Great video! I just recently became a straight haired natural. I love the pros of waking up not spending 30 minutes to prep my hair for a style. While I wore my hair in its natural state for 15 years, I saved money not going to the salon. As a senior adult I found some of my natural hair styles looked too childish, and that was a wasn't a good look for me. I sweat moderately when I workout, but it does not bother me at all, because I know how to fix it. I only straighten my hair once a month and I do have 4 c hair. I just put a little moisturizer on my edges and wrap it nightly. I don't worry about have laid edges or that sort of stuff. Being a straight hair natural has been worth it for my lifestyle.
@@daniellepurcell7221 I wear a headband around my edges and wear my hair in a top knot. After working out, I let my hair and edges dry completely. I then put a light moisturizer burdock root butter cream on my edges and wrap my hair. You don't have to use the moisturizer I just do because my hair is gray dry and stubborn.
I totally agree on feeling childish with the natural hair :( my big twist outs and buns were wonderful in college and high school now on corporate settings 9-5 I feel like I stick out
I have had so many styles and being a straight natural is one of the easiest ways for me to maintain my hair. My hair is heat trained so it doesn't even revert in the humid heat when I lived in atlanta. I don't care about my curl pattern because I wear my hair straight. I unwrap and go. I talk a lot about heat training on tiktok and I get a lot of flack about it but I will continue to stand by heat training because it is a great alternative to relaxers.
Im definitely about to become a straight hair natural. I have true 4c hair and i never wear my hair out because i dont like it. Its very hard to manage. I stay in braids and wigs. I want to enjoy my natural hair and also see growth.
I love being a straight haired natural. I dont have to wake up and spray my hair with water and add products. I wake up and run a comb through it and im done. I retain length better too
I just flat ironed my hair yesterday and. Let me tell you I literally combed it down and it took maybe 3 minutes and I was out the door. I like it so far just easy. I hope I can retain better length. I’m turning 41 tomorrow and i don’t have time anymore. I want things as soft and easy as possible, even down to doing my hair. Trust my growing up my mom always blow dried my hair and protective style I had the longest thickest hair. I never knew what a single strand knot was or a split end til I wore my natural hair in adult hood
Once you master your wash and gos with the right technique and products you don't have to spray your hair and add products during the week. I wear wash and gos exclusively and I only touch my hair during wash day every week or so. I wake up and shake my hair and go
SHN is life. I have baby fine textured hair but high density. Keratin treatments just twice a year, flat ironing every couple of months with just blow drying in between and Olaplex 3 every wash day has helped me get close to bra strap length. Fairy knots and crazy splits 99% gone.
I’m a straight hair natural and have been for many years. You’re right about coming to terms with your textured hair. I love my straight natural hair I’ve learned how to work around the sweat out days. When I workout I pull my hair up in a ponytail and wear a sweat band that really works. I enjoyed your video great information.
This was very helpful. I was considering being a straight natural, but I'm going to have to reconsider. I am a heavy HEAVY sweater, and I sweat particularly in my head! I also live in the Caribbean, and we have two seasons, dry and rainy. So it's always either hot and humid, or wet and humid. I think I'll just gently heat train my hair over time, elongate my 4c curls, by blow drying my hair after every wash day, then ponytail tail it with twists at the ends, or something.
I’m glad it was helpful! & your plan makes perfect sense for you! There are so many factors to consider & your environment is one of the biggest ones! Wishing you the best on your healthy hair journey 🫶🏾
In terms of daily styling ease, being a SHN is the closest thing to having long dreadlocks. I had DLs for over 20 years because it was the easiest way to care for my hair. Switched to other natural styles about 3 years ago and went full SHN about a year ago. I just couldn't do all that work it takes to care for twistouts, braidouts, wash-n-gos, or even just plain twists. My hair always tangled hopelessly, especially at the ends, and I needed to use sooooo many products to get it to look like anything and stay moisturized. Now I can just do a deep conditioner and protein/bond treatment a couple times a month and each day have very little I need to do. I have had to accept that my roots are going to be puffy though, because post-menopause, you're going to sweat some every night no matter what you do. That's ok. My hair is getting more sparse as I get older too, so the puffy roots gives me needed volume.
