Healthy hair = a very happy me.
Since dying my hair in July I have only heat styled it once (for the Jonas Brothers concert, undeniably one of the best nights of my life.) Quitting has been a struggle though I’m ngl, mostly because heat styling is the crutch of my youth. Like did anyone else iron their hair every morning in middle school?
I grew out of that phase and started to incorporate more heat protectants and restorative products into my routine. Despite this, I still would see a lot of breakages, split ends, and my hair had a dry texture. As soon as I educated myself on the process of hair lightening I realized mixing the two things together (bleaching and heat) would be a recipe for disaster. So I decided to ditch my straightener, blow dryer in the name of hair health and never looked back. Straight hair is not really my vibe anymore anyways, even when I want something sleeker a slight bend is necessary for me. My waves with a curling wand would never hold regardless, so hair rollers honestly saved the day for me. I know I’m gonna cave every now and again, but I am SO proud to say that heat styling is no longer my go-to and I have seen my hair grow in an unprecedented way.
I know my new method will not work for everyone, I suggest determining what your hair type is in order to figure out what heatless hair styling is best for you.
According to this chart, I would fall between a 2b and 2c, but my hair dries very frizzily – think Hermoine early teens. I smooth it out with a round brush once it is 100% dry and put in curlers. The full tutorial is described in this post.
