okayyy guys, i do this everyday to keep my hair healthy and shiny, so pay attention. one i do to air dry, the other when i want to blow dry and straighten.

for air drying
1. i wash my hair at night with moisturizing shampoo and conditioner. i like nexxus, but you can use anything as long as it's moisturizing.
2.towel dry hair super well. pat, don't rub. rubbing creates frizz and static.
3. when my hair is still damp, i scrunch a little bit of bumble and bumble curl cream into my hair to bring out my natural waves.
4. i let it dry while i sleep. in the morning, i shake my waves and spray them with garnier shine spray.

for blowdrying/straightening
1. still wash with moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, but if you have deep conditioner, that's even better. i love redken smooth down butter treatment. it makes my hair super silky.
2. towel dry like always.
3. mix a drop of smoothing cream with a drop of anti-frizz serum. i love dove styling cream and bumble and bumble anti-frizz serum.
4. rub through hair and blow dry. when dry, put on some heat protecting spray and run the chi straightener through your hair. your hair should be straight and silky smooth!

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*** let your hair air dry *** 1. Wash your hair with the Fekkai glossing shampoo and conditioner letting the conditioner sit in your hair for about two to three minutes.
2. At the end of your shower or bath blast your hair with ice cold water (the colder the water, the shinier the hair).
3. Work a "pea size" of the Fekkai glossing cream through damp hair and wrap in a towel for about an hour.
4. Its best to sleep on a silk pillow case because it prevents frizz.
5. In the morning, spray the CHI 44 Iron Guard on your hair before flat ironing.
6. Flat Iron your hair.
7. Work another "pea size" amount of the Fekkai glossing cream through your hair for ultimate frizz control (work the cream through after your hair has cooled down from the flat ironing).
*** let your hair air dry ***

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I just bought the Chi yesterday and will be returning it tomorrow. The bad thing about the Chi is that it has one setting...HOT! If you have bleached hair it will fry it...I even put a product in my hair but the temp was way too much. I owned a Sedu for 4 years until it broke last week...I plan on getting another since that one didn't damage my hair and had temperature control. If your hair is delicate I'd skip the Chi.

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Ok...I read a LOT of reviews, and noticed how your hair dried out or was fried at the ends ect. Look people it's called conditioner...I use L'Oreal Paris Studio Line Hot Straight LEAVE IN CONDITIONER. It helps & improves straighening. It also has GREAT heat protection. It really works, just follow the directions on the bottle.

In the next case, you say your straightener is supposedly "not durable." DO NOT STRAIGHTEN IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF WET GEL OR STYLING PRODUCT IN YOUR HAIR WHILE STRAIGHTENING IT. It WILL ruin your straightener! (about the conditioner, let your hair DRY COMPLETELY before you straighten it.) More than likely you will NOT have any product residue on your straightener.

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I have achieved the best resluts after washing and conditioning hair then blow drying straight. If you have coarse or thick hair, this works best. Your hair is silky smooth and unbelieveably silky soft! Your hair will feel and look wonderful. You will get that salon quality look and feel right at home!

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Making curly hair wiht the CHI was a challenge at first, but i finally figured out how to do it and want to share with those who are still struggling.
Take a piece of hair by the root and put it into the iron. rotate the iron 360 degrees so your hair goes all the way around the hot part. hold for a second or less (it works really fast) release SLIGHTLY and pull down hold and press again for a second. Make sure the hair is pulled tightly around the iron for best results. Release slightly again and keep lowering it to the root little by little making sure your hair still wrapped around the iron. you don't wanna wrap the WHOLE strand of hair around like when using a typical curling iron, this will not work. With the chi you can creat a curl SO FAST and you dont have to sit and hold it like with cheap irons. the faster you do it the bigger the curls/waves. if you do it little by little you'll have curly sue curls!

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i use the chi almost daily. i take a shower at night and let my hair dry naturally til morning. in the shower i use bumble & bumble products and once a week i use their sunday shampoo. this keeps my hair healthy. then i straighten my hair as usual. i, then, blow my hair with a burst of cool air from my hairdryer. sometimes i add a small amount of shimmer to my roots so they look great as the sun hits them. this makes my hair look amazing.

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i have been a hairstylist for a while now and i have learned the correct way to use a hot tool. What i do on my costumers is
1. i use Halo shampoo and conditioner
2. i put halo smoothing cerum and chi silk cerum and i spray the hair with chi protection spray
3. i blow dry out hair. hair is somtimes still wild and frizzy or if your at home you can just let hair air dry overnight
4. when wake up put more protection spray
5. i straighten hair with the chi flatiron and it works great
6. when im all finished i put a little more of chi silking cerum and hair looks healthy and amazing.

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I shampoo and condition my hair with extra moisturizing shampoo, becuase its prone to frizz and dry ends. Then add a leave in conditioner, straightening serum, and Chi Silk Infusion (just a little or it will make your hair greasy!) Blow dry it straight all at once, dont blow dry it in sections. Continuously comb ur hair in different directions while blow drying, alternating between the front, back and sides of your head. It will look EXTREMELY frizzy after its completely dry (i usualy look like i have a 2 foot tall afro) but it will add volume after you iron it. Clip up most of your hair, leaving a SMALL section down. Make sure the section isnt too big or else it will still be frizzy after you straighten it. Slide the Chi iron from the root to the tip slowly, then run a comb through it to make it that much more straight. This will take a long time, but trust me it works. You usualy need only one pass to make it straight, so theres less dammage. It takes me about an hour and a half, and my hair is 3 inches below my shoulder. To make it really shiny, spritz a shining spray sparingly on to your hair, or add a small ammount of shining serum to your hands and run your hands through your hair, starting from your nape, working up to the top (dont put too much on the top of your head especially, or it will look greasy), and voila!

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Ok...since the Chi is a super hot flat iron, you need to ensure that you keep your hair healthy even with daily use of the Chi.
1. I use V05 hot oil treatments twice a week, usually with a day or two in between or else your hair gets greasy.
2. Once a week, I use a special hair mask, Neutrogena Triple Moisture.
3. Lastly, I use Redken Butter Treat smoothing treatment about once a month. I use my Chi everyday and I only have to get trims every three months because i have few split ends and my hair is healthy.
*USE BIOSILK SILK THERAPY BEFORE YOU STRAIGHTEN YOUR HAIR
(it works wonders)

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