Hair Preparation Tips For Straightening With GHDS

Do you struggle with getting your hair perfectly straight? Follow these basic tips on how to prepare your hair for straightening.

Having straight hair is many a girls dream – smooth silky and sleek hair that can look both stylish and casual with a little tinkering. Thanks to advances in hair care technology, straight hair is not longer a dream. We now have some great professional standard hair tools to help us style and finish are hair at home to the highest standard. These include ghd hair straighteners, vogetti hair styler and corioliss digital hair straighteners – all great product which deliver great results. The only problem we have now is the ability to use these great products correctly to get the optimum results. So here we are going to take you through some basic steps of preparation so you can style your hair like the professional using your hair straighteners.

To begin with you will need to make sure you hair is washed and fully conditioned before you use your hair straighteners. This may seem fairly obvious, but you maybe very surprised by the amount of people who forget this basic step. This is important because if you leave old products in your hair they begin to buildup and you hair can become clogged and heavy. You then apply heat to these old dried up products and the products will begin to burn and melt and eventually damage your hair. So, just remember to wash your hair at least twice to make sure you get rid of all that nasty old build up. For best results try and use a professional shampoo and conditioner. You maybe tempted by the price of supermarket hair products, but they are not good for your hair, they have silicone and other chemicals that in the long run will do more damage than good.

The next step will be to blow dry and brush out your hair. This is also important, you do not have to fully blow dry your hair, just make sure it is not loner damp. Even at this stage we would recommend that you use some form of heat protection. Heat protection products can come in the form of creams, sprays and waxes (which also have styling properties). Even though professional hair straighteners are much better than your run of the mill styling tools any extreme heat can damage your hair and that includes hair dryers too.

Know that your hair is fully prepared you can begin to straighten your hair. Again remember to add very small amount of heat protection product to your hair. Try not to overload the hair, because this can make the hair look dull, heavy and lank. If you have prepared you hair correctly the whole hair straightening process should not take to long – just two or three pulls is all you should really need to get the job done.

Get Cheryl Cole Style Big Hair Using GHDs

Cheryl Cole has found fame with Girls Aloud and is on our screens even more in UK now she is a judge on the X Factor with Simon Cowell. She has received much public attention recently following her husbands affairs, but she never fails to look her best in front of the cameras or on our television screens. Here we will show you how you can get the Cheryl Cole Hair Style.

Down to earth yet always stylish, Cheryl claims to be happiest in a pair of joggers however she never seems to be snapped without her hair done. Instead she sports spot-on salon strands giving her that real X-Factor look. To keep your highlighted hair in perfect condition like Cheryl’s, pamper your hair with a weekly indulgence of GHD Opulence Mask. Apply after washing your hair with Gaurdian Shampoo to towel-dried hair, leave on for 5-10 minutes then rinse thoroughly to reveal Love Machine-worthy locks! When it comes to big hair Cheryl definitely doesn’t need help – she’s got it down to perfect here. Perfect root lift at the root is the key to Cheryl’s big hair do’s. Have a go at spraying on some GHD Uplift Spray on to towel-dried hair at the root area of the hair, section by section, then style as usual. For added lift give it a bit of back combing for that extra sexy 60’s vibe. These larger curls can also be achieved using your GHD Hair Straightners to create a loose curl effect to adds some extra volume and really pump up your hair.

Add Some Extra Body To Your Hair With GHD Products

If you are looking at adding some extra body to your fine or limp hair and regularly use GHD Hair Stylers. Here is a great home hair care plan to follow. For hair in need of extra body, Ghd Elevation Shampoo is ideal! It plumps up and strengthens each hair, while controlling static. It has intelligent volumisers, which add body to your hair, making it look much fuller. This volumising shampoo contains guar gum which gives body to your hair, while panthenol helps to plump up the hair shaft, making it appear thicker. Elevation Shampoo also has wheat protein, which strengthens your hair, controls static and improves sheen.

After giving your hair a couple of good shampoos you should move on to using GHD Elevation Conditioner. GHD Elevation Conditioner gives your hair extra body and strength, while controlling static and improving sheen.

The conditioner has wheat protein, which strengthens your hair, while controlling static and improving sheen. Your fine hair will appear fuller as this product has intelligent, functional volumisers that give body to your hair.

Finally, use the GHD heat protection spray for normal/fine hair. This lightweight protector deflects damage when heat styling your fine hair. Ghd Thermal Protector for Normal/Fine Hair has a new formula with an extra 50% heat protection, up to 200°C!

The Ghd Heat Protector for normal/fine hair has a new heat reflection technology. This is a great product to protect your hair against heat damage. It gives you maximum protection against heat appliances, up to 200°C to ensure that your beautiful strong hair always triumphs over heat damage. The spray will deflect and absorb heat, protecting the hair shaft as well guarding your locks from the sun’s harmful rays with its added UVA protection. Now your fine hair should be fully protected and will have that added body which will give you more volume.