I am reminded why it is that I do NOT straighten my hair!

[Werd]

I can't tell you how much time I have spent on straightening my hair since last night... and it STILL looks fuzzy!

ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHH!

I used to do it back in the day and although I remember it being time-consuming I dont remember it looking like shit.

I put product in it, my hair feels nice and soft but it is fuzzy! The weather isn't humid...

I just felt like a change, wanted to feel pretty. My kids said, "You look pretty mommy (bless their little lying hearts) but I like you better with curly hair."


...hopefully it will look better after I do my bullshit workout and hit it with the iron AGAIN.

 

[mbrooke5]

Werd..have you tried some straighening products to put in before you start drying your hair? I use laminates gel by Sebastian and it works wonderfully. I live in super humind weather and it really helps, might want to try some. It makes your hair silky and smooth.

 

[Werd]

I put Freida's anti-frizz after shower shizzle, then I put StickStraight by Graham Web before I blew it out and took the straightener to it. I then put some Biosilk on the ends this AM after taking the straightening iron to it again. The iron IS ceramic (which is supposed to be better than metal). By Vidal Sassoon.... I have to say it heated up VERY quickly and cooled off much more quickly as well...

Also I did spray biosilk spary onto the round metal brush and brushed each section after hitting it with the iron.

My hair feels VERY silky and is shiny, but it is more frizzy than not.

I'll try the stuff you mentioned. Thanx for the tip.

 

[jenny27]

I put Freida's anti-frizz after shower shizzle, then I put StickStraight by Graham Web before I blew it out and took the straightener to it. I then put some Biosilk on the ends this AM after taking the straightening iron to it again. The iron IS ceramic (which is supposed to be better than metal). By Vidal Sassoon.... I have to say it heated up VERY quickly and cooled off much more quickly as well...

Also I did spray biosilk spary onto the round metal brush and brushed each section after hitting it with the iron.

My hair feels VERY silky and is shiny, but it is more frizzy than not.

I'll try the stuff you mentioned. Thanx for the tip.

i feel your pain...i don't even bother straightening my hair anymore. takes about an hour and if there is the slightest bit of humidity or rain, i am screwed

 

[Puddles]

Just go with the curls! Life's too short to fight mother nature!

 

[RottenWillow]

anyone have a ceramic straightening iron? They protect the hair from heat damage far better than hot metal. Not sure where to get one though or how expensive they are. My hair is both curly and thick which makes it a bitch to straighten, and by the time fall arrives every year my do is fried from the iron.

 

[velvett]

Ah, that is how I feel about curlers and curling products.

 

[Carmen]

anyone have a ceramic straightening iron? They protect the hair from heat damage far better than hot metal. Not sure where to get one though or how expensive they are. My hair is both curly and thick which makes it a bitch to straighten, and by the time fall arrives every year my do is fried from the iron.

mine is the same way. i had it relaxed and its still curly, but now its just thick and wavy. i straighten it sometimes, but i learned that i can't expect it to be STRAIGHT... i have to style it somehow and give it some height and direction.
its really long right now, and that makes it harder to blow out.

 

[jenny27]

Just go with the curls! Life's too short to fight mother nature!

yes i've had my hair chemically straightened a few times in the past...she put the strongest stuff on my hair and the shit still didnt take now i like my hair the way it is...i get a lot of compliments. every wants what they dont have, but it is best to just appreciate what u have.

 

[Puddles]

yes i've had my hair chemically straightened a few times in the past...she put the strongest stuff on my hair and the shit still didnt take now i like my hair the way it is...i get a lot of compliments. every wants what they dont have, but it is best to just appreciate what u have.

I love curly hair and used to get mine permed. Well, a couple of years ago I lost all of my hair from a perm...now I just go with what I've got and learned to be thankful. LOL It's just now getting to the length where I can put it up again.

 

[Werd]

Rottenwillow - Vidal Sassoon makes a ceramic iron that ran me $30.00. It was recommended to me by my gf who is a hairdresser. She's been coloring and cutting my hair for a few years now and we have similar hair textures.

I did my hair curly yesterday. When I looked in the mirror I seriously said out loud, "And I wanted to straighten my hair...... because?!"

LOL

Velvett - my sister is like you: pinstraight and NOTHING... and I mean NOTHING will help it to hold a curl for longer than about a minute and a half. My oldest daughter has my sis's hair color and texture - thick a heck and pin straight, but it is soooooooo lustrous and shiny. Everytime I look at it with that fucking god-awful chemically fucked up hair that her father fucked up for her I want to cry. It has been one year that he messed it up and it is still only about 6" off the top.

I wish it was only her hair that he messed up and not her head.

 

[velvett]

Everytime I look at it with that fucking god-awful chemically fucked up hair that her father fucked up for her I want to cry. It has been one year that he messed it up and it is still only about 6" off the top.

I wish it was only her hair that he messed up and not her head.

OMG.

 

[candycoats]

Have you tried a CHI?

Its the best investment I've ever made. I could go to bed w/ my hair wet,
wake up the next morning and use it, and it will look so slick and sleek.....

the stars use it.

I like big hair myself.

 

[RottenWillow]

Rottenwillow - Vidal Sassoon makes a ceramic iron that ran me $30.00.

Thanks Mamma Werd.

 

[starfish]

Thanks Mamma Werd.

Awww.....Mamma Werd.

That was cute

 

[Werd]

OMG.

