Why is my flat iron pulling my hair
Flat Iron Mistakes You May Be Making & How to Fix Them!
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alright guys we are gonna talk about the
common mistakes you might be making when
you flat iron your hair
hopefully you're making none of these
but I'm gonna go through and share a few
common things I saw when I worked behind
the chair and give you some tips and
suggestions for how to get your
smoothest straightest hair yet this is
my hair freshly blown dry one of the
first mistakes people make is not using
a heat protector on your hair either
before you blow-dry it or before you use
a heat tool today we're talking with
flat irons you have two options really
when it comes to heat protection you can
use a cream that you can put on damp
hair they also make serums and things
you can put in a dry hair but my example
here is a cream like this that you can
put on damp hair before you blow it dry
and really that's the best option
because your blow-dryer has heat so the
more like health strengthening products
you can put on damp hair the better
because damp hair is more fragile than
dry hair your second option is to use an
aerosol spray that you can spray on each
section before you hit it with a flat
iron or curl it this one protects up to
450 degrees let's hope your tool doesn't
have to go to that temperature it
probably doesn't here's the thing with
heat protection though no matter what
products you put on beforehand or
however many products you put on you are
still going to put heat on your hair the
products that protect from heat help but
if your hair is really fragile if it's
breaking and you just cannot figure out
why it doesn't matter how many heat
protection products you're using it's
the heat is still gonna do some some
damage to your hair so try and take a
break from heat in the meantime using
heat protection products will keep your
hair in the best condition possible
given the fact that you're using heat
tools so that's the first mistake not
using some kind of heat protection
that's a mistake people make you have to
use it it really is the best thing for
your hair the second mistake is not
sectioning I can't tell you I'm gonna
get my part in here I can't tell you how
many times I would ask my clients when I
worked behind the chair like okay so how
do you flat iron your hair and they
would be like well like this and I
thought well that's why you're not
getting the result you want here just
zoomin over it you have a section way
too big the heat from the plates of the
Flatiron is not even gonna get that
middle part of your hair because your
section is too wide so dividing your
hair into sections is absolutely
essential especially if you're fighting
frizz if you're fighting a wave pattern
if you're fighting curls you have to
section your hair off so that is the
second mistake not making sections I am
just going to divide my hair here in two
sections I'm using a duckbill clip to
clip it up if you have thick hair or if
you have a curl that you're fighting go
ahead and divide it into more sections
you are better off taking the time to do
a really good thorough job and get an
extra day or two out of your hair then
doing like a half way job and having to
wash and start over again you're doing
extra work to your hair that you don't
need to do the third mistake is not
adjusting your temperature under
flatiron if you have that option this is
the t3 flat iron I've got five
temperature settings here I'm sitting on
three I usually use this brands curling
iron as well very regularly and I hover
between three and two on the heat
setting on the curling iron so I'm
giving this a go on three I also love
the GHD one-inch flat iron that does not
have a heat setting it is a great flat
iron though so when I've use it I just
try and work really quickly so I'm going
to show you how to flat iron a section
of your hair you want to take a section
that you can easily hold it doesn't need
to be paper thin but it needs to be thin
enough to where you're sure when you put
the five iron on there and pull it down
the heat it's gonna penetrate that
entire section of hair you also want
when you're pulling the flat iron
through to make sure you're clamping the
hair don't press it too hard clamp down
on the hair and pull through smoothly if
you're not getting a really smooth glide
through your hair you may have product
buildup on the edge that's ripping and
yanking your hair or you may just have a
flat iron that kind of has pulsating
heat and sometimes that can drag against
the section you want even heat come
through your iron so you're getting an
even smooth finish on your section even
though my hair is straight I like to
start in the other boot area and just
slide down I'm pulling at an even pace
I'm holding this section with my hand
and then dropping it out if I want these
hairs a little closer to my hairline to
kind of bend in a little bit which is
usually what I prefer I'll pull that
section out I'm gonna put the flat iron
in right against the root and then do a
c-shape so it kind of bends into my hair
a little bit or into my face a little
bit and then run my fingers through it
and smooth it out and I've got a nice
smooth section here so you can see the
difference in how finished and smooth my
ends look when I flatiron them even
though my hair straight so I'm gonna
continue grabbing sections around my
hair always comb out your hair before
that's another mistake that I see women
make they're just running that flat iron
over sections of hair without combing it
