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How To Straighten Afro Hair

Straighten Afro Hair. Make up artist and hair stylist Claire De-Graft shows how to straighten afro hair that has been relaxed.


Step 1:

You will need

  • a heat protective hair product
  • some large hair clips
  • 1 tail comb
  • ceramic straighteners
  • some hair spray

Step 2:

Prepare the hair

Apply some heat protective product to the hair first to protect it when straightening. Put a small amount on your hands and rub them together. Then work the product through the hair from the roots to the tips, making sure it is evenly applied.

Step 3:

Clip into sections

Separate the hair into sections using a tail comb. Leave some loose at the bottom and pin the rest up with a large clip.

Step 4:

Heat the straighteners

Your straighteners will need some time to heat up- always follow the manufacturer's instructions. Place them on a non-flammable surface while they are heating and do not leave them unattended.

Step 5:

Straighten

Close the straighteners over the loose section of hair and, starting from the root, drag them down the hair to the tip. Immediately run the comb through the straightened section.

Step 6:

Repeat

Repeat the previous step, loosening another section of hair each time, straightening and combing through as before. Continue straightening the rest of the hair

Step 7:

Style

Part the hair using the tail end of the comb and style into a sleek look.
To prevent frizzing and hold the style in place, spray lightly with hair spray.
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5 out of 5 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (35 days ago)

that just showed how to straighten any hair! hey hair was straight already!

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2 out of 2 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (43 days ago)

this is terrible.I felt so sorry for the poor girl,the amount of times that lady put the TOO HOT straighteners through each section when her here is already damaged,jus look at the see through ends.I wanna go wash and treatment my hair now for the poor girl.The lady was frying her hair.her hair is relaxed so its already straight and her roots is where needed straightening.The poor girl!!!

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4 out of 4 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (53 days ago)

uhm, i am not trying to sound negative, but this video was horrid. it did not show us how to straighten natural, african american hair. it showed a woman with hair already straight, am i correct? i wish that this website would really try to make good videos. all that i have seen so far are rubbish . :(

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0 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (70 days ago)

I think you are all being too negative!!

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1 out of 2 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (76 days ago)

omg, you can get that kind of hair straightened waay better in a salon!

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1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (81 days ago)

what the points of straighting her hair its aready straight that wats a perm is

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1 out of 2 people found this comment helpful marystellina  (89 days ago)

well, not only the technique and products used are wrong, the video shows how to straighten ANY tyoe of hair! there is no difference or particular additional step!

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1 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (94 days ago)

her hair is all broken at the front

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Anonymous  (97 days ago)

there is a product for natural hair , it does not relax your hair but enables you to have a good afro and promotes hair . www.jomcosmetics.co.za

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0 out of 1 person found this comment helpful Anonymous  (103 days ago)

if you want to see another video. on how to straigten naturla afro hair. then go to you tube and type in striagtening natrual hair

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2 out of 4 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (104 days ago)

one word will do it, Awlful

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4 out of 4 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (105 days ago)

This video is misleading as it only shows a portion of straightening "afro" relaxed hair--a blow dryer was used on the hair to get it straight before finishing it with the flat iron. The model used had dry damaged hair from excessive heat--she had see-through ends. The stylist was not using a heat protectant but seemed to be using oil instead and was passing the iron over the hair too many times. The iron was smoking, indicating it was too hot. Also, was the model washed and deep conditioned(as is proper) before styling ? I saw dandruff flakes on the scalp and in the hair. This video should be titled: Heat damaging relaxed afro hair. The technique and products used are the exact opposite of successful straightening. First,relaxed hair should be washed and deep conditioned. Then, a leave in conditioner applied and then the hair blown dry with a blow drying serum. Then more heat protectant serum applied to the sections of hair and the flat iron run ONCE over each section of hair. Relaxed hair can also get a smooth finish without all the damaging heat by a wet set with a setting lotion and a hooded dryer and that is what I recommend for this model as her hair is seriously heat damaged.

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2 out of 2 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (106 days ago)

Well at least there is a video for black on this website, I'm male, looking for help with my natural afro hair, but when I search for mens hair , its always white or asian people.. I never know how to do my hair properly, could any tell me where I could go in LONDON to find a good salon that deals with natural afro hair??

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1 out of 4 people found this comment helpful Anonymous  (107 days ago)

I think the hair is short at the back because she was going for the 'Rihana' look

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Anonymous  (108 days ago)

It looks as thou the young lady hair was damage, prehaps she gets perms? her hair seems as though it needs a hot oil treatment/s or just deep condition once a week for about a 2months.

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