Dear Hairlaloo,
I have been obsessing over Serena’s hair lately. The one long-legged chick on my favorite show, Gossip Girl. How to achieve those perfect curls? Any ideas? I also have a long blond hair but it’s flat and so boring. Help me.

-S fan

Hi S fan,
First of all, I also watch Gossip Girl and my fave character is Jenny. Second, anti wrinkle face cream is effective, you might want to try that out as well. Lastly, you can go to a salon and ask for a digital perm. It is one of the best options I can give you. You need a professional hairstylist to do it. It may cost a lot of monies though.

xoxo,
Hairlaloo

Dear Hairlaloo,
I was reading weight loss success stories online and chanced upon about curly hair and age. Is it true that hair will be curlier as we grew older?

- Mary

Hello Mary,
Yes in some people. I have a natural straight hair though and I wish it doesn’t get curly when I reach 50 years old or something. But wavy hair would be nice. Teehee.

- Hairlaloo

African American Beauty

African American hair is extraordinary and comprises of unwaveringly twisting curls. A mixture of choices is accessible to style as well as flatten African American hair, among which possibly the top perfect option is flat iron. In range to other flattening secondaries such as chemical relaxers and thermal reconditioning that may spoil your hair on its nonstop usage, using a flat iron is relatively protected and helps for long standing hair flattening results. In fact, now more people depend on flat iron or hair straighteners to temporarily straighten their African American hair. All the same, a flat iron could give you good results only if it is used in a right way. Noted below are some important tips to straighten your African American hair in an appropriate manner.

Among the items needed for flat ironing African American hair is a high quality flat iron, a super thin flat iron twisted with extractable teeth, top quality shampoo and conditioner that suit your hair and blow dryers. Prior to flattening your hair, set up your hair through perfectly shampooing your hair. Then put on some hair conditioner and leave it for about 10 – 15 minutes before towel drying your hair. Immediately use a blow dryer to completely dry your hair. It would be better if you use a wide tooth comb while blow drying. But if you have enough time, leave it to dry it out normally.

When your hair is entirely dry, take out tangles and split your hair into smaller sections. But there will be still tangles in your hair. Here comes the power of thin flat iron with teeth. It not only keeps to get rid of all tangles from your hair, but it also helps to fairly flatten your hair. Now use a heat guarding item in the form of spray or gel on your hair, which helps for protection of wetness inside the hair shaft as well as keeping your hair from damages as a result of extra exposure to heat. On its application, comb your hair once more in order to apart it into small portions.

As the succeeding step, heat your branded top quality flat iron to complete the remaining procedure. One of the most recommended alternatives to straighten American African hair is flat iron made from any of these materials like ceramic, titanium, or tourmaline. It would be even better if you use a flat iron that is made using a combination of two or more materials. For great results, use a flat iron with changeable temperature settings. Since American African hair is represented by disorderly curliness, it is advisable to set the temperature to high while styling.

Once your flat iron gets hot and hits the wanted temperature, relax a section of hair in order to place it in between the plates of flat iron. Now bit by bit, run the flat iron starting from hair scalp to hair tips. Take over the same method with the remaining portions of hair. When the full course is done, use a branded, best quality glossy serum to add extra shine and gorgeousness to your almost permanently straightened hair.

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Many years ago, a thought of perming the straight hair came into women’s head. An ancient Egypt women curled their hair. They spattered their straight hair with mud, maimed it around particular wooden rods and then exposed it to sunlight. That is believably the oldest way to make curls using the high temperature of the sun.

The perm works when it breaks down internal structure of hair and improves it around a curler. That is how a fresh shape it acquired.

Clean and latterly washed hair is permed more effortless. Washing the hair makes the scales on the cuticles go up, and therefore perming lotion could get into the hair shaft faster. The perming lotion is expected to break down the bonds that link the fibers together in each hair. After these fivers are broken, they could take any new shape, like the form of the curls.

After the curlers take their spot in the hair, more lotion is applied to repair the new shape. The improvement time is a topic to alteration. It depends on the hair type and status. Changed spots in the hair must be re-formed into their new shape. This is the job of the second lotion, normally called neutralizer. The chemical comprises oxidizing agents, which are efficient in repairing the broken links. That is the way the new shape of the hair becomes lasting.

Curls could be created of different types and it depends on many factors. The most vital among them is the size of the curler. The size of final curls is characterized by that. It means the smaller curlers you use, the smaller and tighter curls you will get. Large curlers gives large waves. The intensity of lotion is another ingredient that affects final result, as well as the type of the hair. Hair in good condition can take a perm more effectively and better than weak and unhealthy hair.

Perming is a very sensitive procedure that includes the gadget of intense chemicals. It may earnestly involve hair status and health. That is why numerous women choose to put all the duty onto professional hair dressers.

There are various credible advantages of having your hair permed in a salon. Your hair is studied and analyzed first to determine whether it is achievable to have a curl. For perming hair should be in a fit shape. If your hair is colored, or merely is out of condition, hair stylist might suggest you not to perm it.

Professional perm also gives you a groovy pick in the type of curl. Assorted types of lotion, as well as different wending techniques give you a entire reach of curls. Such a choice is by all odds not accessible if you select a home perm.

Curly Hair

Different types of perm are also rendered by professional hair dressers:

• Acid Perms have a squeezable, cottony acidic action, which trims down the hazard of hair damage. It creates flexible and whippy curls.
• Alkaline Perm produces strong and firm curls, perfect for normal hair type.
• Lively and resilient curls are brought on by Exothermic Perm. The distinctive feature of this perm type if in the soft heat that is produced due to the chemical response. The heat guarantees that the lotion gets inside the hair cuticle and beefs up the hair from inside.

Every type of perm can be used with various techniques. For instance, Body Perm gives very soft hair. Root Perm elevates the root area and it offers fullness and volume to short and flat hair. Spiral Perm gives a romantic-artistic style look and makes long hair appear much thicker. Stack Perm provides quantity by using different sized curlers. Weave Perms are utilized to give the assortment of curls and natural looking straight hair.

In spite of all the points and great promises, you might want to get your hair permed at home. In this case, it is significant for you to cautiously take after all the instructions provided with the product.  It is needed to do a test curl for you to make sure your hair is prepared to perming. Always remember to check if you get sufficient curlers too. By the bye, probabilities are that you will want some help. It is unattainable to curl the back area of your hair in a decent way. That is the reason you might want to ask your friend or relative join you in this fun activity.

Take note: Time is one of the vital factors in perming. So do not leave the lotion on your hair longer than it is allowed. You will not get the result you wanted if you take out the lotion before the time directed by the product.

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If you have thick and curly or wavy hair and when you try to blow dry and straighten it, the hair gets frizzy and kinky. You have tried almost everything and do not know what else to do any longer? You need help, right?

Put leave in conditioner in your hair prior to blow drying, and then before you straighten, put a small amount of styling wax at the hair ends later on. If your hair is still frizzing, attempt to use a light hairspray at the roots. Give it a minute to set, when you hair is cool and dry, slowly brush it to take out extra product.

You might also want to use a defuser. A defuser is an attachment for your hair dryer. You put it on the head and it decelerates the air that comes out. People with curly hair use it a lot because it doesn’t shaped out their hair with a intense airflow. It dries your hair in a slow manner so you can keep your wanted hairstyle.

As much as possible, avoid to use your fingers to move your hair when you’re blow drying. Just use the end of a hair brush to move your hair into the defuser.

You can also use a flat iron. I believe it is one of the ways curly hair made straight without frizzing and look half way nice.

If all else fails, go to your favorite hair salon and have it permed or just do nothing. Some of us like curly hair too!