Permanent Hair Straightening

[Spring Angel]

I'm thinking of shouting myself permanent hair straightening for my Birthday this year.

I have thick, frizzy hair and I've been using a GHD for a number of years. But with two LO's I just find it impossible to spend the time on my hair and it ends up in a pony. Also, I've just moved to North Queensland and the humidity is making my hair impossible to manage. I've started swimming on a regular basis and between washing, drying and straightening my hair is taking so much time and as soon as the humidity hits it it is a frizz ball again

My hairdresser uses Goldwell Straight and Shine system and it sounds fantastic. What I'd like to know is:

Has anyone had their hair straightened? (using the Goldwell or any other system)

Was it as good as you expected?

Would you get it done again?

I know it will need touch ups as my hair grows out but the thought of just letting my hair air dry is so tempting.

Cheers
Spring xx

[Dedicated Doula Gillian]

Oh gosh if this works for you please let me know as I'd love to straighten my hair to!

[*TripleJ*]

i have no experience but i was warned against it as it can wreak ur hair pretty bad my hairdresser wouldnt do it for me mind u i was 16 at the time i love my GHD

[Spring Angel]

My hairdresser is going to organise for me to see some of her clients that have had it done.

She promises me you can have it up in a pony, excercise and get sweaty, take the pony out and there will be no kinks or frizz at all.

It would give me back so much time.

[amberj]

oooOOOOooooo, sounds wonderful! Is it terribly expensive? Every time I've looked into really good permanent straightening, it costs an arm and a leg.

[Spring Angel]

Depends on length and thickness of you hair but for my hair she is going to charge $350. She owns the salon so will do it at her home on the weekend(she has a home salon aswell). If I was to get it done in the salon it would be closer to $600. If I think of all the straightening products and time spent on you hair in a year, I can justify it.

And it's my 30th so I deserve a treat.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i had it done (cant remember what they used) but it didnt work. apparantly it was my hair type. its not even that curly really. my SIL has nicole kidman type curls and it worked for her. she loved it, and yes she was able to put it up etc (like you mentioned). it did look a bit wierd as the roots grew back they were curly. you have to keep getting it done or use your hair straightener to do roots after a while.

that seems pretty pricey. i think i paid under 200 when i got mine done(about 4 years ago though). i asked my new hairdresser and she said it would be about 190.

[Doodlebug]

I chemically straightened my hair on and off for about 2yrs (this was before ds, now 4). I LOVED IT!!! It lasted about 4-6mts depending on regrowth so I had to keep going back. Like you my hair is ultra thick and frizzy! I've given in to the frizz now and use product to tame it back to a curl. That and I have FINALLY found a brilliant hairdresser who knows how to cut curly hair! She also thins it each visit.....much needed at the moment!

I found I still had kinks though, but the products have probably improved in the past 5 years. I was also told that sleeping on a satin pillow can help any straightening last a bit longer, either by the hairdresser or just straightening your hair at home. Not sure if this is true but can't hurt

ETA - I still found that if I wanted it to look really nice I still had to go over it with my straighteners before going out, but it only took about 5mins!