What Do I Do About Flat Iron Damage?
Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Liz wants to learn…What specific products would you recommend to help minimize the damage of flat ironed hair?
The Right Brain’s Response:
The key to minimizing flat iron damage is to keep the hair lubricated while the iron is in contact with the hair.
Non-sexual lubricants
Normally we’d let Sarah Bellum answer any questions related to lubricants (if you catch my drift.) But we can tell you that there are MANY products that will do a fine job of this. It’s just difficult for us to recommend one for you without knowing anything about your hair type. At the bare minimum you should be using a good rinse out conditioner. It doesn’t really matter which one but we’d recommend looking for dimethicone on the ingredient list because it does such a good job of protecting the hair from damage.
You should also be using some kind of leave in conditioner that you apply right before you flat iron. You might consider a spray (which is very easy to use but provides less lubrication) or a cream (which provides more protection but might weigh your hair down) or a silicone gel (which will really lubricate your hair but may be a bit harder to work with.)
The Beauty Brains bottom line
Which brand of conditioner should you use? Good question. But our specialty is explaining how products work, not making personal recommendations. Perhaps our other Beauty Brainiacs could share what’s worked for them? Leave a comment and tell Liz which products YOU’VE used to fight flat iron fatality.
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