out and if you don't coming out
beforehand you're just gonna kind of
cook the knots and tangles and bends
into your hair see how I'm pulling
steady all the way down to the ends and
I've got a nice flat finished shiny
section I like to comb mine out right
away I'll continue working my way around
my head what I like to do to get the
back of my hair a little movement is
pull these sections in the back to the
side and flatiron them so they're just
kind of swoop on my back instead of
being stick straight and being likely to
flip out so I'm putting the flat iron in
I'm still pulling it straight but you'll
notice I'm pulling it out over my left
shoulder I'm gonna slide it down got a
nice finish if your flat iron is not
giving you a smooth finish with one
single pass through the section and
maybe time for a new one you don't need
to spend your entire paycheck on one
either there are a lot of great options
that have adjustable heat dials at Ulta
and Sephora that you can find for a
really good
price under a hundred for sure so I'm
moving slowly through this section I
only want to go over at one time I do
not want to keep going over and over the
same section got a nice smooth finish
there back to this front area I am going
to section off the front piece of hair
that I want to pull toward my face I'm
gonna put the flat iron in here and pull
straight down slow and steady nice and
straight there and then this section
will go in a little closer to my root
area also slow and steady just pulling
it down slightly closer to my face so
there's the bottom half flat iron
straight I'm gonna let down the top half
if you have trouble telling the
difference between the hair you've just
led out of the section and the section
you've just worked with you can use the
duckbill clip and just clamp it down
don't pull it into a ponytail you're
gonna put a crease in it and undo all
the work you just did so just slide a
duckbill clip in like this on the whole
bottom section and then when you take
the clip out you're not gonna have a
crease or anything I usually can tell
what I've flat ironed and what I haven't
so I can just let it down right on top
of that section right around the face
here I'm grabbing a vertical section and
I'm gonna pull this toward my face cuz I
like soft swoops right against my
hairline I'm gonna go in at the root
area with the flat iron pull it down my
wrist is bent a little bit so you can
see I'm getting a slight turn to the
section go through with my comb right
away comb it out I've got a nice little
bend there so I'm working my way back
here this is too wide of a section to
grab with my flat iron so I'm gonna
divide it in half
comb through this that's why you come
through and then this is a better size
for me if your hair does not smooth as
easily as mine does the smaller section
you take the better especially at the
top part of your hair you really don't
need this section in here to be super
straight if you know you're gonna wear
your hair down so it may be better to
spend a little extra time if you're in a
rush on the sections of hair that you're
gonna see which is that top layering
right here in the face you maybe don't
need to worry about the nape area very
much for volume I'm lifting the section
up instead of pulling it straight down
I'm lifting the section at the root here
I'll show you again putting the flat
iron in and I'm going up I'm pulling the
flat iron up and then I'll drop it down
and I've got a nice volume there at the
root area that is another trick and
another mistake I see people will just
pull straight down on the iron I mean
their hair will feel kind of flat and
lifeless you can use the heat of that
flat iron right at the root and lift
straight up so you get a nice extra lift
if you have used a volumizing product in
your hair while it's wet you're gonna
get even a greater impact there so I'm
working on my part area here because I
want those nice and smooth I've divided
them into even smaller sections the flat
irons going in right at the root going
up I'm just going over the ends one time
and I'm using my fingers just to rake
through here but this left my left side
is done moving on to the back
just grabbing sort of the crown area
here
combing up making sure I'm all the way
combed through might be out of frame for
this shot putting the flat iron in at my
root pulling it up and smoothing through
one single time
I've reached the front part of my
hairline I like this side this is my
right side to kind of bend and frame my
face so I'm combing this section forward
it's not technically a bang but it's
sort of my shorter face frame on this
side
I'm coming this section all the way
forward I'm gonna put the flat iron in
at the root and pull it down and while
it is still hot comb it to the side and
that way I'll get a nice swoop right
against my hairline so it doesn't feel
like my hair is going straight back I
hope this video is helpful for you to
watch I hope you weren't making any of
those mistakes and you just thought yep
I'm doing that I'm doing that I'm doing
that right as you watched of course if
you were making those mistakes now you
know not to make them anymore so you can
get a nice smooth result to your hair
you're not doing extra damage to it and
you're keeping it nice and strong and
healthy while you get a really smooth
flat ironed look if you enjoyed this
video you may enjoy a video that I've
posted called the blow dried mistakes
you might be making I'll put a link to
it right here on the screen you can just
click right on that box
