25/ Hairstyle on straight hair: 4 tips for a frizz-free finish
Learn how to avoid frizz in hairstyles for straight hair! (Photo: Instagram @anisasojka)
Always use a finisher to avoid and remove frizz in your straight hair hairstyle (Photo: Instagram @anarabyanalerida)
When combing straight hair, avoid using a plastic hairbrush and prefer a wooden brush to avoid frizz (Photo: Instagram @freshlengths)
To avoid frizz, use a heat protectant before using a hairdryer or flat iron and styling your straight hair (Photo: Instagram @fashioninflux)
Give preference to a microfiber or cotton towel when drying straight hair and avoiding frizz in the hairstyle (Photo: Instagram @kayleymelissa)
Frizz is terror for straight hair! The frizzy strands insist on being out of place, giving a slightly messy appearance as if the hair was not properly arranged. In the hairstyle for straight hair, frizz is usually even more evident. But how to remove the frizz from the hair and leave the hairstyle in straight hair impeccable? The diva's secret is in finishing! Check out 4 amazing and very easy tips below to put into practice now!
What is hair frizz and why does it appear on straight hair?
We already know that the effect of frizz on the hair are those bristly strands that compromise the end result of even simple hairstyles for straight hair, such as a ponytail. But what exactly is frizz? The hair strand is covered by cuticles, which look like small scales. When these cuticles dry out, they open up, let water escape and become misaligned, causing frizz. Humidity also has a great contribution to the unruly effect of the strands: its contact with dry or damaged hair results in static electricity that repels the strands, directing them upwards, and in straight hair this effect is even more apparent due to of the rest of the aligned locks.
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1. Use an anti-frizz finisher to keep your hair hydrated
If frizz in your hair is a sign of dryness, maintaining constant hydration is very important to avoid frizzy strands. After the shower, bet on an anti-frizz finisher. The Niely Gold Miraculous Hydration combing cream with coconut water and aloe vera extract, for example, has a powerful action and hydrates without weighing the hair down. The Niely Gold Liso Pleno combing cream with thermal water and hibiscus flower is specially designed for straight hair and reduces oiliness, moisturizing and leaving strands loose.
2. Frizz-free straight hair style: avoid using plastic hairbrush
And speaking of combing your hair, remember static electricity? It can be produced by the contact of the wire with the hairbrush, so replace plastic and metal accessories with wooden ones and give preference to wide-toothed combs before creating the hairstyle. Also try not to comb wet hair, which is when the strands are most vulnerable and break more easily. With the break, they become dodgy and end up defying gravity.
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3. Protect hair from heat for frizz-free styling
One factor that greatly affects hair health and encourages frizz is heat. Its excessive contact damages the cuticle cells, lifting them and damaging the structure of the hair. Therefore, avoid washing your hair with hot water, preferring lukewarm or cold water, and never forget to apply a thermal protector if you use a flat iron, diffuser or hairdryer before styling. Another cool tip is to prefer lower temperatures when drying your hair in the dryer and finish with a blast of cold air to help seal the cuticles.
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4. Leave the towel aside to reduce the frizz of straight hair
You naturally towel-dry your hair after a shower and it seems to be just fine. But if you want to get rid of frizz and make a beautiful hairstyle on straight hair, avoid it. The towel ends up causing an abrasion in the strands and removing hydration, so the ideal thing is that you use a turban or microfiber towel or a large piece of cloth, like a cotton t-shirt to dry your hair. If you can let your hair dry naturally, even better! You can already do this test in your next wash to feel the difference.
