How To Use "Heat" The Right Way

 Heat and hair is the emphasis of this post for obvious reasons.

 I asked over 100 women what reasons they would consider wearing extensions and what's some of the main reasons about their real  hair that even made them consider wearing hair extensions in the first place, the latter to the ones  whom already currently maintain extensions  versus their own hair. 

Over half of the women I asked all mentioned heat somewhere in our conversation. Again, a lot of the women I asked to list some of the reasons they would  consider trying hair extensions.
 Not one ever skirted around the fact, they didn't like a lot of high heat or chemicals in their own hair.  
But each unambiguously did agree for these similar reasons they would or did agree to go a different route even for a little while  they would at least consider wearing extensions, because of the kick-ass styles extensions can produce. 
Equally 
important to me is maintaining your real hair, it don't have to be so dramatic once you know what you're doing. 

How often can I add heat or flat iron black hair? 
How often you can safely apply flat irons to your hair depends a great deal on what condition your hair is in.  
If your real hair is dry, under conditioned, or damaged using flat irons won't help.  
For these reasons it's recommended, heat styling to your hair be done no more than once a week. 
This can drastically eliminate those problems.  
For gorgeous,  kick-ass hair, before flat ironing, your hair should be freshly washed, conditioned and dry before engaging any heat.

In the same way, flat ironing dirty hair will only cook the soil right back into your hair, which will eventually build and lead to hair damage.  

Then again, heat styling can still be bad for your hair even if done only once a week. Everybody's hair regimen will be different.
So keep an eye on your hairs  management and your hairs health on a regular basis to ensure you're not developing a lot of split ends, and your hair doesn't feel dry or brittle. 

Flat irons with temperature settings 

Try minimizing heat damage,   
by using an iron with adjustable temperature settings the battles almost won. 
Being able to control the heat according to your hairs specialized needs. Adjust your settings wisely to make sure you're not applying more heat than needed. 
Stick to a minimum temperature and you can easily achieve  mouth- watering results.  
A heat protectant can also help protect the hair so applying to each of your hair sections before you flat iron can help. Just keep in mind, a heat protectant helps but won't hold up to heat that's too high.
 Such as, use the heat protectant before all heat treatments. 
A quality heat protectant will help reduce your hairs damage from heat. Prepare to add to hair before blow drying, similarly using a flat iron or any other styling treatment that involves heat.
Look for a heat protectant that also maintains nutrients to improve shine and texture for seductive results. 
 You  can also let your hair air-dry half way, then blow-dry the rest till its fully dry. Move the flat iron but don't rush. This requires a slow technique of controlled imovements, therefore, just don't let the heat build up in one place for any length of time. With these hair tips, make sure you're beginning as close to the root and pulling the flat iron down in one smooth motion, the less heat the better. 
Therefore,  making adjustments as you go along. Your crown area may be the curliest section so it requires high heat, but 
your hair on the sides of your head may be straighter and require less heat when flat ironing that section.  
An even better result, create smaller sections to straighten about an inch at a time, this way you won't have to deal with so much hair all at once. 

Please do wrap your hair at night. Cover your head with a silk or satin scarf. 
No  more heat is required as long as you take the proper care your hair needs for maintaining its straightened look. 

Heat and hair can be good together as long as its done in the right way.