I love what you said about dealing with the negative perception from society in regards to Black women wearing their hair straight. I battled internally with this myself, but I came to realize that it is simply my preference. Just like we have styling preferences when it comes to clothing, makeup, nails, etc.- hair preferences also exist. How often do you wash and straighten your hair? I am trying to figure out a good wash schedule for myself that won't cause any damage to my hair.
Exactly! 🎯 It’s all a personal preference & no woman should be shamed for doing what she likes & works best for her. I wash & straighten my hair at every 1.5-2 weeks. Depends on how I feel bc I really like having a clean scalp.
(Edit: I was told this treatment stays permanently for some people and ruin their hair, please only do this if you always want straight or looser textured hair.) Something to consider if you sweat alot is Cezanne Keratin treatments - it's 100% formaldehyde free (and all -aldehyde producing chemicals). Your hair is still natural but it stays straight easier, straightens easier and is temporary
@@YeaNo. np, it’s cool if you want a looser hair texture im 4b and It made me a 3c/4a but It looks a mess as your real hair texture grows out and the curls are rather limp like waves than springy which i hated. couldn’t do a proper puff anymore
@@Alyssa-y2eI was just about to say! It gave me a chemical cut too in the back of my head, took my hair 2 years to get back to where it was! I’d never recommend it to anyone
I love this!! I feel like my hair is better to maintain when it’s straight and what you said I don’t care if my curls aren’t the same because I don’t want them to be. My curls were super tight! And I hated it while everyone else loved it
What kind of products do you use. I’m thinking of going “straight natural” just because I’m tired of fairy knots and my coils tangling up. But with curly hair it’s easy to spray some water and leave in creams every other day(s). So any tips on how to moisturize my hair/ends as a straight natural?
I’m actually thinking about becoming a straight natural. I don’t really wear my hair curly because of shrinkage and to be honest I don’t mind having heat damage.I will get it straightened and cut into a bob next week and I will see how it will go.
I love my natural hair but it was a task, I’ve had traditional locs twice that didn’t last long, but now I have micro locs and I love everything about it! Your hair is beautiful!
I like wearing my real hair but my curl pattern does frustrate me. I have a lot of shrinkage. I have to go into the office 3 times a week so I may need to heat train to save time
I've been thinking of being a straight hair natural for a year now. Since Turing 30, I don't do natural styles, I only do wash and go’s in the spring /summer and braids in the fall/winter. I have recently tried lace wigs and love them. My hair is 16-20 inches when straight and 5 -8 inches wet😂. My husband live my natural fro/styles but I'm afraid that I'm simple over it lol.
I love how in the comments everyone is talking about how they just used pink lotion and their hair was down their back. For the rest of us with the struggle rice length hair in childhood we are so happy to have hair now. I’ve decided to go straight after 11 years natural. I’m like you all now! 👩🏾
I think all the controversy around losing curl pattern and “damaging” your natural hair has made me scared to start a straight natural journey but in reality I wouldn’t want to start one in the first place if I was happy with my curls 😭 I would love to love of my hair as is but when it comes down to it I find it incredibly hard to manage and style in it’s natural state
I want to start my straight hair, natural journey, but I am a heavy work out, girl, and I do sweat a lot on my face. I’m willing to modify my workouts a little bit so that I don’t sweat as much, we’ll see😢
Great summary! I use to be a straight hair natural but decided to stop straighting my hair back in 2012. My hair was damaged and brittle especially the ends of the hair. Anyways! Everyone is different! We have to make choices which feels comfortable for you!. So what ever you decided be confident!..wish all the best on your straight hair natural journey 😊
I want to try to become a straight natural. I'm tired of pulling on my hair. Also i dont want to depend on others for a hairstyle. The only thing I'm worried about is how to maintain when I workout at least 3 times a week
