guilt free straightening hair method

[jessie58]

I forgot to add, great photos and could you post an after pic please?

[long.again]

and why is that, anyway? The OP has ii/iii hair, so it's not like her hair is that much thinner than mine. Maybe I'll start a thread, I've always been puzzled as to why some people's hair dries so much faster than others.

Could it be from porousness? Some people's hair dries faster because it absorbs less water (not porous hair). Other peoples dries quicker because it is porous, allowing the water to escape quickly.

And rach, great post. I've actually never seen this method. I don't have long enough hair for it. What does your left side look like when dry though? Since you comb that side all forward? Does it have more body than the right side?

[tsenglish@ns.sy]

Hair wrapping is very common among African American women. A friend of mine does this every night to her dry hair to keep it straight while she sleeps.

[Heavenly Locks]

I bet it would be nice to do this technique and then sit under a gentle dryer hood Especially for those with super long hair that takes days to dry.

[RancheroTheBee]

I'll have to agree that this is least confusing hair-wrapping tutorial I've ever seen. Other ones have just been quite unclear. Haha, when my hair is long enough, I can't wait to try it!

[Aditi]

Great photos and you explained it so nicely, i have seen a video of it but it was not upto the mark.

[rach]

the saran wrap with a bit of oil and blow drying didn't work on me, think my hair is too thick to do it with.
before pics-
(i've used coconut oil to calm my hair down in these)
after pics-


best of both worlds waves and straight

[jessie58]

Beautiful hair!!! Beautiful results too.

[mugglemomof3]

Those were great instruction photos. Well done you!

I've done this before, but with the saran wrap. My hair was still a bit wet the next morning but it was still tons straighter than usual.

I want to try it again with a silk strip of material to use as a "turban" of sorts.

How do you secure the ends? (I may have missed that - I'll go back and read)

[justgreen]

A good friend of mine in HS had to do this everytime she washed her hair. It was very thin and slightly wavy. Back then, stick straight hair was the rage (back in the ice age, you know), and this made her hair straighten out quite a bit and look much thicker.

I think we have a thread on this too over at the archives , but no pics. Thanks for the pics!

BAck in same ice age, I would gather all my hair n top of my head with a rubber band (just wait!), then tie it tight with a ribbon, cut the rubber band off , then use four large rollers the size of large orange juice cans. I'm glad I've divised a much easier way to get the same hair now. Without rollers or bobby pins, thank goodness.