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ionic hairdryers? (pg. 2)
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| occrider |
| quote: | Originally posted by butterfly
that's a pretty cool idea for a girlfriend gift. cheap but extremely useful... |
Yea I thought pots and pans would be even more useful, but I guessed correctly that she wouldn't appreciate my subtle suggestion ... |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
Yea I thought pots and pans would be even more useful, but I guessed correctly that she wouldn't appreciate my subtle suggestion ... |
Good thing you didn't get her a "Cooking for Dummies" book :wtf: :eyes: :haha: |
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| butterfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
Yea I thought pots and pans would be even more useful, but I guessed correctly that she wouldn't appreciate my subtle suggestion ... |
not unless you want her to hit you with them.
| quote: | | Good thing you didn't get her a "Cooking for Dummies" book |
my mom got me one of those for christmas... |
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| igottaknow |
| quote: | Originally posted by butterfly
my mom got me one of those for christmas... |
:wtf: got to love moms :stongue: |
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| butterfly |
| ok so i got an ionic hairdryer and i used it but it seemed to take just as long and my hair looks the same. i think i am going to return it and get one of those flattening irons instead. |
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| Spacey Orange |
| quote: | Originally posted by butterfly
ok so i got an ionic hairdryer and i used it but it seemed to take just as long and my hair looks the same. i think i am going to return it and get one of those flattening irons instead. |
get a quality one. i bought my gf one for about USD 95 and beats the crap out of the cheap USD 35 ones.;) |
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| Miss Bliss |
Here is my book on hair care LOL....
I have an ionic drier and I found it works almost the same as my regular one.
No matter what dryer, always dry your hair on "warm," never on "hot," for the first 3/4 of the job (meaning until your hair is almost dry), then turn it on cool for the last 1/4. This makes for less frizz and more shine. And put on a curl-defining, straightening, whatever cream before you blow dry, and then another thin layer of it to the ends when you're done. There's a line of products called Matrix which are AMAZING for hair you want straight, they really are awesome.
When I go out I follow the above steps and then also scorch my hair with a hair straightener lol. The $25 ceramic or glass-plate ones you find at the drugstore are just as good as the $125 ones elsewhere. This probably doesn't make my hair look much different cause it's already stick straight, but it tames a lot of frizzies for the night and it makes me feel "done up."
I blow dried my hair every day for years and then I went to France for a summer and was traveling around, so I didn't get to blow dry once. My hair improved 1000% after that month. Remember NOT to blow dry every day if you can help it. Just wash hair, towel dry and brush, and wait about 15 minutes until it's not soaking any more. Then put a cream like I mentioned above in. Then let air-dry and brush every 5 or so minutes. If you really have to blow dry cause it's cold outside or you are OCD like I used to be, then use one of those intensive conditioning repair things (St. Ives has a nice mint-scented one) once a week, and use a light leave-in conditioner every day.
This is my hair, It's all messed up and sweaty though lol... I am the blonde:
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| Miss Bliss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
get a quality one. i bought my gf one for about USD 95 and beats the crap out of the cheap USD 35 ones.;) |
Yea, that usually makes a difference. The reason my ionic and regular work about the same is probably that they each cost about 30. |
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| butterfly |
| acutally i was wondering if maybe it didnt work for me cause my hair type is different than people i previously talked to. i have really thick and fine dark hair. if i let it air dry in normal, not cold, weather, it takes about 6 hours. so you can see why i feel the need to blow dry it (takes maybe 20-30 min to blow dry it on hot). i dont normally use any special products other than thermasilk conditioner but my hair is really shiny and not frizzy when i dry it. i dry it every other day. i think i might like to try one of the straigtening products. i have this curl in the back that wont dry straight. |
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| Miss Bliss |
| quote: | Originally posted by butterfly
acutally i was wondering if maybe it didnt work for me cause my hair type is different than people i previously talked to. i have really thick and fine dark hair. if i let it air dry in normal, not cold, weather, it takes about 6 hours. so you can see why i feel the need to blow dry it (takes maybe 20-30 min to blow dry it on hot). i dont normally use any special products other than thermasilk conditioner but my hair is really shiny and not frizzy when i dry it. i dry it every other day. i think i might like to try one of the straigtening products. i have this curl in the back that wont dry straight. |
yeaa now that I think about it, my previous roommate had really thick dark hair and when she blowdried it, it turned out shiny and straighter... my hair and many of my friends' is thin for some reason so we can't blow dry like that. Especially if your hair quality is bad, you shouldn't... my hair is fine like a baby's... |
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| igottaknow |
| ionic = marketing strategy to sell more hairdryers |
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| Orbax |
You girls better know that you shouldnt wash it every day :p
When I had dreads (you wanna talk about a long time to dry off!) I would:
just wear this rasta hat (tam for you noobs)
if you need any more advice im here for you. |
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