Wow I am newly decided on being a straight haired natural….. think I’m officially going for it. I’ve been natural for ten years, originally stopped the creamy crack in May of 2012 and bc’d summer of 2013. 2014 I experimented with texturizer once and then tried the Keratin treatment 6 months later in case I was missing something. I wasn’t though. I was over it, and I wanted to stop having to chemically treat my hair every two months and instead be fully natural. Otherwise, my straight hair was absolutely fine while relaxed, it just didn’t grow out too far past my shoulders and I didn’t like that. Being natural all this time I’ve lived on keeping my hair moisturized and mostly ended up using washing go’s, even being 4C. And my hair has grown out more. But I have never been good with being into the keeping up with twist outs or braid outs and I don’t do much to my hair. Then my wash and go’s started to fail me because of single strand knots over the years as my hair grew out. Also get knots with braid/twist outs. (I have very textured hair that has low shine.) I find that it doesn’t really get far past my under arms now days. I cut it once, maybe twice a year. I am aiming for bust length hair. And all these years I still measure length my straightening my hair once a year. So I’m like now there’s nothing else I can really do, I need to keep it stretched for it to thrive and avoid these knots but I don’t want it to thin out at all. Honestly I thought I’d work it out and stay kinky curly forever. I love my wash and go’s and my kinky curly hair, but now I know it’s not realistic for me. I also have four young children now, lol. It’s just sad that my curly hair is not working out. But truthfully I work better with straight hair because it’s how I learned to take care of my hair on my own, end of high school and into college. So basically I’m looking into this straight haired natural life on the other side. My goals are to straighten once a month and not to apply heat in between washes (which has always been my failsafe) in order to maintain thickness and growth. Thank you for this video and God willing I’ll succeed with the new lifestyle.
I've been a straight hair natural for many years and when I tried to wear my curls it wasn't happening, the only con I have is that I sweat a lot in my head and my hair gets puffy so it's hard to keep it straight.
New to your channel. I’m loving your videos. Been relaxing my hair forever with very short hair, which I loved. Just went to protective styles about a year ago, and I’d like to go to a straight hair natural now that it’s grown out. My immediate goal is the straight bob you posted a couple of years ago. Looking forward to watching more. 👍🏽
I get keratin treatments every few months and I still consider myself a straight natural for sure since it washes out gradually over the weeks I can make my hair as straight as I want, but it’s also easy to put it into curly styles if I choose to. Regarding working out Gym wraps are a wonderful tool Keep it on & Keep your ponytail until your hair is dry then even a cool blow dryer can tame any proof. And I’m totally with you on the clip ins I own every texture from silky straight to kinky curly
I was a straight hair natural maybe 5 years ago.. Curly my hair was a mess but straightened my hair was goals. I had no choice because a stylist snuck relaxer in my hair when I went for a silk press and my curls NEVER bounced back. I enjoyed being a straight hair natural for about a year but I’m back curly again. Idk thick coily Afros I just love 🥰 I’ve done relaxers, I’ve done pixie cut, I’ve don’t straight hair natural and now I’m choosing to be fully natural. Have fun with your hair. 🫶🏾 th-cam.com/video/kAaK7EK3Uxc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=krlO7iyBfJW-rqPC
@@AfroChoctaw when she had me at the shampoo bowl she said she wanted to let the shampoo sit on my hair for a few min… this could’ve been when she snuck something in or my curls were damaged from the Marcel straightener she used that felt like it was 550 degrees. It was a terrible experience and I never went back.
How often do you flat iron your hair? I just got a silk press a few days ago. My goal is to go every 3 weeks. I am considering keratin but if I can get get a silk press then I'll just do that.
I used to always get asked if I was relaxed. I've never had a perm. I just tell them I use a babyliss flat iron & salon products. Where do you get your extension from?
I think my hair is course. It doesn’t break easily as long as I don’t use any chemicals. I keep it trimmed by my stylist because I hate the look of raggedy ends. Thank you for the compliment!
