Your Beauty Tips

[Abi]

- Men: Be carefull with straighteners! Overly straightened hair on men looks odd. And if you do straighten it, the don't just leave it, but then style it. Just straightening your hair makes it look flat. Wax is your friend

I never use gel or wax after i've straightened as my hair always will look a mess after, so whats the point in going to all that effort to make it look like a bag of straw?

what i do do though is put the hairdryer over it, blow it around and spray loads of Shockwave onto it whilst its being blown, so it doesn't look dead straight but it doesn't look messy either

Shockwave is a spray gel isn't it? So that helps to style it, which is what i meant. Its when people straighten it flat and leave it that it looks odd. Gel helps to style it, or wax helps to just give it texture and lift it.

And you sound like your using too much product on it, if it goes like straw. It binds the hair too much. Use a tiny tiny amount, and then you can always add to it later.