Hi. My name is Kyra Brown
I’m a professional hair stylist and educator who specializes in textured hair.
I’m going to show you how to do a silk press at home
with the Dyson Corrale straightener.
Hi Nedge.
Hi Kyra.
How are you?
Good.
How do you normally wear your hair?
So, normally I like to wear it naturally curly
but sometimes I like to give it a nice straight, sleek look.
Great. Great. So, let’s get started.
You want to begin with clean hair.
Shampooing and deep conditioning are a must to make sure your hair is moisturized.
Because you have so much hair, which is awesome,
I want to use something that’s going to help me to maneuver through your hair,
so I’m going to use detangling spray to help me get through it.
I like to do about four or five sprays.
Kind of making sure that all the hair strands are moisturized.
So, when we are detangling it’s important to start from ends and work our way up to the root.
Just kind of working our way up until we get to the scalp
Then we’ll drop the second section and again work our way up.
Always work in sections—detangle, blow dry in sections and flat iron in sections.
And then when we’re done with that section we’ll gather it
and use our clip and move to the second side. Just taking our time.
Letting the comb do the work and we’ll drop the second the sub section again and we’ll rehydrate
This really helps the comb to glide through. And detangle.
We’re going to twist this up again.
Now we’re ready to dry.
I always part hair into 4 sections—so I can grab a small section to get started.
We’re going to do 1-inch smaller sub-sections.
Starting at the bottom will help to keep loose hair from getting in your way.
I’m going to use my Dyson Supersonic with the Wide-tooth comb attachment
to help me with the blow dry process.
I actually have that same attachment at home.
What I love is that it really stretches my hair,
but it’s also really gentle with my curls.
It’s great, right?
One tip is to make sure each section is damp before you dry
so you may have to re-wet a section once you get to it.
Now that your hair is 100% dry, it’s time for the exciting part
using the Dyson Corrale straightener.
If you look inside the Corrale
you can see that it’s the only straightener with flexing plates
that shape to gather hair, see?
Oh yeah, that is different
And what’s great is it gives you enhanced styling with half the damage
and you can use it corded or cord-free.
That is so cool.
When I’m ready, I take a small section, no wider than the Corrale and no thicker than a quarter inch.
Then, I place the tress in the middle of the plate so that the flexing plates
can shape around the hair and gather neatly on each pass.
Because the flexing plates grip the hair, you can actually loosen your own grip
while styling and let the machine do the work for you.
Before you use the Corrale, you want to make sure it’s 100% charged
and then while you’re styling, set it down in the charging dock between sections
to help extend your run time.
You may hear a chime while you’re styling
This indicates that your machine is heating up
or your chosen temperature has been reached.
Since the Corrale has flexing plates, it gives me extra control
to create the same style but with less heat and half the damage.
There’s also less frizz and flyaways compared to conventional solid plates
so we are protecting those curls!
Plus, the Corrale has intelligent heat control
that controls the temperature of the plates 100 times a second.
Ensuring you never exceed your chosen temperature.
There are three different heat settings: 330, 365, and 410.
Since Nedge has curly hair I’m going to set it to the highest temperature.
But Dyson recommends you start at a lower temperature than usual.
Close the Corrale over the hair as close to the head as possible.
Position your comb and Corrale in the hair
and gently pull the Corrale down your hair at a slow pace following the comb.
Go nice and slow all the way down to the ends.
About one second per inch allows the plates to thoroughly heat that strand.
In most cases you can achieve soft smooth hair with a single pass.
And less passes mean less exposure to heat, which results in less damage.
But sometimes one pass isn’t always possible on textured hair.
In that case, what I like to do is lower the temperature when I need to go over a section again.
This helps protect the hair from excess heat damage, which is reassuring as a stylist.
Decreasing the temperature is also a good tip
if you just need to touch up your hair later on in the week.
As you finish a section, move up and take another sub-section of equal size
and repeat until you have smoothed and straightened an entire section.
While I get another section ready, I’ll make sure to dock the Corrale to extend my run time.
As a stylist, I love that it’s cord-free and I can move around the salon
without getting all tangled up in my chair.
It has up to 30-minutes of cord-free run-time that delivers
the same thermal performance of a corded straightener.
Once you’ve repeated through all the sections
you can shape the ends by rotating the machine by 45 degrees.
Okay, so now apply your favorite styling product and you have a beautiful smooth and silky look.
This turned out really nice.
It looks so good. I can’t believe how smooth it is.
And it was a lot faster than I thought.
Yeah, and we got it this smooth with less heat exposure
which is a game changer for textured hair like yours
Some conventional straighteners get too hot and damage the curl pattern
or cause you to lose it all together and we don’t want that to happen.
Now if you want to maintain your silky look for a few days
Make sure you wrap your hair with a scarf anytime your hair will be exposed
to moisture or at night to protect it from the friction of your pillow.
As a stylist, I’m always looking for tools that not only help me create
a style with more ease, but also use less heat which helps reduce breakage
so that makes me really excited.