Biggest regret of my life is going from a striaght natural to a curly natural and back. My hair has never straightened the same sincenand doesn't last anymore. A big part of me wants to get relaxed and transition back out
what is a straight haired natural im so confused. isnt that just having natural straight hair?? how do "become" naturally straight haired im so confusedddddd!!!
No it’s not naturally straight, It’s someone that keeps their hair pressed out instead of in curly styles. They’re natural because it’s not chemically relaxed
Your hair is heat trained not straight natural. Heat training is using heat to relax the hair texture. You no longer or barely have a curl pattern. Straight naturals still have their natural curl pattern. Theybjust choose to where their hair straight more often than curly. I'm straight natural, have been for years, and my hair is still curly. Pattern has not changed.
Hi! You’re correct, my hair is heat trained! & I am also a straight hair natural because my hair isn’t relaxed or chemically processed. Straightening my hair is how I choose to style it but at the end of the day it’s still natural hair even if my curls are loosened. By your definition when you straighten your own hair, you’d no longer be natural bc you’re “relaxing your curl pattern” even if it’s temporary. Lol But it’s totally cool to agree to disagree ❤️
@ChaviAllie no you are heat relaxed, not natural. It's not a bad thing, just not natural. Your protein bonds are irreparably broken Heat trains proteinbonds Relaxers trains difulside bonds
I understand what you mean regarding natural curly pattern and straight hair natural. I’ve worn the curly hairstyle and I’m kinda. tired of it. But really it is so much easier just to wrap my hair and comb it out. It’s not giving up my heritage as a black woman. I do understand ❤
You and your hair look beautiful. It reminds me of when I wore my home made upart sew in with old school Extensions Plus relax texture. So many people thought it was all me lol. I am going to go and experiment with keeping my hair straight because even under wigs, when I have done this for breif stints I noticed the condition of my hair was improved vastly. Sadly my meno hot sweats would not allow me to wear my hair like yours on the daily, but straighter hair holds moisture better. I know this from my own hair and my wigs, so it is proven with me.
Great video! I just recently became a straight haired natural. I love the pros of waking up not spending 30 minutes to prep my hair for a style. While I wore my hair in its natural state for 15 years, I saved money not going to the salon. As a senior adult I found some of my natural hair styles looked too childish, and that was a wasn't a good look for me. I sweat moderately when I workout, but it does not bother me at all, because I know how to fix it. I only straighten my hair once a month and I do have 4 c hair. I just put a little moisturizer on my edges and wrap it nightly. I don't worry about have laid edges or that sort of stuff. Being a straight hair natural has been worth it for my lifestyle.
I love to hear it! & totally relate to your point about natural styles looking childish on me! Omg! That so real but I feel ppl are afraid to say it.
How do you fix it when you sweat during your workout?
@@daniellepurcell7221 I wear a headband around my edges and wear my hair in a top knot. After working out, I let my hair and edges dry completely. I then put a light moisturizer burdock root butter cream on my edges and wrap my hair. You don't have to use the moisturizer I just do because my hair is gray dry and stubborn.
I totally agree on feeling childish with the natural hair :( my big twist outs and buns were wonderful in college and high school now on corporate settings 9-5 I feel like I stick out
I have had so many styles and being a straight natural is one of the easiest ways for me to maintain my hair. My hair is heat trained so it doesn't even revert in the humid heat when I lived in atlanta. I don't care about my curl pattern because I wear my hair straight. I unwrap and go. I talk a lot about heat training on tiktok and I get a lot of flack about it but I will continue to stand by heat training because it is a great alternative to relaxers.
Im definitely about to become a straight hair natural. I have true 4c hair and i never wear my hair out because i dont like it. Its very hard to manage. I stay in braids and wigs. I want to enjoy my natural hair and also see growth.
Period ❤
Hysterical
I love being a straight haired natural.
I dont have to wake up and spray my hair with water and add products.
I wake up and run a comb through it and im done.
