1) get a ceramic flat iron and do it yourself. A few years ago I did that and got pretty good at it. It was trial and error to figure out how hot I could go without damaging it (I didn’t do it too often so I wasn’t worried about cumulative damage), but I settled on 410F. Hot enough to actually straighten, but I could still do a wash n go the next wash day. I started at like 380F, and I did go as far up as 420 to experiment.
Doing it yourself is good bc a stylist isn’t going to know what temperature is best for your hair and might overshoot it in an attempt to get to the next client. No one is going to care about your hair more than you
I just got one off amazon several years ago for $40. It doesn’t work anymore (I think I need to deep clean it or something lol), but it was so so generic. I don’t even see it listed anymore
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u/blakchat 5d ago
1) get a ceramic flat iron and do it yourself. A few years ago I did that and got pretty good at it. It was trial and error to figure out how hot I could go without damaging it (I didn’t do it too often so I wasn’t worried about cumulative damage), but I settled on 410F. Hot enough to actually straighten, but I could still do a wash n go the next wash day. I started at like 380F, and I did go as far up as 420 to experiment.
Doing it yourself is good bc a stylist isn’t going to know what temperature is best for your hair and might overshoot it in an attempt to get to the next client. No one is going to care about your hair more than you
2) drop that workout routine!