PrittyKitty7
August 31st, 2017, 09:57 AM
Hi guys! I recently started letting my hair air dry a lot. When I was younger (I'm 28) I always hated letting it air dry because it would be ugly and frizzy and out of control, but I think part of the reason for that was because it had already had so much heat damage done to it since I used to constantly flat iron and blow dry it.
Anyway, fast forward like 5+ years and now I regularly get Brazilian blowouts. By regularly I mean about every 4-5 months. The reason I started getting them is not because I have course or curly hair... my hair is actually pretty straight, and its fine but I have a lot of it. However I wanted to stop using so much heat on it and figured if I started getting Brazilian blowouts, I could get it air dry (or at least just use the blow dryer instead of the flat iron) and then it would be healthier while still looking good. So that's where I'm at now and ever since I've been doing that I notice that my hair is healthier, and when I let it air dry now, even if the Brazilian blow out has grown out, my hair still looks much better.
Now for my question... now that I'm an avid air-drying-my-hair person, I notice that when I let it totally air dry (no blow dry what so ever - hair is wet, I put a tiny bit of product in it, brush it how I part it and totally let it air dry) it dries SO FREAKING SHINY. Like shinier than ever. I notice that it dries shinier when I let it air dry even compared to when I blow it dry...so even if I blow it dry and use a round brush and "polish" my hair with the dryer, my hair is shinier when air dried.
How is this possible? I am just wondering why this happens? I always thought that heat sealed the cuticle and thats what made hair so shiny.... so how is it that when I let it air dry it looks insanely shiny? I actually dont even like using my flat rron anymore because compared to air drying, it actually makes my hair look more dull and lifeless.
How crazy is that? Anyone have any answers as to why air drying your hair leaves it so shiny? Another thing I want to mention is that I recently started using a mason pearson brush.... but only a few days ago so I dont think that has much to do with it. Looking forward to responses from you guys!
Anyway, fast forward like 5+ years and now I regularly get Brazilian blowouts. By regularly I mean about every 4-5 months. The reason I started getting them is not because I have course or curly hair... my hair is actually pretty straight, and its fine but I have a lot of it. However I wanted to stop using so much heat on it and figured if I started getting Brazilian blowouts, I could get it air dry (or at least just use the blow dryer instead of the flat iron) and then it would be healthier while still looking good. So that's where I'm at now and ever since I've been doing that I notice that my hair is healthier, and when I let it air dry now, even if the Brazilian blow out has grown out, my hair still looks much better.
Now for my question... now that I'm an avid air-drying-my-hair person, I notice that when I let it totally air dry (no blow dry what so ever - hair is wet, I put a tiny bit of product in it, brush it how I part it and totally let it air dry) it dries SO FREAKING SHINY. Like shinier than ever. I notice that it dries shinier when I let it air dry even compared to when I blow it dry...so even if I blow it dry and use a round brush and "polish" my hair with the dryer, my hair is shinier when air dried.
How is this possible? I am just wondering why this happens? I always thought that heat sealed the cuticle and thats what made hair so shiny.... so how is it that when I let it air dry it looks insanely shiny? I actually dont even like using my flat rron anymore because compared to air drying, it actually makes my hair look more dull and lifeless.
How crazy is that? Anyone have any answers as to why air drying your hair leaves it so shiny? Another thing I want to mention is that I recently started using a mason pearson brush.... but only a few days ago so I dont think that has much to do with it. Looking forward to responses from you guys!