I retain length better too
ME TOO. MY MOM ALWAYS HOT COMBED MY HAIR AS A LITTLE GIRL AND MY HAIR WAS DOWN MY BACK. LOL
I just flat ironed my hair yesterday and. Let me tell you I literally combed it down and it took maybe 3 minutes and I was out the door. I like it so far just easy. I hope I can retain better length. I’m turning 41 tomorrow and i don’t have time anymore. I want things as soft and easy as possible, even down to doing my hair. Trust my growing up my mom always blow dried my hair and protective style I had the longest thickest hair. I never knew what a single strand knot was or a split end til I wore my natural hair in adult hood
@@anaturalgal our hair flourished straight!!
You're right it was down our backs.
I'm trying to get it like that again
Once you master your wash and gos with the right technique and products you don't have to spray your hair and add products during the week. I wear wash and gos exclusively and I only touch my hair during wash day every week or so. I wake up and shake my hair and go
@@avasd59we don’t want wash n go, all shrunk up with split ends bye
SHN is life. I have baby fine textured hair but high density. Keratin treatments just twice a year, flat ironing every couple of months with just blow drying in between and Olaplex 3 every wash day has helped me get close to bra strap length. Fairy knots and crazy splits 99% gone.
I’m a straight hair natural and have been for many years. You’re right about coming to terms with your textured hair. I love my straight natural hair I’ve learned how to work around the sweat out days. When I workout I pull my hair up in a ponytail and wear a sweat band that really works. I enjoyed your video great information.
This was very helpful. I was considering being a straight natural, but I'm going to have to reconsider. I am a heavy HEAVY sweater, and I sweat particularly in my head! I also live in the Caribbean, and we have two seasons, dry and rainy. So it's always either hot and humid, or wet and humid. I think I'll just gently heat train my hair over time, elongate my 4c curls, by blow drying my hair after every wash day, then ponytail tail it with twists at the ends, or something.
I’m glad it was helpful! & your plan makes perfect sense for you! There are so many factors to consider & your environment is one of the biggest ones! Wishing you the best on your healthy hair journey 🫶🏾
Heyy I live in the Caribbean, too and I work out 2-3x a week. And I swear so fast😣 How's your routine working out for you?
In terms of daily styling ease, being a SHN is the closest thing to having long dreadlocks. I had DLs for over 20 years because it was the easiest way to care for my hair. Switched to other natural styles about 3 years ago and went full SHN about a year ago. I just couldn't do all that work it takes to care for twistouts, braidouts, wash-n-gos, or even just plain twists. My hair always tangled hopelessly, especially at the ends, and I needed to use sooooo many products to get it to look like anything and stay moisturized. Now I can just do a deep conditioner and protein/bond treatment a couple times a month and each day have very little I need to do.
I have had to accept that my roots are going to be puffy though, because post-menopause, you're going to sweat some every night no matter what you do. That's ok. My hair is getting more sparse as I get older too, so the puffy roots gives me needed volume.
Very true . I got locs because I wanted something simple , I had them for 3 years . I combed them out and have been a straight natural for 6months
I love what you said about dealing with the negative perception from society in regards to Black women wearing their hair straight. I battled internally with this myself, but I came to realize that it is simply my preference. Just like we have styling preferences when it comes to clothing, makeup, nails, etc.- hair preferences also exist.
How often do you wash and straighten your hair? I am trying to figure out a good wash schedule for myself that won't cause any damage to my hair.
Exactly! 🎯 It’s all a personal preference & no woman should be shamed for doing what she likes & works best for her. I wash & straighten my hair at every 1.5-2 weeks. Depends on how I feel bc I really like having a clean scalp.
(Edit: I was told this treatment stays permanently for some people and ruin their hair, please only do this if you always want straight or looser textured hair.)
Something to consider if you sweat alot is Cezanne Keratin treatments - it's 100% formaldehyde free (and all -aldehyde producing chemicals). Your hair is still natural but it stays straight easier, straightens easier and is temporary
These treatments ruined my hair. Over time it alters your hair too.
