>>8646237I let my hair air dry for about 20 mins until it's wet to the touch but not soaking, then use products and blow dry it. I used a cheap ceramic one for a while but it kept falling apart, then got a nicer "Tourmaline" one from Sephora, seems to work about the same but doesn't fall apart like the cheap ones did.
I find that any kind of wind on my hair while it's drying fucks it up, so I wrap my hair around the brush part way (not so wound up that the hair gets stuck and tangled) and then stick my blow dryer at the end of the brush, so it heats my hair from the center and heats up the brush without having the air directly on my hair. (does this make sense?)
I break up my hair into about 8 sections (first I pin up the top half, then pull my hair in front of my shoulders so half is on my left and half is on my right, then do two strands on each of my shoulders, then repeat for the top half of my hair) and hold my brush at my scalp for 30 seconds before slowly pulling the brush with the blow dryer on it down the length of my hair the rest of the way. I find that my hair misbehaves if I try and get it really straight, so I spend the last 10-20 seconds or so with my ends wrapped around the brush, then turn off the heat and leave my hair around the brush like that for another 10 seconds or so to give the ends a nice curl.
The products I was using until it started getting humid around here are:
>John Freida Frizz Ease 3 Day Straight Flat Iron spray>Chi Iron Guard Heat Protectant>Garnier Fructis Style Sleek & Shine Blow Dry Perfector Straightening Balm>Finish off after drying with TRESemme Keratin Smooth SerumBut lately I've been experimenting. I was using just:
>John Freida Frizz Ease 3 Day Straight Flat Iron Spray>Aveda Smooth Infusion Style-Prep Smoother>TRESemme Keratin Smooth Serumbut soon after we launched into this heat wave that's made it impossible for me to even think about using heat products.... so I can't say how effective it's been. (cont)
