It's always nice to have options whether you embrace your curls or go straight from time to time.  The key is to give your hair a rest in between straightening it.

 

Some things to consider to avoid dryness:

 

1.  Consider diluting your shampoo, washing with conditioner only (CO) or washing with water only (WO).  When possible avoid using an undiluted shampoo method or washing too often since these will dry out your delicate hair (curly hair is more fragile than other types of hair because of the way its shape is).

 

Remember to always wash and rinse hair in lukewarm NOT hot water.  Hot water dries out delicate strands.

 

2.  Use a rinse out conditioner when you wash and espeically when you are going to blow dry.

 

3.  Finish your wash with a cool/cold water rinse.

 

4.  Towel blot your hair - don't rub - to remove excess moisture.

 

5.  Detangle gently from the ends up in preparation for blow drying straight.  Use a good leave-in moisturizing conditioner or a c*cktail of leave-in mixed with a good defrisant product.  Experiment with a variety of options.  You might try mixing a cream leave-in with a dab of cream defrisant.  Or layer products such as using a liquid moisturizing detangler and then apply a good defrisant product after the detangler.

 

You can also experiement with thermal heat protectors.

 

6.  Separate hair into desired sections and blow dry using either a round boar's bristle brush or flat paddle brush.  Use blow dryer on a cool setting if available.  This prevents the heat from drying out your hair. 

 

7.  When you have completely dried a section straight, wrap the dried section on a very large roller and let the hair cool down.  This helps hold in moisture and sets the hair.  Be sure and use very large rollers to prevent adding waves.

 

8.  If you wish to use a straightening iron use it sparingly and only for quick touch ups.  When curly hair is subjected to hot blow dryers and hot straight irons at the same time, it will really dry out the hair. 

 

Also, avoid using the hot tools on the ends as much as possible.  This can cause breakage.

 

Only blow dry and staighten for special events if possible.  This protects hair from becoming damaged and dry.

 

Other options include doing a pre-treatment oil treatment and using a light silicone or hair cream and lightly swiping over your straightened hair.

 

Hope that helps.

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