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CERAMIC HAIR STRAIGHTENERS

Hair straightening is one of the latest hair style fads where people with all types of hair use hair straighteners to straighten hair, using heat. There are two types of hair straighteners; steam ceramic hair straighteners like H2 pro and regular hair straighteners. The difference between these two hair straighteners is that regular straighteners are meant for use on dry hair while the steam hair straighteners can be used on damp hair.

Steam ceramic hair straighteners come with vent channels on the sides of its flat plates for the extraction of moisture from hair and to seal the hair cuticle. This straightens the hair with the venting of steam. There are various advantages to steam hair straighteners over regular ones.

1. The greatest advantage of steam ceramic hair straighteners is that it can be used to style towel dried hair. This is because this hair straightener can be used on damp hair. This thus eliminates the need of blow drying the hair before straightening. This not only saves time, but also creates minimum heat damage to the hair.

2. Moreover, steam hair straighteners make straightening of thick and coarse hair easy because of the use of steam. These straighteners are found in various designs and sizes where the width of its flat plates can be changed for different lengths of hair. Longer hair need wider plates while shorter hair, narrower plates.

3. Steam hair straighteners like H2pro usually come with ceramic hot plates and temperature control so that you can control temperature with your hair. It is better to use more heat for thick, curly and coarse hair and lower temperatures for thinner, straighter and smoother hair.

4. There are also some steam hair straighteners that come with small teeth at its edge to comb hair before it touches the flat plate.

5. There are water tanks to store water in some ceramic hair straighteners like H2pro, to hold water to steam straighten dry hair.

Tips for choosing flat irons

It is possible to choose your flat irons by brand where the more popular ones like H2pro may cost more. However it is worthwhile paying so much for it as they give great results with hair straightening.

You can also choose your flat iron based on the color you like. There are numerous colors to choose from today like green, purple, blue, black, silver and also pink.

Buying low profile flat irons is not a bad idea either as these products have been around for a long time, and have thus built consumer confidence. Besides color and brand, you have to take the price and the features of the flat iron into consideration to make the final choice for the best iron for yourself.

Ceramic hair straighteners are relatively better

With so many flat irons to choose from, it is important that you choose the right hair flat iron for yourself. Though consumer flat irons are cheaper, the professional ceramic flat irons have ceramic heaters and thick ceramic layers on the plate.

Ceramic flat irons produce negative ions and infrared heat that is gentle to your hair. It also helps in sealing hair follicles, preserves moisture of your hair and conditions hair for added shine and health.

Though ceramic flat irons are the best for your hair straightening needs, you have to choose the right sized one as mentioned above. If you want to make curls and flips, choose plates having rounded edges.

When you buy a steam ceramic hair straightener, remember that you have to choose it based on your hair type, length and the cut and style of your hair. Retail price of these hair straighteners vary, and starts from $30 to $100. It is not necessary that you always pay more for a better ceramic hair straightener.

However if you buy your H2pro ceramic hair straightener from us, we sell it to you with a one year warranty and always free shipping. This is because we are an authorized dealer for H2pro flat irons and have a 30 days money back guarantee on your purchase.

Hair preparation before hair straightening

The first thing to do before straightening your hair is to clean it to rid it of the everyday build up of grease and dirt. If this is not done, it is possible for the ceramic hair straightener to stick to your hair, clump up and thus damage your hair.

For better handling of your hair, you have to shampoo and condition your hair using quality hydrating products. Do this either before straightening your hair, or the night before. If you are straightening damp hair, use a thermal spray for even distribution and softening of hair while drying. With this, your hair gets protected while you have an increased life of your style.

If you want to dry your hair, use a ceramic heated ionic hair dryer as it produces gentler heat for faster drying of your hair. Moreover, it produces reduced static, frizz and damage of hair shaft.

Choosing the right temperature

Never use more heat than required to style your hair, so use the temperature setting control found on the H2pro, ceramic hair straightener. High heat of about 350 – 400 degrees F is required for straightening thick, coarse and extra curly hair while 300 degrees F is enough for fine, damaged or chemically treated hair. However 300- 380 degrees F is sufficient heat for straightening normal hair.

You can tell the right temperature of the ceramic hair straightener by moistening a piece of tissue paper, and then pressing it with the flat iron. If the paper steams, and not burn, then it means that the temperature is right.

How to use a flat iron

After washing your hair, you have to use a fine comb to get rid of all tangles in your hair. You could apply some serum to your hair to flatten your hair cuticles, and thus ease its movements. However don’t apply serum too close to the roots as this will only plaster your hair to your head.

This done, you have to make sections of your hair, which are no wider than the width of the iron plate. You have to start from a side of your head, while working around to the other side.

You have to work through the hair layers to the crown of your head. While moving between sections, you have to go back over the junctions in between the straightened sections to give a more even look to your hair.

