Beauty Blast – How to Get Stay Put Straight Hair Like Tyra Banks
Gone are the days of Tyra’s blown out look, and the past few years she has been sporting sleek new locks that are straight and elegant. While this look is pretty, if you don’t have bone straight hair it can be tricky. I do have bone straight hair, and even I am prone to the frizz factor if I catch the wrong wind, precipitation, or get caught too long beside an open car window. So how can you achieve, and maintain this look for an all day long sleek style?
Tools you will need: Flat iron, straightening balm, hair gel (just a smidge), and moisturizing cream. Yep, that’s right!
Step 1 – Use your flat iron to flatten your hair from root to tips. And yes, even if you have straight hair use it. I use it whenever I wear my hair down, it’s just an added precaution to tell you hair what you want it to do that day. I swear by HairArt Ceramic Straightening Iron Model H3000, 1-3/8 Plate
as it’s never let me down.
Beauty Tip – If you DON’T have straight hair, keep the iron on your locks longer than normal. It will straighten, and if you DO have straight hair, you only need to sweep it down your hair like you would a brush. You don’t want too much heat on your hair if you don’t have to.
Step 2 – Use a straightening balm like this fail safe Philip B. Drop Dead Straight Hair Straightening Baume
. You only need to smooth it over your already straight hair. Rub a drop and smooth it over, that’s all you need for stay put style.
Step 3 – If you have really stubborn locks, you will need to go a step further and use some hair gel. And this Rene Furterer Fioravanti Anti Frizz Straightening Gel
will do the trick just fine. In fact, keep it in your purse to smooth hair as the day progresses.
Beauty Trick – Here’s where the moisturizer comes in, and you can use whatever brand you like. As the day progresses, if you find yourself stuck with some flyaways, rub a dab of moisturizer between your palms and smooth it over. Your locks will be sleek AND shiny all over again. I repeat, DAB of moisturizer. Too much and you will look like you really need a shower!
Beauty Trick – Want to carry this look over an extra day? You can with little effort. Run some baby powder through your hair first thing in the morning to eliminate any greasy buildup. Again, less is more here girls. You can run a flat iron over it again to just tame flyaways, and use the same product. But you already have some in from yesterday, so minimize here and maintain your look with your smidge of moisturizer. Noone will ever know you went without a wash! Little hint though, by the end of day 2 you have a lot of product in your hair. I don’t recommend pushing this a third day….
I often watch the Tyra Banks show late in the afternoon. Great show and great host.;-;