Getting a Silk Press | Hair Me Out | Refinery29 

The results are beautiful! I love black hair because we have so many options and choices of how to style it 🥰

The most important part of a silk press is “ will my hair revert back properly and completely”

Her hair looks great both ways 😍

Learning to do DIY silk press was a game changer for my hair. Growth, length retention, less tangles and breakage, and because I can run a comb through my hair (versus never being able to all week with a naturally curly style or braids), the sebum from my scalp can get better distributed to my strands and naturally lubricate my hair (as opposed to using all those build-up causing products). Yes, your body produces the best natural hair protectant on earth! People will argue that heat styling will cause severe damage and it's because they (a) go to hair salons where the stylist uses maximum heat + multiple unneeded passes to achieve the sleekest look or (b) they are doing their press wrong and using the wrong products/tools. Been pressing my hair for almost 10 years VERY regularly and my hair always reverts completely. You should never retouch with the flat iron during the week even if it gets puffy, just style around it. Serums and light leave-ins are your friend, so avoid putting heavy oils and creams in your hair before a press. A good blow dryer is also key. I don't use those lava hot round brushes or cheap, junky blow dryers that do mechanical damage. I use the dyson with the comb attachment meant for kinky, curly hair. The revair is also good, but doesn't get the roots straight enough imo. A good blow dry will only need 1 pass with the iron (I keep mine at 350 and it's pin straight). My hair stays straight all week even with 5 days a week at the gym (use headbands and silk scrunchies to tie it up!). I use Amika dry shampoo towards the end of the week but very conservatively. Clarify your hair once a month to remove build up from silicons and serums. Deep condition your hair weekly. Your hair will grow if you follow these tips.

i loveee how her confidence came out after the reveal 💗 beautiful before and after. love a good silk press and i love how the hairstylist really takes her time with each step, you can tell she cares about her clients’ hair.

I always love the curly hair features. Great silk press

The hairstylist did such a great job. Her techniques made the hair pretty and shiny. What was the flat iron she used? The blue one? Babyliss? She used like three diff flat irons 😮!

She did such an amazing job!!🔥

CUTE! I love a good silk press.

My hair literally does better in being consistently blow dried/press than other actual protective styles lol

I wish she would have demonstrated how to tie the hair up at night.

She's so beautiful

The stylist was awesome the treatment that she gave was beyond 💯‼️💲👌🏼📺📽️🌟🥰🥰🥰💎🙋🏻‍♀️✨🎉. I think if I had to do it I would have used the actual Marcel curling irons to give a more tighter curl that gives more body and longer lasting but that's just me but I love the overall output it was beautiful.

Beautiful❤

Beautiful !

She was one of my suite mates in college.

so good!

Amazing

I've always wanted to ask - is it safe for hairstylists to have such long nails? Isn't it dangerous to the client and themselves? Scratches, bleach, water damage to the nail adhesive?

She beautiful 😍.

What?! The inaccuracy of this! A lot of black women do the big chop girl you are not a unicorn. Most natural women actually do reserve this for special occasions NOT 100% of the time!!! She must be ignorant to weather in the Midwest lol. Don't get me wrong she looks fabulous...but I wish I would pay a Beverly Hills stylist and come out looking like that

To me it’s just about manageability. Not the straightness, I like to have it soft, big curls and shiny 💇🏽‍♀️

I wonder How does your curls look like after this? I would like to try it, but don’t want to have my curls fried or loosen up…

What is the brush she used for detangling in the bowl?

Straight hair looks sooo good on anyone!

What is the name of the treatment she used on her hair?

I wish she talked about products 😕

What is the name of the straightener?

Nice🔥

No heat protectant?

I’ve seen silkier presses. This ain’t all that. No shade. Also, you can roller set the hair instead of blow drying it as it’s less harsh. Then blow it out dry before using the straighteners.

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This is just a one-time hairstyle right? As in she won't have straight hair after the second wash. Looks gorgeous anyway!!

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So Snoop gets a silk press?

Nicole heavily favours Ciara.

Silk press is not brand new....go talk to your grandparents ...this has been the style 1800's...😊

Ohh she definitely got Heat damage! This stylist didn't even use heat protectant. Ohh its OVER for her curls 🤦🏽‍♀️