Hair specialists straightens hair with 0 heat protectant

[MsLizziA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OncskKKu8KU

Tajuana Hughes, Natural Hair Specialist, straightened Lexi's hair and it came out so beautiful BUT she didn't use heat protectant in the 1st and THAT scares me. I love the look and everything but i work TO DAMN HARD on my hair to just let it suffer heat damage. I know she's a specialist and all but umm where are the products?

 

[chelleypie810]

Theres alot of conditioners that are also "heat friendly" I guess you would say. I would assume with those type of conditioners its not necessary for a heat protectant b/c your conditioner is doing all of that. Example, ION extreme moisture creme and AO white camelia are both "heat protectant" conditioners. I don't use a heat protectant when I rollerset and sit under the dryer..I have yet to experience anything negative from that. A lot of people I come across when I ask about their hair and how they got it so straight themselves say just don't put anything on it. I guess it depends on how much heat your hair can talk also.

 

[Qualitee]

Didnt she spray CHI in her hair? 5:13

 

[ms.blue]

I saw that too and I wondering if heat protectant is necessary until I got a dominican blowout w/o them using any heat protectant on my hair. They hair was so light and airy w/ body but I had so much split ends that I am too scared to straighten w/o heat protectant again.

 

[BillsBackerz67]

my stylist never uses protectant but then again my hair doesnt smell like a fire pit after I leave her salon either. I think its becasue I dc my hair before I go to get it done, and my hair is realtively healthy. That may be all I need to do for my hair. So far, no bad outcomes.

 

[Eclass215]

Looks like she did spray her hair with Chi Keratin Mist before she blow dried it. My stylist doesn't use too much either - I use more at home when I do it myself actually.

 

[belldandy]

i can honestly say that in my 25 years of life, i have never had a stylist use heat protectant on my hair....i have a lot a splits from flat irons and dom. blow outs. I dont think i will ever let one touch my hair again unless i get married...

 

[SelahOco]

I thought the "base" she spoke about was Chi too.

 

[chelleypie810]

see I didn't even watch the vid. I also have only used chi keratin mist on my hair b/c I read on some blog that she did it and her came out heavenly, and even though I only have NL hair my ends are quite healthy and I trim about once every 4 or 5 months. This was also when I was flat ironing weekly.

 

[MsLizziA]

Didnt she spray CHI in her hair? 5:13

I saw that too and I wondering if heat protectant is necessary until I got a dominican blowout w/o them using any heat protectant on my hair. They hair was so light and airy w/ body but I had so much split ends that I am too scared to straighten w/o heat protectant again.

Looks like she did spray her hair with Chi Keratin Mist before she blow dried it. My stylist doesn't use too much either - I use more at home when I do it myself actually.

I thought the "base" she spoke about was Chi too.

I honestly missed that

 

[Victorian]

*sigh* I want a steamer. I just don't have anywhere to put one, and don't feel like spending the money.

And I'm sorry but I was at her making up technical terms for steaming, blowdrying with a paddle brush, and flat ironing with a comb She sounded like she was trying a little too hard...she should have just let her skills speak for themselves, as the result was lovely

 

[Lynnerie]

^^ "Break down the natural coils by using hydration therapy and ceramic fusion."

Ok I'm done.


ETA: I finished watching the video and the results are very pretty. Lexi's hair always looks good.

 

[MsLizziA]

^^ "Break down the natural coils by using hydration therapy and ceramic fusion."

Ok I'm done.

ROTFLMAO!!!

 

[MsLizziA]

see I didn't even watch the vid. I also have only used chi keratin mist on my hair b/c I read on some blog that she did it and her came out heavenly, and even though I only have NL hair my ends are quite healthy and I trim about once every 4 or 5 months. This was also when I was flat ironing weekly.

who did it?

 

[chebaby]

it was too much heat for my liking heat protectant or not.

didnt lexi just have heat damage? im not knocking it but it always make me laugh when a natural gets heat damage and then turns around and heat straightens again.

the out come looked really nice but the specialist was doing too much lmao.

 

[MsLizziA]

it was too much heat for my liking heat protectant or not.

didnt lexi just have heat damage? im not knocking it but it always make me laugh when a natural gets heat damage and then turns around and heat straightens again.

the out come looked really nice but the specialist was doing too much lmao.

Yea she did. I remember that vid where she was mad about it. I gotta admit, the girl got guts cuz if it was me id be so damn paranoid about i wouldn't let nobody in my head

 

[dlewis]

Does a heat protectant really work with that much heat?

I don't use a HP because I don't feel they work. I wish someone could prove me wrong. Or maybe they're selling this product to people hoping it does work?

 

[LaFemmeNaturelle]

My stylists never spray anything other than a leave-in conditioner. All of their regular customers still have healthy hair. I think I read on the beauty brains that any type of conditioner with cones or some other ingredients will act as a protective barrier against heat.

 

[*CherryPie*]

Andre says he never uses heat protectants, and Oprah's hair looks great!

He says that he don't believe heat protectants can protect hair from the heat of blowdryers, flat irons, etc.

But I use them anyway!

 

[dlewis]

I'll have to agree with Andre. I find it hard to believe. HP companies just taking yalls money.

 

[chebaby]

i dont know if they work or not but i will say that when i was transitioning i was using 2 heat protectants, a spray and a creamy one and i still ended up with damage.

 

[Victorian]

My stylists never spray anything other than a leave-in conditioner. All of their regular customers still have healthy hair. I think I read on the beauty brains that any type of conditioner with cones or some other ingredients will act as a protective barrier against heat.

If you read the patents & scientific articles about hair product formulations, you see that certain ingredients (mainly silicones and resins) have been shown to help prevent some moisture loss when the hair is heated (which is really what we mean by heat protection). These effects are seen to an extent even when the ingredients are present in rinse-off conditioners, because they are created to leave a coating on your hair.
So you don't necessarily have to use something that is labeled as a heat protectant.

And although the ingredients leave a coating on your hair, it's not like it's some impenetrable force field and you can't get heat damage. They reduce moisture loss, not stop it. So yeah, of course you can still get heat damage. Just might not be as quickly, depending on how much heat you are using, how much manipulation, etc. vs. how well the product coats your hair.