So I just washed my hair today. This time I pre-pooed with a combo of EVOO, Lekair, leftover color conditioner, and carrot oil. I have my dryer now, so I sat under it for 20 minutes on medium. Washed with same stuff....this is where is is different.
So I still used the Garnier Fruictis Sleek and Shine conditioner. Then I used the smoothing cream. I put it on my towel dried hair and tried a blow out today. Basically you use a round brush and a hand dryer. So I bought a Conair round brush with the plastic on the tips so it doesn't pull (I have one that is not round too). Since my hair is short, I do not have to worry about accidently tangling my hair around the brush (oh and there are ones for short hair).
Anywho, it worked out pretty well! My edges are very straight....the back still not to straight but straighter....i think, lol! I have a cheap something ion dryer but it does the job and I have used it before when my hair was straight a longtime ago. It is pretty safe. So I put it on hot but on low blast. I probably held it too close to my head, but there was never any burning or smoking so it is okay. And it is not like completely extra bone straight but very straight.
When I got done, it still had the puffyness (you know the I have new growth and just washed it and straightened it look). So I had been planning to try a saran wrap treatment. Since I had my dryer I did that too. So after I blew it out, I got 2 pieces of plastic wrap, the first really long to go around my huge head :P and the second to go over the top. Next time I would do a smaller top piece and maybe put it on first under the around piece. My hair DID come out layed down and with a really nice sheen!!!!! Yeaaaaaaa!!!!!! I think the amount of plastic may have been a little thick so I think I will try a tad less, my head sweats easy and I think it may have been about to. Nontheless, I am very happy with the results and depending on how it holds up the rest of the week, I will try it again.
Oh stuff I forgot about blow outs. My hairs in some areas kept drying, so you have to wet the roots again before you actually blow it....not sure why, but knowing heat and hair, I think that would burn it. Also, i don't know how much the direction matters, I read somewhere to do it vertically but I do not see much diffrence
Another thing, before the saran wrap treatment.....after the blow out the bottle said to put more cream on, which I did. You have to moisturize your hair, I may have done too much lol. But I had already put tea tree oil on before I decided to do it. And unsure if it was good for the dryer, I went on and put a SMALL combo of the olive oil heat protectant lotion and olive oil....literally, little. The combo was a dime amount.
I was about to tie it down.....I try to do tea tree at night, olive oil or oil sheen in the morning. It stays soft and has a more natural sheen that way I have noticed.
So I will definitely continue this if it lasts the week.....if not, I may still do it but like twice a week.
Yea!
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