Blow Dry Boot Camp: Sleek and Straight

Want to look like you just stepped out of the salon? Follow these steps and you will produce sleek and straight salon quality styled hair right in your own bathroom!

1. It all starts with a great shampoo and conditioner! Use a shampoo and conditioner that smooths and straightens. Unless your hair is dry or damaged. If so, use a type that will nourish your locks with what it's lacking.
2. Towel dry your hair well.
3. Grab your styling products girls! You will need a straightening product and shine serum. In addition, if your hair is curly or wavy use a product to fight humidity. Dry or damaged? Use a leave in conditioner. By doing this your hair will be healthier, shinier and more manageable. All meaning....Easier to style!
4. Take your dryer and rough dry (do not use a brush) your hair until it's about 80% dry. Please advise, if your hair gets frizzy, do not over rough dry. It will just make it harder to smooth the frizz. 80% dry may be too much for you!
5. If applies, style your bangs.*Please refer to my posts Blow Dryers: Blow Me Away! and Brushing Up On Hair Brush Basics to ensure your using the right tools!
6. Attach your nozzle to your blowdryer (this helps control frizz).
7. Start at the bottom of your hair. Leave a section (the size of the barrel of the brush) down. Clip the rest up. Grab your brush and dryer and get to work! *You can use a round brush for more volume or a paddle brush for less.
8. Continue up the rest of your head using the same size sections. Make sure your hair is 100% dry to ensure no frizz and prep for the flat iron.
9. Use a flat iron to smooth out any frizz or kinks. If hair still has a good amount of bend or wave, start over at step four. This time use a flat iron instead of a brush and dryer.
10. Finish your style with more product. Use a shine serum or pomade and apply to the mid shaft and ends of hair. Avoid applying products directly to roots on dry hair. If your hair is fine, skip this step.

Remember practice makes perfect and perfection takes more than 5 minutes to achieve! When your hair looks good, you feel good. Don't be surprised if there is an extra bounce in your step!