How to Straighten Your Hair

Want to straighten your hair without spending hours and money at the salon? Straight hair are in fashion nowadays and look sleek and elegant at work or at a party. The best way to straighten hair can be using hair straighteners, a simple blow dryer, or even hair straightening products, depending on your needs and time available. Read on for some hair straightening tips.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Hair straightening iron or,
• Blow dryer
• Round hairbrush
• Wide tooth comb
• Hair serum, if desired

1. Brush your hair to remove knots and tangles. If your hair are wet, towel dry till they are damp and use a wide tooth comb to comb your hair so that they don't break.

2. Decide how you are going to straighten your hair. Choose from the following options and follow the related steps accordingly.

3. 
   Use a hair straightener for styling your hair

   Using a hair straightener:
   
   This is the most common way to straighten your hair. It needs some skill to do it successfully and is time consuming if your hair are thick.
   
   1. Use a hair serum or smoothing lotion and smooth it over damp hair.
   2. Tie your upper section of hair into a bun using a hair claw.
   3. Work in small sections, starting with the lower section of your hair.
   4. Holding a section of hair in one hand and the hair straightening iron in the other hand, clamp the iron over the hair, close to the scalp.
   5. Bring down the straightening iron slowly, gradually letting go of the hair.
   6. Complete straightening the lower section of your hair and then do the upper section that you tied up in a bun.
   
   Repeat the steps one or two more times to straighten your hair properly.

4. 
   Straighten your hair at home using the right tools

   Using a blow dryer:
   
   Straightening your hair using a blow dryer needs patience. You will have to use a round brush or a comb to hold the hair in place and go over it with a hair dryer.
   
   1. Divide your hair into sections.
   2. Using a comb or hair brush, start near the roots of your hair and go down the section of hair, combing with one hand and using the blow dryer over it with the other hand.
   3. Repeat once or twice to straighten your hair completely.

5. 
   Hair styling products

   Using silicone-based hair straightening products:
   
   These creams are commonly used to smooth your hair and add shine.
   
   1. Towel dry your hair till they are damp.
   2. Use a small amount of the hair straightening product, rub it between your palms and smooth over your hair gently.
   3. Comb through as usual.
   
   Use hair straightening products sparingly since they tend to make your hair look greasy and weigh it down if used in excess.

6. Using Brazilian or Japanese hair straightening:
   
   These are salon procedures done by professionals to keep your hair straight for a longer period of time. Consult your hair stylist for more advice about these methods of straightening your hair.

Tips & Warnings

• Use an umbrella if the weather forecast predicts rain. You have to protect your straightened hair from water.
• Don't be surprised if you see steam and hear a sizzling sound while using the hair straightening iron on damp hair. That is common while straightening your hair.
• Straighten your hair only on occasions since exposing your hair to heat styling regularly will damage your hair and make them more frizzy.

Resources

• Hair straighteners from Amazon.com
• Top rated hair straightening products from Amazon.com