It’s not temporary 😭 did it twice & my hair didn’t revert, had to do a big chop the first time then the second time i grew it out & cut the ends
@injerabby thank you both for letting me know I hadn't done this one in particular before but I heard good things. I'll edit my comment.
@@YeaNo. np, it’s cool if you want a looser hair texture im 4b and It made me a 3c/4a but It looks a mess as your real hair texture grows out and the curls are rather limp like waves than springy which i hated. couldn’t do a proper puff anymore
@@Alyssa-y2eI was just about to say! It gave me a chemical cut too in the back of my head, took my hair 2 years to get back to where it was! I’d never recommend it to anyone
Been natural for 7 yrs, straight natural last few years.
I've grown it long, cut it, now rhocking a medium length bob.
Love it!
I love this!! I feel like my hair is better to maintain when it’s straight and what you said I don’t care if my curls aren’t the same because I don’t want them to be. My curls were super tight! And I hated it while everyone else loved it
What kind of products do you use. I’m thinking of going “straight natural” just because I’m tired of fairy knots and my coils tangling up. But with curly hair it’s easy to spray some water and leave in creams every other day(s). So any tips on how to moisturize my hair/ends as a straight natural?
That is me right now.
Same question.
I’m actually thinking about becoming a straight natural. I don’t really wear my hair curly because of shrinkage and to be honest I don’t mind having heat damage.I will get it straightened and cut into a bob next week and I will see how it will go.
I love my natural hair but it was a task, I’ve had traditional locs twice that didn’t last long, but now I have micro locs and I love everything about it! Your hair is beautiful!
Finally! I agree..not worried about the curl pattern...😊 thank you...I love not having a relaxer. Definitely natural..
I like wearing my real hair but my curl pattern does frustrate me. I have a lot of shrinkage. I have to go into the office 3 times a week so I may need to heat train to save time
I definitely understand. I think you should do what works the best for you 🫶🏾
I've been thinking of being a straight hair natural for a year now. Since Turing 30, I don't do natural styles, I only do wash and go’s in the spring /summer and braids in the fall/winter. I have recently tried lace wigs and love them. My hair is 16-20 inches when straight and 5 -8 inches wet😂. My husband live my natural fro/styles but I'm afraid that I'm simple over it lol.
I love how in the comments everyone is talking about how they just used pink lotion and their hair was down their back. For the rest of us with the struggle rice length hair in childhood we are so happy to have hair now. I’ve decided to go straight after 11 years natural. I’m like you all now! 👩🏾
Back in the day it all seemed so simple! Love that we are collectively doing what’s best for our hair now! 😊
I think all the controversy around losing curl pattern and “damaging” your natural hair has made me scared to start a straight natural journey but in reality I wouldn’t want to start one in the first place if I was happy with my curls 😭 I would love to love of my hair as is but when it comes down to it I find it incredibly hard to manage and style in it’s natural state
I love straight natural hair. I was so tired of keeping up with my curly hair. It took so much time
You're so pretty, and your hair is gorgeous.
Thank you so much!!
I want to start my straight hair, natural journey, but I am a heavy work out, girl, and I do sweat a lot on my face. I’m willing to modify my workouts a little bit so that I don’t sweat as much, we’ll see😢
Great summary! I use to be a straight hair natural but decided to stop straighting my hair back in 2012. My hair was damaged and brittle especially the ends of the hair. Anyways! Everyone is different! We have to make choices which feels comfortable for you!.
So what ever you decided be confident!..wish all the best on your straight hair natural journey 😊
Thank you so much for this comment ❤️
9:31 thank you cause I sweat like a beast
I want to try to become a straight natural. I'm tired of pulling on my hair. Also i dont want to depend on others for a hairstyle. The only thing I'm worried about is how to maintain when I workout at least 3 times a week
Please do an updated video on how to maintain when working out? 😊
@Lasious72 Yes ma’am! I plan to do an updated video soon! 😊
Wow I am newly decided on being a straight haired natural….. think I’m officially going for it. I’ve been natural for ten years, originally stopped the creamy crack in May of 2012 and bc’d summer of 2013. 2014 I experimented with texturizer once and then tried the Keratin treatment 6 months later in case I was missing something. I wasn’t though. I was over it, and I wanted to stop having to chemically treat my hair every two months and instead be fully natural. Otherwise, my straight hair was absolutely fine while relaxed, it just didn’t grow out too far past my shoulders and I didn’t like that.
