*Note: This is a piece I wrote for MadameNoire.com.
The “F” word is so offensive, especially when said in the presence of a sensitive and reserved woman. The “F” word no woman who has put effort into smoothing or relaxing her crown of glory wants to hear is “frizz.” It’s a small word, but with it carries such a shady connotation, as in “You look pretty but your hair is beginning to have just a touch of frizz.” (Or people try to clean it up with friendlier synonyms like “wild,” “full” and “puffed up.”) When the desired look is sleek, frizz is the enemy, the antagonist, and the metaphorical devil hoping straightened hair chooses to dash its foot on a stone of humidity after fasting for days in a thermal style. Once frizz creeps its way into the strands of a sleek and smooth ‘do, that’s it. It’s ruined. It doesn’t matter that other people have no idea what your hair should look like in that moment, because you know your hair isn’t styled as neatly as it was earlier in the day or days before.
But the good news is that you can fight against those days where the hair at the nape of your neck stands up as a victim at the hands of moisture in the air, and worse, moisture that wasn’t predicted to happen according to your once trusty weather app. A solution lies beyond the horror. Keeping your hair moisturized, trimming split ends and using a nighttime cream to wrap your hair at the end of the day are great preventative solutions. But if you’re caught out in public without your portable curling iron or without access to an electrical outlet for the hot comb stored in a heat-retardant carrying case inside your bag, there are a few ways you can save your straight ‘do.
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