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How to Deal With Naturally Thick & Coarse Hair |
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Written by James Lai
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
 Some men feel like they’re fighting a losing battle when it comes to combating thick, coarse, and frizzy hair. Over the years I’ve learned to maintain this type of hair, giving me a broader spectrum of hairstyles to wear. Follow these tips and gain peace of mind with your troubled hair!
- Learn How to Give Your Hair a Good Blow-dry
Blow-drying your hair will drastically flatten and straighten your hair. After you hop out of the shower, towel dry your hair as much as possible to make blow-drying a shorter process. Take a blow-dryer and a comb and blowdry from the top of your head down, from all sides of your hair sort of giving yourself a flat, bowl-cut style depending on how long your hair is. This will prepare your hair to be styled.
- Wear a Beanie, Yes.. a Beanie
A beanie can be a man’s best friend if you have coarse, thick unmanageable hair. It’s sure to tame those stubborn gravity-defying strands. After you blow-dry your hair, put a beanie on and keep yourself busy for about fifteen minutes. Make sure you pull the beanie down snug. Voila! Once you’re ready to take your beanie off, you’ll discover a flat head of hair.
- Flat Iron: The Nuclear Weapon of Hairstyling Tools
I often flat-iron my hair depending on the type of style I try to achieve, but I will always wear a beanie to flatten out my hair beforehand. A flat-iron is your greatest threat against coarse-thick hair. It will get your hair straight as an arrow and smoother than a baby’s butt. Best of all, you will able to manage your hair and achieve those styles you never though you could wear. The most important thing is preparation. Protect your hair with a smoothing spray or run a little bit of light holding wax through your hair. This ensures you don’t fry your hair with your flat-iron. Make sure you don’t use a temperature setting that is overkill for your hair. The typical maximum 400 degrees is reserved for the coarsest of hair. Flat-iron your hair in small sections and only where you need it. For many styles, it’s not necessary to flat-iron your entire head of hair. Make sure you start about a centimeter to an inch from your roots and iron your strands in a downward motion. If the style you’re trying to achieve involves straight gravity-defying hair, feel free to flat iron your hair in an upward motion. From here, the sky’s the limit to your styles. Straight swooped bangs, and choppy, texturized looks are now attainable. Have fun with it and remember, practice makes perfect!
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