How Does Ionic Technology Work?

You know when you are towel dry your hair or brush your dry hair and all of a sudden it seems to be frizzy and sometimes full of static? This is because the friction from the towel or brush pulls away the negative ions and leaves your hair with a positive charge which in turn causes the static and frizz.

Ionic hair dryers and hair straighteners with ionic technology work to emit negative ions which in turn neutralize the hairs atoms and eliminate the static and frizz making the hair smoother. Ionic technology also works to dry your hair faster as it causes the water molecules to fall of the hair shaft more quickly.

For those of you with very fine or lifeless hair, ionic technology is not the best for you as it works to reduce the activity in the hair. If you use a hair iron or dryer that features ionic technology be sure to stay clear of your roots, only using your ionic styling tools for the bottom and back sections of your hair.

If you find that when using a hair straightener it leaves your roots flat, don’t start straightening directly from the roots. To help get more volume at the roots with your flat iron pull the iron straight up, as if creating a Mohawk, while straightening and use a flexible hairspray to spray the roots before letting hair back down.

You Ask - How Can I Make Hair Grow?

Personally, my hair has never grown! No, I ‘m serious, after I got gum stuck in it when I was 8 and mom had to put the ol’ bowl around my head and cut it like no other little boy I ever saw, it just never grew back. Well, I guess it did somewhat. I will see friends then not see them for a year and they will say ” Hey you always get your hair cut the same length,” uh, NO, it just doesn’t grow! I have tried all sorts of things, never did try that one, you know, the ad with the girl in black and white with really long hair. The ad promises you can grow your hair within 7 days. If I can’t grow my hair within a year then I doubt there is a magic formula that’s gonna do it in 7 days! I hope I wasn’t wrong.

Some girls, like Giselle here, have naturally wavy, thick, beautiful hair. Not only would I love to have her hair but I think I could deal with a bit of her looks too! I found a couple sites that “say” they will help grow your hair, make it thicker and so on. If anyone tries these products I would love it if you could let me know if they actually work. Here’s one grow-long-hair-fast.com and another fasterhairgrowth.com. There products are different from one another but say they will do the same thing.

The best product that actually worked for me were vitamins. Vegetal Silica, Horsetail Root. These vitamins proved to actually make a noticeable difference in the growth of my hair. Oh, plus one other thing, pregnancy!!! Wow did my hair ever grow then, like weeds.

I also recommend taking a look at our past post on Healthy Hair Care. This post is full of great advice on maintaining healthy hair, which can also help lead to better hair growth.

Niki

You Ask - What is an Infrared Hair Iron?

Infrared Heat is produced when ceramic and tourmaline are used together in a hair straightener.

An Infrared Straightener has many benefits as this type of heating heats the hair from the inside out causing much less damage to the surface of the hair. Heat is distributed much more evenly and works to produce faster results meaning your hair is straightened much quicker with a flat iron that uses Infrared Heat than one which does not.

So, you get quicker results and less damage using an infrared flat iron.

You Ask - What Type of Hair Straighteners do Professionals use?

After speaking with a few professional Hair Stylists about what makes a great hair straightener I found I got many repeat answers. What it comes to down to is features and the quality of the hair iron.

A quality hair iron was definitely the biggest ‘must have’. After all stylists are depending on there styling tools to last through hours of use and provide nothing but the best results for their customers.

A quality flat iron will most likely have the desired features as well. These features include;

• adjustable heat temperature
• a swivel cord to prevent tangling
• true ceramic or titanium plates
• flash quick heating

You may also want to check out -

‘Top 7 Reasons Every Woman Needs a Professional Hair Iron’

You Ask - What is the Best Hair Straightener that Curls?

When it comes to choosing a hair flat iron that you also plan on using to curl your hair there are a few things to consider in order to get the best results.

Although the brand of your hair iron won’t necessarily determine on weather you can curl with it or not, a professional hair straightener is recommended for a few reasons. One being that it will reach a higher temperature thus providing a better hold for curls on all types of hair. For other reasons why a professional iron is recommended please For other reasons why a professional iron is recommended please see our Top 7 Reasons Every Woman Needs a Professional Hair Iron.

A hair straightener with plates that are 1″ - 1.5″ wide are going to do the best job at curling your hair. If the plates are too wide you will have a hard time getting the flat iron to curl your hair.

How to use your hair straightener as a curling iron.

You ask - Can I Iron my Hair Straight?

Using a clothes iron to iron your hair is an old fad and should stay that way!

NEVER use a clothes iron to iron your hair! Not only will this cause some major damage to your hair but it is extremely dangerous!

If you want straight hair a Professional Hair Straightener is the best way to go. A flat iron is designed to straighten your hair a clothes iron is not! Also, always remember to use a heat protectant styling aid before using any type of heated styling tool.