Brazilian blowout-hair straightener chemical

[OakLeaf]

I can't imagine being able to wake up and shake my head and have my hair look good.

I think that's more a testament to the hair stylist than anything. My hair's bone straight, and I can do that, now. But I learned the hard way that only a very skilled stylist can cut my hair this length. When I get a bad haircut, it just looks awful no matter what I do with it.

The most work my hair has ever been was when it was chin length. It wasn't near as much work as it sounds like yours was, but it was 25-35 minutes every single day, no days off, no vacations. I don't miss that.

[Owlie]

My hair's long (too long right now!), thick and curly. It used to be frizzy when I was a teenager. Now the only frizzy bits are the little short ones that are new growth, or the ones that broke. I longed for straight hair, and tried chemically relaxing it and ironing it. It did nothing for more than two days other than fry my hair, and it took forever. I gave up on it. I've wanted to chop it off short in the last couple months, but it'd probably look weird.

My sister has hair similar to mine (but not as thick) and still does the flat iron/chemical straightening. It looks good, but I cannot imagine spending that much time on my hair. I'll take the extra 20 minutes of sleep.