my hair is black and im getting some kind of brown highlights.. my hair is KINDA poofy so i was wondering if getting highlights would straighten my hair a bit.. also.. i straighten my hair so i wonder if straightening my hair like 5 times a week would lighten my highlights.. pleaze answer!
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: Fashion and Styles? TiCkLeD_pInK540 answered Tuesday April 12 2005, 5:42 pm: Acctually, getting highlights will make your hair more poufy if anything. Since your hair is black, the only way to color it and get good results would be to bleach your hair. If you tryed to dye highlights then it wouldn't show up so your colorist will no doubt choose to bleach in the highlights. What happens is the hair soaks up the bleach and stores it in the inside of the root which makes the hair strand thicker which will make it more poufy. And straightening can lighten highlights but as long as you condition very well when you shower it should be fine. There's color protecting shampoos you can find at almost nay grocery stores, john frieda is a good brand.Try to only straighten your hair every other day. If your hair gets oily, there's a powder you can buy at drugstores for around 8 dollars that can hide oilyness in your hair. I hope I've been as helpful as possible! Good Luck!
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glamnglitz answered Tuesday April 12 2005, 5:08 pm: I don't think that getting highlights will straighten your hair. However, I think that if you straighten your hair (using a hot hair iron is the way I do it) your highlights will become somewhat lighter. At least that's what happened to mine. I have black/brown hair also, and I got some copper brown colored highlights, and at first they were not very noticeable. After I used a hot iron for a few days, my highlights looked lighter (not like a whole bunch though). [ glamnglitz's advice column | Ask glamnglitz A Question ]
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