Being natural all this time I’ve lived on keeping my hair moisturized and mostly ended up using washing go’s, even being 4C. And my hair has grown out more. But I have never been good with being into the keeping up with twist outs or braid outs and I don’t do much to my hair. Then my wash and go’s started to fail me because of single strand knots over the years as my hair grew out. Also get knots with braid/twist outs. (I have very textured hair that has low shine.) I find that it doesn’t really get far past my under arms now days. I cut it once, maybe twice a year. I am aiming for bust length hair. And all these years I still measure length my straightening my hair once a year.
So I’m like now there’s nothing else I can really do, I need to keep it stretched for it to thrive and avoid these knots but I don’t want it to thin out at all. Honestly I thought I’d work it out and stay kinky curly forever. I love my wash and go’s and my kinky curly hair, but now I know it’s not realistic for me. I also have four young children now, lol. It’s just sad that my curly hair is not working out. But truthfully I work better with straight hair because it’s how I learned to take care of my hair on my own, end of high school and into college. So basically I’m looking into this straight haired natural life on the other side. My goals are to straighten once a month and not to apply heat in between washes (which has always been my failsafe) in order to maintain thickness and growth.
Thank you for this video and God willing I’ll succeed with the new lifestyle.
I've been a straight hair natural for many years and when I tried to wear my curls it wasn't happening, the only con I have is that I sweat a lot in my head and my hair gets puffy so it's hard to keep it straight.
How often do u straighten ur hair and how do u avoid heat damage ??
New to your channel. I’m loving your videos. Been relaxing my hair forever with very short hair, which I loved. Just went to protective styles about a year ago, and I’d like to go to a straight hair natural now that it’s grown out. My immediate goal is the straight bob you posted a couple of years ago. Looking forward to watching more. 👍🏽
Thank you so much! Wishing you the best on your new hair journey 😊
I get keratin treatments every few months and I still consider myself a straight natural for sure since it washes out gradually over the weeks
I can make my hair as straight as I want, but it’s also easy to put it into curly styles if I choose to.
Regarding working out Gym wraps are a wonderful tool
Keep it on & Keep your ponytail until your hair is dry then even a cool blow dryer can tame any proof.
And I’m totally with you on the clip ins I own every texture from silky straight to kinky curly
What brand of keratin treatment do you use ?
CHI
Definitely easier😊
I use ceramic flat irons no heat damage
Me as well I use a ceramic flat iron I don’t care for laid edges and all that I can use edge control or gel
loved this
I was a straight hair natural maybe 5 years ago.. Curly my hair was a mess but straightened my hair was goals. I had no choice because a stylist snuck relaxer in my hair when I went for a silk press and my curls NEVER bounced back. I enjoyed being a straight hair natural for about a year but I’m back curly again. Idk thick coily Afros I just love 🥰
I’ve done relaxers, I’ve done pixie cut, I’ve don’t straight hair natural and now I’m choosing to be fully natural.
Have fun with your hair. 🫶🏾
th-cam.com/video/kAaK7EK3Uxc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=krlO7iyBfJW-rqPC
Felt! Thank you ❤️ & Your hair is definitely goals 😍
Snuck in relaxer? How? I'm looking for beautician now for my straight pixie & that cannot happen 😢
@@AfroChoctaw when she had me at the shampoo bowl she said she wanted to let the shampoo sit on my hair for a few min… this could’ve been when she snuck something in or my curls were damaged from the Marcel straightener she used that felt like it was 550 degrees. It was a terrible experience and I never went back.
@@ShamyraC 🫶🏾
I’m also a straight hair natural and humidity is my biggest enemy! 😩
I'm coming out of braids for 2025 and I'm going to start my journey to be a straight natural. I want something different
Great video and you made good points with your pros and cons.
