Alexa Rae

Straightening your hair has so many benefits, so much so that I recommend getting them at least once a quarter.

✨Silk presses help to seal and smooth your hair cuticle, allowing for moisture to be locked into your strands.

✨When your hair is straight, you can easily see where your dead ends are and can make the choice to get a proper trim/cut. If you go too long without seeing the potential damage, you risk the split ends traveling further up the hair shaft and losing more length.

✨Often times, when we wear our hair straight, we are less likely to over manipulate our hair or tie it in too tight of ponytails. It's no coincidence that those who straighten their hair more often tend to have better length retention.

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A few weeks ago my lovely client Leah gave me an opportunity to do her deva cut for her birthday! She and I both agreed that we loved the shape, but I have to honest, it didn't go as planned...

✨I failed to do a proper consultation, if I had we probably would've elected for a blow dry cut versus a traditional curly cut

✨Leah seldom wore her hair in wash n go's, mostly braid outs and twist outs. She was looking for shape to accentuate the styles. Not necessarily a traditional devacut, but that is how she best knew how to describe it

✨I am learning how to discern between clients wanting to add shape overall versus ones that not only want shape, but want it achieved with no heat. However, the no heat option is if you wear your hair naturally curly 99% of the time.

Moral of the story, she came back 3 weeks later and we blew her out, gave her an accurate cut and shape and styled her in a braid out. This was a learning moment for me. One that I must share so when you see the pictures I post, we both know what it took to get there and how far I have left to go!