How to Straighten Your Hair Without Chemicals

Straightening your hair without using damaging chemicals and other unnatural products is easy! Just read ahead to find out how.

Wash and dry your hair as normal -- this is really important. Before shampooing, spray your hair with about 1/3rd cup of milk. This keeps your hair straight and silky.

Allow your hair to dry naturally, or pat with towel. Your hair should be almost dry when you begin.

Part hair into three, one section on either side and leaving the bottom section loose. Gather up the two sides.

Follow the brush (with your dryer) to and from in even motions down your hair as you straighten each section.

Part the sections again, pulling down a new section to be straightened and proceed as above, making sure you keep the dryer moving.

Work your way up the layers until all the sections are dried and straightened. Use a flat iron afterwards.

To curl the ends for a polished look, take your brush and pull the ends taut. Finish your styling with a blast of cool air.

Tips

• For guys who want to straighten their hair, it's better you use one of those clamp brushes that fold up. It has a bristle side and then a comb on the other. Clamp your hair about two cm from your scalp and then blow dry. It works best when you put in straightening balm before straightening.Depending how long your hair is, you can divide you hair into sections that way you get the bottom of your layers and sections. Make sure not to straighten too much on the ends because then it will cause them to fry and become damaged.

Warnings

• Straightening your hair every day might make your hair dry in about 2 weeks from now. It will probably be very dry unless you use a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, or leave-in conditioner. Aussie leave-in conditioner works well. A few other options are Pantene Pro-V damage defender spray, quidad climate control gel, or quidad botanical boost. Quidad is very expensive though. Though having your hair look dry is not what you want!