Clips help H2pro straighten your hair

If required, you could use clips to keep your hair separated while styling. These sections have to be small as too huge sections lead to uneven heating of the hair, which in turn leads to uneven styling. Moreover, smaller sections give less passes with the iron, and produces straighter hair.

If you get too much of hair in the iron, it leads to your hair taking longer to straighten. This will not only reap you of the desired hair effect, but the prolonged use of heat also leads to more damage to your hair.

On choosing the right sections, press these sections between the plates of the H2pro near your scalp. Then while maintaining gentle pressure, you have to draw the iron to the tips of your hair evenly, and moderately fast. The flat iron should not linger on any spot for too long; with practice, you will be able to get this right.

How to curl your hair with a flat iron

Flat irons are not only used for straightening your hair, but also for curling your hair. It is easier to make curls if the flat iron has rounded or curved plates. You have to clamp an inch section of your hair close to your scalp, and turn your flat iron about one and a half times in the direction you want your hair to curl.

This is when you have to hold the flat iron at this angle, and pull it along the length of the hair, while maintaining the curling position of the flat iron. This has to be repeated for all curls. Long hair may have to be pinned up to ensure that they stay put till the end. This technique may look tedious at first; however once you get the hang of things, it is pretty easy.

Tips for flipping with a flat iron

Flipping your hair is about the same as straightening your hair. The only difference is that on reaching your hair tips, you have to turn your flat iron in the direction of the flip, while gliding the flat iron along your hair. You can experiment to get different volumes of flip by starting your flip at different points of your hair.

Protecting your hair style

There is no point in just styling your hair using a ceramic hair straightener; you have to protect it to keep your hair perfectly styled throughout the day and night. Don’t brush your hair immediately after straightening as this loses the shape of the style.

Instead, if you need to do any flattening of your hair, you could do it by using some hairspray on your toothbrush. However make sure that you don’t touch the straightened areas.

Look after your ceramic hair straightener

Make sure that you maintain the condition of your flat iron by storing it in a heat proof pouch. This should also be used when traveling as it protects your H2pro well. This pouch can also be used for placing your hot flat iron, to protect your counters from possible heat damage.

Make it a point to clean your ceramic hair straightener periodically. You have to clean it more frequently if you use heat serums or leave in conditioners on your hair. However the flat iron can be cleaned only once a week if you do not these products much. This is because buildup of these hair products on the plates of the flat iron only make your hair snag, and also shortens the life of the plates.

You can clean your flat iron by heating it and then wiping it using a non-abrasive cloth. If you use leave-in treatments frequently, it is better to use a flat iron cleaner too. However don’t use chemical solvents as they are not meant for cleaning your flat iron.

With this, you will be able to maintain your H2pro ceramic hair straightener for a long time, to faithfully give you the hair straightening effects you want in your hair.

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Imagine leaving a window open all winter long – the heat loss, cold drafts, and wasted energy! Well if your home has a folding attic stair, a fireplace, and/or a clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home!

These often overlooked sources of heat loss and air leakage can cause your heat pour out and the cold outside air pour in – costing you higher heating bills, causing cold drafts, and wasting energy.

Air leaks are the largest source of heating and cooling loss in the home. Air leaks occur through the small cracks around doors, windows, pipes, etc. We apply caulk and weatherstripping to these areas to minimize heat loss and cold drafts.

But what can you do about the three largest “holes” in your home – the folding attic stair, the fireplace, and the clothes dryer? Here are some tips and techniques that can easily, quickly and inexpensively seal and insulate these holes.

Attic Stairs:

Do you have a folding attic stairway in your house? When attic stairs are installed, a large hole (approximately 10 square feet!) is created in your ceiling. The ceiling and insulation that were there have to be removed. And what is installed to cover this opening? A thin, unsealed, un-insulated sheet of plywood!

Did you know that your attic space is ventilated directly to the outdoors? In the winter, the attic space can be very cold, and in the summer it can be very hot. And what is separating your conditioned house from your unconditioned attic? That thin sheet of plywood!

Often a gap can be observed around the perimeter of the door. Try this yourself: at night when it is dark, turn on the attic light and shut the attic stairway door – do you see any light coming through? These are gaps – which add up to a large opening where your heated/cooled air leaks out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year! This is like leaving a window open all year round!

An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add an attic stair cover. An attic stair cover provides an air seal, reducing the air leaks. Add the desired amount of insulation over the cover to restore the insulation removed from the ceiling.

Fireplaces:

Approximately 100 million homes in North America are constructed with wood or gas burning fireplaces. Unfortunately there are negative side effects that the fireplace brings to a home especially during the winter home-heating season. Fireplaces are energy losers!

