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Brief description of different methods to straighten your curly or wavy hair making them straight , beautiful and manageable.

If you are the one who loves smooth, glossy and straight hair; you can surely get them by a number of means. Nowadays when straight hair a popular hair style to wear you can easily get a number of tools in the market that can help you to fulfill your dream. You may choose a flat iron or a blow dryer to get your hair straight or you can go for chemical hair straightening in short you have different but effective choices. The first step for having a straight hair is to choose the right hair straightening tool suitable for your hair.
Hair straightening irons or flat irons are a popular and easily available hair straightening tool.Although all flat irons can straighten your hair, not everything is safe for it. Choose the one that has a plate made for the length of your hair. If you have longer hair, you will need wider plates.

Hair straightening irons - a popular hair styling tool.

Beautiful straight hair after treatment with a straightening iron. hair straightening with a flat iron

How to Straight hair with a Flat Iron

First of all, purchase a good quality flat iron. For very long hair, the wider paddle flat iron is better but the thinner flat irons will give you the best results and it works on both long and short hair styles.
Wash your hair with shampoo and condition. You can use a deep conditioner because the flat iron can dry hair, or leave your regular conditioner for a few minutes onto your hair than usual and wash your hair thoroughly.
Towel dry your hair and remove the excess moisture from your hair.
Avoid vigorously towel drying, which create fuzz, gently blot excess water with a towel.
Spray on an instant spray leave in conditioner.
Comb your hair with a wide toothed comb to remove tangles and knot from your hair.
By using hair dryer, dry your hair.
Now brush your hair to reduce as many knots as possible.
Divide the bottom half of your hair into small, thin sections. For best results, divide the hair into sections that have 1 to 2 inch width and are 1/2 inch thick.
Spray your hair with protective hair spray and run a comb gently through your hair to remove the tangles from the hair.
With one hand, hold the section of the hair and with the other hand, clamp the flat iron.
Pull the flat iron over the small section of your hair. If the hair is not completely straight, then pull the hair again with the flat iron.
Continue the movement of flat iron around the hair section. Then pick the next section of your hair and start to straighten it.
Finally standing in front of the mirror, check the desired straight look of your hair.
Take finishing product and rub ir between your palms and apply it to your straight hair to seal the look. But don't apply too much product, because it will damage your hair.
Hair can remain straight for several days by less washing your hair.