How to Straighten Natural Hair Effectively Without Heat Damage
Today, I’m going to show you how to straighten natural hair from start to finish. Before we begin this straight natural hair tutorial, be sure to wash your hair before; you want freshly washed hair for this.
Ready to see my straightening routine? Let’s go!
Tools and materials:
- Clips
- Elastic
- Comb
- Heat protectant
- Hair oil
- Blow dryer
- Hair straightener
1. Part your hair
Before you straighten natural hair, it’s best to part your hair to make the process more manageable.
2. Detangle your knots
Now, work section by section. Detangle your hair so it has no knots; it’s easier to work with detangled hair.
3. Apply heat protectant
Next, apply heat protectant to your hair. You’ll be using quite a bit of heat, and you don’t want any heat damage!
4. Apply oil
After adding the heat protectant, add a little light oil to your hair so that it doesn’t fry out. Apply from root to tip. Then, braid your section of hair that you’ve just worked on. Repeat steps 2-4 for every section.
5. Leave to dry and unbraid
Let your hair dry for a few hours, then unbraid each section. You’ll notice it will be a little stretched out already.
6. Blowdry your hair
Blow-dry each section to stretch your hair a little more and give you a blow-out look.
When you’re done with each section, section your hair into twists, so it’s out the way.
7. Apply more oil
Now that you’re done, untwist your hair. Here are my blow-out results.
Then, take some oil and apply it to your hair, specifically your roots.
Take a silk hair scarf and tie it down to the front, so that your roots stay nice and flat. Leave it on for 10-15 minutes.
8. Straighten your hair
Separate your hair and start with the bottom section first. Then, straighten your hair at 350 degrees. Use the chase method where the comb is immediately followed by the hair straightener.
Here are the results for my bottom nape area.
Continue these steps with each section.
How to straighten natural hair
Here are the final results. What you see here is the morning after. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to straighten natural hair. I don’t have a super bold straight look but that’s because I prefer not to add too much heat to my hair.
I love the results, and I think this is the best way to straighten natural hair. Thanks for joining me.
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