Straight hair!!!

On May 22, I finally straightened my hair! It had been 1 whole year since I last straightened it, so I was anxious to see the end product! Here is how I ensured healthy hair while applying direct heat:

I still avoided blow drying my hair. Instead, I clarified, detangled and banded my hair 3 days prior to straightening. For the next 3 days I let my hair air dry while being completely stretched. Then I applied heat protectant and straightened my hair with medium heat. Finally I applied Moroccan oil to the finished product. This is what it looked like!!

The ends look incredible and I am thrilled with how soft and thick it came out! My hair has never looked this good and I know it's because I stayed away from heat during the year.

The experience was a little traumatic for me because I had some breakage while I was straightening and I didn't want to fry my hair. While I was super pleased with the result, I won't be straightening my hair again anytime soon. It shows my length but I really do love my curls.

This year, I fell back in love with my curls and this experience proved that to me. I'm happy with how far I have come from just a year ago thinking that I only looked good with straight hair.

Here is a side by side comparison

To me, both look great. I <3 my hair