You don’t have to worry about heat damage, right?

Only if your styling tool is up too high. If you don’t understand that your hair is not as thick as you thought, it’s up too high. It’s kind of taking a little bit of the power away from the stylist and putting it into the consumer’s hands.

You can probably start at 300 [degrees]. 450 is for super thick hair. You* would probably start at 300 and test it on a very small part of your hair to see if it’s hot enough, or it’s too hot. Once you find out if your hair is good at [said temperature], you know because 300 is a very low amount of heat, then if that works for you, it’s perfect. If you find that your hair is smoking a lot, and it’s starting to make a little fray, then that might be too high.

How would you determine which grade of hair you have?

You know when the hair is wet. When the hair is wet, look at the curl. If you have your “s” curl pattern, then you’re in the 3s, but if you have zigzags, your “z”s, then you’re in the 4s.

All hair is good. It’s just what people do to it that makes it either good or bad…You want to have a good energy when you touch your hair.

Agree! Hence, “pelo malo” doesn’t exist in my book.

*Leatherwood was referring to my texture of hair. For more on natural hair types, reference this easy-to-follow guide on BlackGirlLongHair.com.

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