A Solia flat iron will give you the straightest, shiniest and most beautifully sleek hair. Not only does the Ceramic/Tourmaline plates of a Solia flat iron distribute heat evenly, the Solia Dynamic Alignment System helps to ensure perfect contact between your hair and plates. Here are some tips for using your Solia hair straigthener.

First, decide what temperature is best for your hair: a lower setting is best if your hair is bleached, fragile, or damaged; use a higher setting if your hair is coarse of thick. If you're not sure what heat setting to use on your Solia ceramic flat iron, then you should try a lower setting first: it's much easier to re-do your hair with a higher temperature than it is to un-do heat damage. The Solia ceramic hair straightener comes with an easy to use temperature control that can be set from 140F to 450F.

Next, plug it in a wait for the Solia flat iron to reach the desired temperature. Don't use the hair straightener until it's at the right temperature. You won't have to wait long, all types of Solia ceramic flat irons take about 30 seconds to heat up.

Dry your hair thoroughly using a towel and patting it flat and in a keep. Doing this will help to keep it soft and manageable.

Blow-dry your hair: your hair must be perfectly dry before you use your Solia flat iron.

Use hair oils or smoothing serum to protect your hair. Flat irons, like hair dryers, subject your hair to high temperatures that can cause hair damage. Using a good quality serum will protect it and it really is a false economy to buy a good quality Solia flat iron but use a low quality hair serum. Most hair protectors are applied to perfectly dry hair before you use a flat iron. Read the manufacturers instructions and follow them.

Now you can begin to use your Solia ceramic flat iron. The most popular Solia flat irons come with plate widths of 1 1/4 or 1 3/4 inches. It doesn't matter what size plates or what model of Solia flat iron you use, the principles remain the same. Start by lifting the hair up about half way up round your head and pinning up the top layers out of the way, to expose the hair underneath.

Draw a thin strip of your hair through the plates. Use sectioning clips, if you have them. Divide your hair into sections no wider than the heating plates of the Solia iron, and straighten slices no thicker than half the width of your heating plates. By working with small sections and slices, you can apply the heat evenly, and will get the desired straightness fast.

Never stop mid-section when using your Solia flat iron. You should always keep the plates moving. If you stop along a section of hair, you risk heat damage.

Straightening the back of your hair can be difficult. There is no easy solution; practice makes perfect. However, it can help if you place two mirrors on the diagonal so you can see the back of your head. Take the clipped sections of your hair out. Start at the bottom of your head - the neck or nape area and gradually work your way to the crown of your head.

Finally, don't use your Solia ceramic flat iron everyday - the more you use, the more you subject you hair to high temperatures, thus causing heat damage. When you get the hang of it, you hair should remain straight, shiny and beautiful for days.

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