Thanks for watching Kryssy 😊🫶🏾
Love this and been on the exact same journey! Can you add a link to the upart wigs you use?
Absolutely beautiful 🎉
How often do you flat iron your hair? I just got a silk press a few days ago. My goal is to go every 3 weeks. I am considering keratin but if I can get get a silk press then I'll just do that.
Ok Sis I'm a heavy sweater, it is very hard
I used to always get asked if I was relaxed. I've never had a perm. I just tell them I use a babyliss flat iron & salon products.
Where do you get your extension from?
Lately I’ve been loving my clips in from Go Sleek. In my next video I’ll be installing, styling & talking about them! (Coming on Sunday!) 😊
Beautiful Hair❤ Very Healthy 💯
Do you have fine, medium, or coarse hair texture? Your hair looks so beautiful and healthy without all the split ends.
I think my hair is course. It doesn’t break easily as long as I don’t use any chemicals. I keep it trimmed by my stylist because I hate the look of raggedy ends. Thank you for the compliment!
Biggest regret of my life is going from a striaght natural to a curly natural and back. My hair has never straightened the same sincenand doesn't last anymore. A big part of me wants to get relaxed and transition back out
I am natural now it’s great
I have great shampoo no chemicals
It’s great
Do you have a video on products you use?
I plan to make a video sharing the products I use soon! Subscribe so you don’t miss it ❤️
what is a straight haired natural im so confused. isnt that just having natural straight hair?? how do "become" naturally straight haired im so confusedddddd!!!
No it’s not naturally straight, It’s someone that keeps their hair pressed out instead of in curly styles. They’re natural because it’s not chemically relaxed
How do braidouts hold up?
Great video, how do you keep you hair on a hot day, moist free?
I style my hair in a ponytail or claw clip to bring it up off of my shoulders & back. That helps a lot!
Sis, be careful with edge control. It can break your edges off🥹🎉
#tesblackhairstory we have come a long way from relaxer we were not leaving we left relaxer behind
Con is by the 4th day hair is way to straight 😂 nice shine but oily straight.
Dry shampoo love
@@Antoinetteelean na that doesn’t work good enough
Is your hair relaxed
Are you even watching the video? No she’s not
##tessehair wow HALLELUYAH PRAISE THE LORD
Your hair is heat trained not straight natural. Heat training is using heat to relax the hair texture. You no longer or barely have a curl pattern. Straight naturals still have their natural curl pattern. Theybjust choose to where their hair straight more often than curly. I'm straight natural, have been for years, and my hair is still curly. Pattern has not changed.
Hi! You’re correct, my hair is heat trained! & I am also a straight hair natural because my hair isn’t relaxed or chemically processed. Straightening my hair is how I choose to style it but at the end of the day it’s still natural hair even if my curls are loosened. By your definition when you straighten your own hair, you’d no longer be natural bc you’re “relaxing your curl pattern” even if it’s temporary. Lol But it’s totally cool to agree to disagree ❤️
@@ChaviAlliehow long did it take for you to get your curls to loosen up permanently?
@ChaviAllie no you are heat relaxed, not natural. It's not a bad thing, just not natural.
Your protein bonds are irreparably broken
Heat trains proteinbonds
Relaxers trains difulside bonds
I agree
I understand what you mean regarding natural curly pattern and straight hair natural. I’ve worn the curly hairstyle and I’m kinda. tired of it. But really it is so much easier just to wrap my hair and comb it out. It’s not giving up my heritage as a black woman. I do understand ❤
You and your hair look beautiful. It reminds me of when I wore my home made upart sew in with old school Extensions Plus relax texture. So many people thought it was all me lol. I am going to go and experiment with keeping my hair straight because even under wigs, when I have done this for breif stints I noticed the condition of my hair was improved vastly. Sadly my meno hot sweats would not allow me to wear my hair like yours on the daily, but straighter hair holds moisture better. I know this from my own hair and my wigs, so it is proven with me.