Yes, she is the 12 y/o that I began the other thread about. She had BEAUTIFUL (as they all do) elbow length hair - shiny, lustrous, pin straight but thick as a mofo. He freaking turned it ORANGE by "giving her highlights himself" when she was ELEVEN!!!! then had to have it RE-DYED by a professional to make it a more normal color essentially frying it necessitating having it cut up to her chin!! Not only does she have the height and weight of a 16 y/o (we are nearly in the same pants size and her feet are bigger) but now the appearance of one as her hair is obviously chemically altered!!!! The only reason I have not cut it very short (which would flatter her face tremendously) is because it would surely make her look much much older.

She seems to have pulled her head out of her arse since she knew I was serious about ejecting her from OUR (meaning mine and the kids' place) apartment. I never EVER make empty threats. I choose my words carefully so as not to make an ultimatum that I can't back. Anyways we are all working through some issues - her narcing and snitching on her siblings to get her dad mad at them and now the "reverse"-type sitch happening. I guess now the younger ones are feeling like they can "get her back" in essence... but I put a stop to it by saying that I would not hesitate to eject ANY OF THEM if their behavior was such that it warranted such punishment.

You guys should hear the fucked up phone conversations the kids have with their dad. He will pump the oldest for information and play on her feelings then he will actually get cold and downright mean to the younger ones that wont have it any longer. They stay strong to him on the phone not tolerating his bullshit, "Dont you miss me and love me anymore?!" but as soon as they hang up the phone they are noticeably shaken... "Mommy he hung up without even telling me he loves me." I tell them that if their daddy continues to just end the conversation and tell him that they will talk to him tomorrow. Pretty hard to do for a little kid... He is just straight up fucked up.

BIG DIFFERENCE from when I was only allowed extremely minimal phone contact w/them. If they were ever upset for any reason I would just say, "Baby, I can tell you are tired... I know you love me. We'll talk tomorrow. Be a good girl for daddy and get ready for bed. Love you." It would tear me up inside but I always felt worse that they were put in the middle then how I felt as a mother missing her children....

C'est la vie. He made his bed and now he will lie in it ALONE....

Thanks for all the hair comments, by the way LOL

"MamaWerd" LOL.... I like that.




PS - What in the world is a "CHI"?!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I got a ceramic iron but the fucker is deffective my mom got it for my bday she has to exchange it. The one time I did use it I loved it. My hair dresser had been using the ceramic on me for sometime. It feels so soft and makes it shine like crazy. My sister in-law is my hair dresser has this new straighting system I am considering trying they use a ceramic Iron in the process hair stays straight as can bee for almost a year, but it cost $500.

 

[Carmen]

I got a ceramic iron but the fucker is deffective my mom got it for my bday she has to exchange it. The one time I did use it I loved it. My hair dresser had been using the ceramic on me for sometime. It feels so soft and makes it shine like crazy. My sister in-law is my hair dresser has this new straighting system I am considering trying they use a ceramic Iron in the process hair stays straight as can bee for almost a year, but it cost $500.

isn't that the japanese straightening? i considered it but it leaves you with NO body. totally pin straight hair. i THINK thats the "chi" straightener system that someone mentioned in this thread- i looked up "chi hair" on google and a very expensive hair 'straightening system' tool came up. i'd like to try the ceramic straightener.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

isn't that the japanese straightening? i considered it but it leaves you with NO body. totally pin straight hair. i THINK thats the "chi" straightener system that someone mentioned in this thread- i looked up "chi hair" on google and a very expensive hair 'straightening system' tool came up. i'd like to try the ceramic straightener.

Nope they use a serious chemical for that. This is new I forget where it was developed but you can still colour your hair etc. The Ja[amese thing you can't do anything with it. I have seen a few of her customers that got it done. Hair still has lots of body and if they use a curling iron or something still stay curly etc.

 

[lil'tangerine]

I use a straightening balm before blowdrying my hair, then use my flat iron every day. I love it. My hair has a mind of it's own with a bit of a kink, so it has to be put in its place! I had short, short hair for a long time, and now that it's longer I need my flat iron to keep me from hacking it off some days! Dunno what I would do without it now.

 

[Werd]

Damn, I wouldn't want to straighten my hair for a long time, just until the next time I washed it...

My oldest used the ceramic straightener I got and she likes it. I showed her how to put some spray on a round metal brush then brush it through the lock that she just straightened, etc...

We spent a good 2 days together, the five of us (me and my kids) and we are beginning to adjust. Last night my oldest (the one I SERIOUSLY was going to remove from our apartment) wanted me to sleep with her and was giving me hugs and kisses and telling me she loved me... like old times. It felt good. That hasn't happened between us for a year. I think everything will be ok. I just have to get us all into some good therapy and keep them away from their abusive asshole father until HE gets some help. They get so sad after hanging up the phone with him. When he gets pissed off at them he wont say I love you to them or speak kindly to them... it really hurts me to see them that way. But I have to just keep telling them that it isn't their fault - it is HIS issue.

All that from straightening hair! EEK! I am SUCH the gurl!!! LOL

 

[Daisy_]

Try bed head after party and a ceramic iron, that is what I use and it works pretty good.

 

[RottenWillow]

OK I popped for a $14 Vidal Sassoon ceramic iron. It works ok, but the heated ceramic section is so narrow it takes a while to hit all the layers, especially in the back. I guess you get what you pay for, I aint complaining (much).

 

[superqt4u2nv]

OK I popped for a $14 Vidal Sassoon ceramic iron. It works ok, but the heated ceramic section is so narrow it takes a while to hit all the layers, especially in the back. I guess you get what you pay for, I aint complaining (much).

Indeed you do I can't use regualr store bought straightners they don't do the job as they don't heat up as much as the salons ones. Hence why I got a ceramic one for my bday I ain't drop a $100 on one but my mom was nice enough to do it for me.