How to straighten my hair without a straightener? Product ideas?

Keeping hair straight and smooth without blow drying probably won’t happen. You can use deep conditioner paired with shampoo designed to straighten hair. Towel dry it and then brush it out straight. Use anti-frizz serum and brush continuously while it dries. But that’ll take even longer than just blow drying it.

Have you ever considered getting it straightened at a salon? It lasts about 6 months.

My hair is thick, wavy, and frizzy as well and it sucks, but blow drying and using a flat ion is the only thing that works, and I’ve tried it all. Even then, humidity ruins all the work I put into it.

Next time you get a haircut, tell the stylist to thin your hair out. That’ll make it a bit more manageable.

I get it thinned out about every other month but it grows back pretty fast. Have you had a salon straighten your hair like that before? If so did it work well?

@College_girl I’ve never had it done, but I know girls that have. It’s expensive, but it works.

Why not perm it? When my husband used have long hair I would perm it in the summer when the humidity really made it go wild. For straightening it is a creme solution you comb in. When we did it at home it wasn’t perfectly straight like if you get it done at a salon with the Brazilian or Asian hair straighteners, but it did enough that it was much much more relaxed. Then blowing it straight should be much easier when you want it very straight. Plus, those perm solutions have been around forever and I trust them more for safety. I think we used to use Ogilvie. That is what I used to use to curl my hair, so I trusted the brand. It’s $10 more or less instead of paying $100 + at a salon. If you have very long hair it might be too tedious to do it. It takes a while to make sure your hair is all coated very well. You might want to buy two packages in case you need the second one, and then just return it if you don’t. It must be the one for straightening, which is a heavy cream that keeps the hair straight as it perms, as opposed the one for curling that is a liquid like water that you use to soak hair on curlers.

I’m with @livelaughlove21, I’m not sure that way exists.

I do the same as you, wash and blow it out, then straighten. There is no product that I’m aware of that will straighten our type of hair for you. Often I will just blow out and instead of straightening, I add some of the oil (I don’t remember the name) and pull it from underneath and especially the ends. It works on days I’m in a rush.

I don’t know of anything you can do yourself to make it straight, and believe me I’ve tried it all. I tried the “straight perm” and even tried a straightening relaxer from the African-American hair care department. I’ve got naturally curly hair and, sorry to say but, none of the DIY stuff seems to work.

There are products that will help lock in smoothness and moisture, but that’s about it.

I think i might save up and spend on the hair salon straightening it for that extended time. Thank you everyone!

Can you plait it in a French braid while your hair is damp (and conditioned)?

Or twist it into a bun at the nape of your neck with a few tendrils floating around?

At some point, you might want to live with what many women envy…thick and wavy. Trying to turn it into something it is not is really expensive, exhausting and time-consuming.

I too have similar hair and have finally made my peace with it. I wear it shoulder length but with a lot of layers and ofen use small clips to keep the cowlicks from flying around.

I used to have it shoulder length but my boyfriend likes it longer and even at shoulder length it is still hard to manage. it’s easier to straighten it when it’s longer because I can hold it and use the straightener at the same time without worrying about burning myself. And I like wearing it down. Occasionally i’ll put it in a ponytail, but I don’t want to have to hide my hair away.

@College_girl Is it layered? Layers in the right place can help it lay flatter. Layers in the wrong place can make it a big puffy ball.

Not layered. Was thinking about it. My hair stylist said the same thing, if it’s too short it will just poof

@College_girl Right, short and poof, but if the layers are long enough it will be less hair to deal with. Plus, right now at the bottom it probably is poofy if you don’t blow it straight, but if the bottom is thinner, meaning not all your hair ends at the bottom, then it flattens it out all the way down. It has to be someone who really understands curly hair doing the cutting. It sounds like your hairdresser might. The professional chemical straighteners also are very very good. They can make your hair arrow straight or still have a little wave. I recommend a little wave, like a slight curl under at the bottom, but that’s me. My husband did it once, and many other people I know. But, my husband switched to the at home as I mentioned before.

I think i’m going to go with the chemical treatment. I straighten my hair with an iron and i’m sick of the damage. I’m sure it will be less damage getting the treatment then straightening every other day