Whether you’re natural or relaxed, you can still run into issues straightening your strands at home. Here’s how to do it right!
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Cute Comb
Goody Wide Tooth Rat Tail Comb ($2.99, at drugstores) is excellent for detangling knots and making precise parts.
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First Things First
Make a center part and a part across the top of your head from ear to ear (it should make a “T”). Pile damp hair on top of your head and pull out small sections, starting at the nape of your neck.
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Serve and Protect
Soft & Beautiful Ultimate Style Protect Styling Spritz ($1, amazon.com) contains vitamin E and essentials oils to nourish your ’do and protect it from heat damage.
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Dry Idea
Blowdry each section using a paddle brush and a hairdryer with a nozzle attachment. Try Conair Infiniti Ionic Hairdryer ($39, folica.com).
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The Big Easy
If managing a brush and a blowdryer is too difficult, attach Gold N Hot Styling Pik Attachment ($4.49, sallybeauty.com) to your hairdryer and comb through wet hair.
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Frizz Fighter
Phytolisse Finishing Serum ($32, ulta.com) prevents frizz while adding a weightless sheen and light hold. Apply before wrapping your strands.
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Smooth Mooves
For the straightest strands, wrap hair after blowdrying (or skip blowdrying, and wrap hair wet). To start, create a center part and use a brush to smooth one side behind an ear.
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Brush it Off
Denman Squargonomics Brush (left, $8.99, folica.com) and Denman Classic Styling Brush (middle right, $10.99, far right, $8.99) are must-have tools for smoothing your hair into the wrap.
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Easier Than It Looks
To continue your wrap, brush one side down past your ear and around the back of your head. Hold the top of your hair in place with your hand, and brush hair in a circular motion.
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Hold On
To hold wrap in place, slide in curved wrap pins about three inches apart, all the way around your head.
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Bobby Soxer
Goody Mosaic Collection Perfect Wrap Bobby Pins ($4, simplyhairaccessories.com) help keep your wrap in place while you sleep.
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The Big Finish
Voila! A perfectly pinned wrap. When you unwrap it, your hair will be straight, silky, and beyond sexy.
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The Heat is On
Before heat-styling, spritz on Mizani Gloss Veil Shine Spray ($11, amazon.com) for glossy, frizz-free strands.
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Iron it Out
Wraps don’t agree with everyone! If its not for you, try flatironing your tresses after you blowdry. But first, run a heat protector over small sections of hair.
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Miracle Worker
Roots of Nature Thermal Smoothing Serum helps straighten frizzy strands and protect hair from heat damage. Perfect to use before blowdrying!
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Pink Lady
Hot Tools Titanium T1 Flatiron ($43, walgreens.com) evenly distributes heat so you don’t get “hot spots” in your hair — only shiny, smooth tresses.
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Salon-worthy Strands
To flatiron, run a one inch iron over small sections of your hair.
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Around the Bend
After flatironing, add Diane Snap-On Magnetic Rollers ($5, amazon.com) to your ends and blast with heat from a blowdryer to give your flatironed ’do a nice bend.
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Straight Talk
A beautiful blowout, thanks to you fierce flatironing skills!
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Pillow Talk
Extend the life of your blowout with Branche Charmeuse Case ($84, brancebeautysleep.com). The 100% silk case smooths your blowout’s cuticle layer, adds body and reduces breakage.