Flat Iron Tips: How To Not Let Your Straightener Ruin Your Hair

My days of sitting in the salon chair to get my thick curls flat-ironed until there's no kink or wave visible to the naked eye are long gone. Between the terrible smell of burnt hair and inevitable frizzy ends, having silky and straight strands momentarily just wasn't worth the long-term effects of damaged and brittle hair. But I have yet to convince my closest friends and co-workers to step away from hair straightening tools ... for good. To help explain what the flat iron is actually doing to ...