^ Naturally curly hair with a strong wave, pictured before shampooing.

^ After shampooing and conditioning, hair still shows its strong curl and tendency to matt.

^ For this type and length of hair we're using a medium amount of d:fi straighten serum.

^ Work d:fi straighten around palms of hand then smooth through length of hair.

^ Using a hairdryer and paddle brush start to dry hair, brushing through to encourage straightness.

^ With the hairdryer set to medium heat, gently but quickly 'rough dry' hair to about 80% dry.

^ Hair is now much straighter, but still frizzy and lacks real shine plus wouldn't retain straightness long.

^ Before using ceramic hair straighteners, we usually apply a few drops of MOP shine drops.

^ After working around palms, swiftly run through mid-lengths and ends of hair.

^ With medium or long hair, plastic hair clips help keep hair out of way whilst using straighteners.

^ Starting at front and with a small section of hair, swiftly smooth ceramic straightners down length.

^ Keep sectioning hair out of the way and work around head with the ceramic straighteners.

^ On larger sections you may need to repeat 2-3 times with the ceramic hair straighteners.

^ Once the bulk of hair has been straightened, finish the style by blending at the ends.

^ The ceramic straighteners help produce sleek, shiny, frizz-free straight hair with long lasting style.

see a larger before/after image

see also... how to straighten hair (pt-1)
showing you how we use products and brushes and ceramic hair straighteners in the salon