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Getting your hair this straight is not easy, but to help you below are a series of hints and tips when straightening your hair.

Now presuming you want straight hair, the essential item for your hair is the faithful hair straighteners. Now i am sure you are expecting me to recommend GHDs, whilst being good they are hugely over-priced and in my experience you can get the same results and spend far less. Usually any Babyliss straighteners are good, Toni & Guy are also highly recommended (see links below).

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Now as you can see they are all considerably cheaper than GHDs which range from £99-£120, i personally own the “Toni & Guy - £19.99″. If none of these appeal to you look out for other good, but cheaper brands such as Remmington or Morphy Richards.

Now you have the best straighteners, how to use them is key. If you straighteners have a heat setting i suggest that you use somthing in the middle 120-150 i the best range, i say this because even when using heat protection spray (see products page) too much higher can lead to your hair burning.

Straighten from the roots right down to the tip and if at this point the tip doesn’t stay as straight as you like concentrate on straightening the tip alone. If you still cannot get the tip straight i suggest using some wax on the tips to aid this (see products page). With longer hair straightening the back of your hair is vital, but not so much with the shorter hair.

*Always read instructions on hair straightners*

Temperatures and Hairtypes

This section of the straightening tips, is designed to help you with your straightening curly hair.

Curly hair

I hear alot of people who have really curly hair compalining straighteners don’t work! This is not true, they just haven’t got the temperature settings right, they think that if they set them to the hottest setting then it will straighten their hair more effeciently, DO NOT do this. For Curly hair set your straighteners to the middle setting, and take your time. Straighten from tip to end slowly and firmly and repeat this for as many times as you need to achieve straight hair. It is probably worth buying some “Straightening serum” too.

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