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Top hairstylists, makeup artists, and beauty gurus answer your questions.

Q: I love straight hair but can never get mine as straight as I’d like it to be. Any tips?

Smooth, pin-straight hair begins with the blow-dry. After detangling damp strands, apply a heat-protecting product from roots to ends, then separate your hair into several sections (the thicker and curlier the hair, the smaller the sections should be). Clip up the top and middle sections, and add a concentrator nozzle to the dryer. Blow-dry one small section of the bottom layer at a time, beginning at the roots, working toward the ends, and gripping each section firmly with a good paddle or round brush. It’s imperative to get the roots, keep the tension consistent, and keep the nozzle pointed downward. After the underside is dry, use the same technique for the middle and finally the top layers. At this point, you can flatiron your hair for an even straighter look, again working in small sections and keeping the iron moving to reduce the risk of damage. After a few practice runs, you’ll be finishing like the pros!

Hairstylist Gina Lepera-Murphy can be found behind the chair at Studio Blue in Dayton, Ohio. Her background includes training with Wella, Davines, and John Sahag, pioneer of the “dry cut,” as well as a variety of extensions certifications.

Photo credit: Kovalev Serguei

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