Researchers have studied this to determine the amount of heat loss through a fireplace, and the results are amazing! One remarkable research study showed that an open damper on an unused fireplace in a well-insulated house can raise overall heating energy consumption by 30%!

A recent study showed that for many consumers, their heating bills may be more than $500 higher per winter just due to the air leakage and wasted energy caused by fireplaces!

Why Does a Home With a Fireplace Have Higher Heating Bills? Hot air rises! Your heated air leaks out any exit it can find, and when your warm heated air is drawn out of your home, cold outside air is drawn in to make up for it. The fireplace is like a giant straw – sucking the heated air from your house. This is like leaving a window open all year round!

An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add a fireplace draftstopper. A fireplace draftstopper is an inflatable pillow that seals the damper, eliminating any air leaks. The pillow removed whenever the fireplace is used, then reinserted after.

Clothes Dryer Exhaust Ducts:

Have you ever noticed that the room containing your clothes dryer is the coldest room in your house? Ever wonder why? Your clothes dryer is connected to an exhaust duct that is open to the outdoors. In the winter, cold air leaks in through the duct, through your dryer and into your house, while your heated air just pours right out!

Dryer vents use a sheet metal flapper to try to reduce this air leakage. This is very primitive technology that does not provide a positive seal to stop the air leakage. Compounding the problem is that over time, lint clogs the flapper valve causing it to stay open. This is like leaving a window open all year round!

An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add a dryer vent seal! A dryer vent seal will reduce unwanted air infiltration, and keep out pests, bees and rodents as well. The vent will remain closed unless the dryer is in use. When the dryer is in use, a floating shuttle rises to allow warm air, lint, and moisture to escape.

If your home has a folding attic stair, a fireplace, and/or a clothes dryer, you can easily, quickly and inexpensively seal and insulate these holes. At Battic Door, we have developed low-cost, green solutions to these and other energy-conservation related issues. For more information please visit our website www.batticdoor.com or send a S.A.S.E. to P.O. Box 15, Mansfield, MA 02048.

We manufacture and distribute low-cost, high-value, air-leakage control energy conservation products for the three largest intentional openings in the house – the fireplace, the clothes dryer exhaust duct, and the pull-down attic stair.

Our customers are homeowners, weatherization firms and programs, municipals, utilities and contractors. We also sell our product at a wholesale discount to distributors.

Doing laundry is a necessary, but time consuming task that each of us must endure. While many may approach this chore with ease, there quite a few people with approach it with dread. Laundry no longer has to be a dreaded activity. There are many time saving tips available that can allow you to complete this task in a timely manner. Here, you will be introduced to many different laundry time saving tips. If you are one of the many that do not look forward to this weekly ritual, the steps listed throughout this article can prove to be extremely beneficial.

The first laundry time saving tip that I will discuss with you is based on organization. We all know that if we are organized, things will get done in a more efficient manner. This is true for every single aspect of our lives. You may not believe it, but it is also true when it comes to laundry. If your laundry and the area that you do your laundry in is organized, you will find that it saves you a lot of time and energy when approaching this task. One of the first things that you want to do is set up different baskets for different types of clothes.

For example, you will want to set up a basket for towels, one for whites, one for shirts, one for pants, and so on. If you do this, you will find that you save a considerable amount of time in the area of laundry preparation and actually washing your clothes. You should also make it a point to make rules regarding laundry in the home. We will discuss examples of these rules towards the end of this article.

In your laundry area, it is best to set up a wardrobe area where you can hang up clothes and possibly even one with some drawers. The reason for this is when you get done with a load of laundry, you can go ahead and hang and fold the clothes right there. You can then place them on the wardrobe and in the drawers to be picked up and put away by the individuals who the clothes belong to. You may want to label off sections of the hanging wardrobe with each family member’s name so that they know right which clothes are theirs.

You will also want to place labels on the drawer system that you set up so that each person knows which drawers contain their clothes. This is a great laundry time saving tip because it allows you to avoid the hassle of having to take it upon yourself to put everything away. If you have to do the laundry, fold and hang all the clothes, and put them away, it can take up a lot of time that could be spent doing other things that you enjoy.

Earlier in this article, I mentioned some laundry rules. Now, I will expound on examples of these rules. It is important to implement these if you are looking for some laundry time saving tips. One of the least favored rules, but best when it comes to time saving on laundry chores is to make certain that everyone puts their dirty laundry in the appropriate areas right side out.

There is nothing more time consuming than having to turn everyone’s clothes right side out. In addition to this, you may want to provide everyone with large safety pins so that they can pin their socks together. This saves the hassle of having to match up all those socks and try to figure out whether the washing ate the missing ones…

As you can see, there are many different laundry time saving tips that can help make life easier when it comes to this time consuming chore. If you are looking for ways to get through this task easily, these tips can help you do just that!

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