often do you flatiron your hair?
Posted By: Moni-Q
Subject: How often do you flatiron your hair?
Date Posted: November 14 2005 at 9:21pm
| After 2 days my roots really start to get frizzy again. It's not just a little bit...it's very noticeable. I don't want to go through my hair again because I just did it 2 days ago. I wanted to know how often everyone flatirons they're hair..and what do you do (besides wear a hat) in between flatironing to keep your hair looking good? |
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Posted By: Supersugar
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 8:30am
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Maybe once a week. Maybe. Wearing a scarf to bed helps me. ------------- Make every day you have count, before the time comes for you to count every day you have. |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 9:33am
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Once every week and a half or two weeks. I wrap it to keep it straight and wear a scarf. ------------- |
Posted By: BabyImaStarr
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 9:57am
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Usually once a week, but I am trying to cut back on my heat so I may start doing it 2x a month. ------------- http://public.fotki.com/babyimastarr |
Posted By: Moni-Q
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 3:25pm
Ok once a week doesn't sound too bad. I've been reading things where people flatiron once a month and I knew my hair couldn't stand up to that. 
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Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 9:34pm
| I flat iron my hair every day on a low heat setting. its always wavy when i wake up. But i have been doing it for years using certian products on my hair when i do it to keep it from getting dry, and I have no problem with it. I have very long hair more then half way down my back now and its soft and shiny even with daily use. I also make sure to use lots of really great conditioners. |
Posted By: cookiesnkream
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 7:03pm
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lol gossipqueen, thats encouraging,, no matter what i do if i wanna wear my hair completely loose I must flat iron it daily,, it always will get a little wavy no matter how tightly i wrap myhead,, i think my hair is just too soft and too light so i always will need to do a couple of runs with the iron,, i used to daily but now its 3 times a week and using heat protectant.. ------------- Hair type: 3b some c?, fine strands, last relaxer sept 05, never again!!! current :ap length on sides,,nearly bsl in back, damn those old frazzled ends! I am hair OBSESSED |
Posted By: Nita81
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 8:17pm
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I have a sew-in right now but I left some of the top out. I flat iron that part once a week after I conditioner wash my hair. ------------- 
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Posted By: blackhoney112
Date Posted: November 21 2005 at 2:56pm
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I flat iron my hair once a week after I wash my hair. One day my hair got kinda of frizzy because it was so humid her for a few days so I did get tempted and flat ironed it and the next day it got frizzy allover again! I read the forums and got NTM and that moisture has stopped my frizzies. ------------- http://public.fotki.com/blackhoney112/hair_album/101505_.html - Hair album pw:Romeo |
Posted By: MsMocha
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 8:07am
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I flat iron my hair once a week after washing it, unless I style it differently. ------------- http://public.fotki.com/SweetCocoa/ - http://public.fotki.com/SweetCocoa/ |
Posted By: KBaby
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 1:47pm
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I usually flat iron once a week, only after I wash! I don't relax anymore, so I have to do something because it's way to thick to do anything with it after washing it! ------------- HHC began 08/05, BC 11/05. Healthy & nearly BSL 02/07! |
Posted By: Hair Goddess
Date Posted: November 22 2005 at 7:41pm
| I flat iron my hair once a month, else it's just natural. |
Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: November 23 2005 at 12:40pm
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how do you wrap y our hair in order to keep it straight? I have never tried it but if it means reducing the time I spend flat ironing my hair I will try it |
Posted By: Sweet_Ambrosia
Date Posted: November 23 2005 at 6:16pm
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I flat iron once a month.
------------- *Transitioned Successfully (7-20-05~7-20-07) *100 Natural~3c/4a *Hair Goal: WSL *stretched/straighten* '08 |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: November 25 2005 at 9:05am
You wrap your hair in one direction around your head (I wrap from right to left) like a giant roller. You can use pins to keep in place but I usually just tie in place with a scarf. The key is to keep all the hair really smooth when you're wrapping it so you won't have bumps or waves in your hair. ------------- |
gossipqueen wrote:Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 6:42pm
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pokahontas, thanks for the tip on wrapping hair. I have never done it and decided to try it out last night. It worked well, I didn’t have to get up and use my flat iron. My hair stayed the same way it was when I styled it. I heard that it was also good to do it to reduce hair breakage as well. |
Posted By: princess8907
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 7:34am
| I dont flat iron my hair anymore...I get my hair pressed oce a week after washing. Is that safe? |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 9:14am
That's great! I'm glad it worked out well for you. It really is an effective way to keep your hair straight and smooth but it does take a little practice (at least it did for me). ------------- |
Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 6:28pm
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Me again, remember I said I used my flat iron everyday and I
didn’t find that it did any damage. Well I decided to try and go without it for
a while to see if it made any difference. Pokahontas gave me a good idea to
wrap my hair at night and I didn’t use my flat iron now for a week, that’s a
world record for me. But I don’t really see any difference except for the fact
that I don’t have to put a lot of products in my hair to keep it moisturized,
in fact I didn’t have to put anything In my hair to keep the shine. So I guess I
will try to reduce it to about five times a week lol. |
Posted By: princess8907
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 8:11pm
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if you hold off on the heat for a little while longer, trust me, youll see a difference ------------- 4b-natural,shoulder blade length,hair goal of to my bra strap 
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Posted By: carameldiva
Date Posted: December 01 2005 at 9:12pm
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i flatiron my hair once every 6 months. I use grease and a heat protectant when i do it. then i use that wrap thingy(forgot what it is called). Lasts for a week. ------------- Me and you, your cousin and your momma too rollin on da strip on bow's |
Posted By: Pokahontas
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 4:48am
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ITA. You will see the diffrence in the long run. My hair has been so much healthier and I gained a lot of length from reducing heat. I'm glad the wrapping worked for you! ------------- |
Posted By: Layla
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 9:11am
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I flat iron my hair every 3 months.
------------- Type: 3c/4a Natural Current Length: 6" Goal: Healthy, tip of nose /neck/shoulder length hair. BC: 02/08/06 |
Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: December 03 2005 at 2:14pm
| I'll try |
Posted By: princess8907
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 1:58pm
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It is gonna be really difficult at first because everyone wants easy to manage hair, but itll def be worth it ------------- 4b-natural,shoulder blade length,hair goal of to my bra strap
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Posted By: gossipqueen
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 4:54pm
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princess8907, it is difficult. My hair is
not so hard to manage it just takes a lot of time, the longer it gets the
harder it is to manage. And it’s naturally curly a combo of tight ringlet curls
with some wavy curls. It’s too hard to maintain like that and a hassle to wash
every morning so I straighten it. Its long and it takes forever but I do want
to see if refraining from flat ironing every morning will make a difference. I
have also given up brushing. I’m trying to grow my hair to hip length so it
would be nice not to have to flat iron all that every day. I’m going to take
your advice and I think I’m doing well and cutting back. In 8 days I have only
used my iron twice that’s an improvement. I’ll try to keep it up. |
Posted By: princess8907
Date Posted: December 05 2005 at 8:39pm
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I understand what you mean with its difficult to manage long hair, but trust me, itll pay off. Good luck and happy hair growing ------------- 4b-natural,shoulder blade length,hair goal of to my bra strap
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