Alternative Straightening Methods for Naturals

Brazillian Keratin Treatment:Your hair is straightened with the active ingredient keratin, a protein very like one of the components of human hair. Keratin works to "naturally" straighten the hair. Fans of the treatment claim that it actually strengthens the hair since keratin is so similar to hair's natural protein.
Expect a keratin treatment to take at least a couple of hours to complete, from beginning to end. Expect to pay anywhere between $150 - $350. A stylist applies a keratin solution to your hair, much as she would hair color. Hair is blown dry and then sealed with extreme temperatures of up to 450 degrees. The hot iron is required to seal the formula into the hair's cuticle. A keratin treatment gradually washes away. You'll notice your hair's natural curl return over time, anywhere from six weeks to a few months. To get the longest lasting results, use shampoos that have a neutral pH.
What to Expect:
For the first several days after the treatment, you won't be able to wash your hair or get it wet.

Caution:
One of the biggest concerns with a keratin treatments is that some of the brands it's marketed under contain formaldehyde (yes, the same solution used to embalm dead bodies). Some of these formaldehyde containing formulas aren't approved by the FDA. Others may tell you that they're formaldehyde-free, but still contain trace amounts (minimal enough to legally claim them formaldehyde-free). Also, 450 degrees is extreme heat to place on the hair, especially since the flat iron has to make several passes to thoroughly seal in the treatment. If you're pregnant or nursing, you should not have a keratin treatment.

Shingling
"Shingling™ is a styling method developed and created at Miss Jessie’s salon to manually "turn kinks to curls", you can achieve maximum curl definition and elongation if you capture your hair in the wet stage. Apply Miss Jessie’s CURLY PUDDING™ or Miss Jessie’s curly meringue™ and use a comb to spread product from root to end smoothing and stretching hair in a south bound direction. It Shingling because it looks like flat shingles in a brick-layered pattern. ."


Diva Smooth:Diva Smooth is an alternative to chemically straightened hair, it gets your hair healthy and provides a smoother hair cuticle base by infusing your hair with all natural ingredients. These ingredients also provide a protective layer from heat and with the use of a flat iron, allows your hair to be styled straight and soft. All of this without the adverse effects of a chemical relaxer. Your hair is alive, healthy and full of bounce.

How Is it Applied

Janelle Beauty's Diva Smooth is extremely easy to apply and can be applied by yourself or a Salon professional - Anyone can do it. You simply apply the Diva Smooth, let it sit. Shampoo, Rinse, Condition, Blow Dry. Flat iron for that straight look.

Carmel Treatment:The caramel treatment is a product in the E’tae product line. An all natural line up of ingredients from honey, bananas to olive oil, this product delivers in its ability to seriously soften and hydrate the driest and roughest hair textures. It helps people who relax their hair to ‘stretch’ their relaxer for longer periods and helps people with natural hair by softening its texture for easier detangling and manageability.

The results of the caramel treatment are not permanent; they last for up to 4 weeks so should be reapplied monthly for continued benefits. Many report ‘loosening’ of hair texture as well as less shrinkage after the treatment but this is likely due to the added weight of the product as well as the increased moisture levels in the hair. For this reason, the caramel treatment is excellent for helping to straightening the natural hair as it takes less heat to get smoother results as well as better moisture retention.


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Coconut Milk:Squeeze matured coconut until the milk fills up a glass. Mix with lime juice. Keep the mixture in the refrigerator until the top becomes creamy. Use the cream to massage on scalp and hair, then wrap with a hot towel for 1 hour before rinsing. Repeat 3x a week. Your hair will gradually straighten


FULL FAT plain yogurt: Leave in for an hour it loosens curls until the next wash or add a tablespoon of yogurt to conditioner, co-wash your hair at least 3 times a week and it will loosen you pattern.

Whole milk & conditioner- it is used as a neutral relaxer, spritz whole milk mixture on your hair, it will loosen our curl pattern over time.
Yogurt and Henna~ Makes curl elongated... keep in mind henna is known to temporarily loosen curl patterns.