The Sleek Hair Guide: How to Master Straight, Glossy Hair
How Do You Create Perfectly Sleek, Smooth Hair for Your Clients?
Ultra-sleek, glossy hair is having a moment. Think smooth lengths, high shine and a polished finish that gives straight hair a modern, elevated feel.
For professional stylists, creating the perfect sleek finish is all about the right preparation, temperature and technique. From choosing the right straightener for your client’s hair to perfecting your styling routine, here’s how to master straight, glossy hair in the salon.
Which Straightener Is Best for Sleek Hair?
Choosing the right styling tool for your client’s hair type can make achieving a sleek, polished finish much easier.
The upgraded Beauty Works Straightener is a versatile styling essential, featuring tourmaline-coated ceramic plates for an effortless glide and Advanced Ionic Technology to help smooth the hair cuticle, reduce static and flyaways and lock in moisture as you style.
For clients with longer, thicker hair, the new Beauty Works Wide Plate Straightener features wider plates that cover more hair with every pass, allowing you to work through larger sections while achieving smooth, polished results.
What Temperature Should You Use to Straighten Your Client’s Hair?
More heat doesn’t necessarily mean better results.
Both Beauty Works Straighteners feature adjustable digital heat settings from 80°C to 220°C, allowing you to tailor the temperature to your client’s hair type, including Beauty Works extensions. Precise temperature control helps minimise unnecessary heat exposure while delivering sleek, long-lasting results.
Temperature guide
How Should You Straighten Hair for a Smoother Finish?
For an ultra-polished finish, sectioning is key. Use Beauty Works Sectioning Clips to divide the hair into manageable sections, keeping the rest neatly out of the way as you style. Work from the underneath upwards, gliding your straightener smoothly from root to tip.
Tourmaline-coated ceramic plates distribute heat evenly across the hair, helping to reduce static and flyaways while creating a smoother glide and sleek, polished finish.
How Do You Create Glossy Straight Hair?
The straight hair trend isn’t just about getting hair straight – it’s about creating that glossy, smooth and expensive-looking finish your clients are asking for.
Advanced Ionic Technology releases negative ions to help smooth the hair cuticle, reduce static and flyaways and lock in moisture as you style, leaving hair softer, sleeker and polished for longer.
It’s all about creating a smooth, high-shine finish that elevates the final look.
Which Hair Products Should You Use for Sleek, Glossy Hair?
Creating sleek, glossy hair starts before you pick up your straighteners. Using the right haircare throughout the service can help keep your client’s lengths looking smooth, healthy and polished.
Use Beauty Works Dream Shine Spray on freshly washed hair to help defrizz and smooth the lengths, alongside 10-in-1 Miracle Spray to keep hair tangle-free and help prevent split ends.
Before straightening, always apply Beauty Works Heat Protection Spray to help protect the hair from heat damage. Once you’ve finished styling, smooth Argan Oil Serum through the mid-lengths and ends to deeply nourish the hair and leave it looking healthy.
For the final touch, mist over Beauty Works Mirror Shine Spray for the ultimate high-shine, glossy finish.
Don’t forget to recommend the products you’ve used during the appointment to your clients, helping them maintain their sleek, glossy results at home while creating an additional retail opportunity for your salon.
Should You Choose the Everyday or Wide Plate Straightener?
Choosing between the two comes down to your client’s hair type and the style you’re creating. For versatile styling across a range of hair types, choose the Beauty Works Everyday Straightener. Its standard 25mm plates are ideal for sleek, straight finishes as well as creating soft waves and curls.
For clients with longer, thicker hair, opt for the Wide Plate Straightener. Its wider 45mm plates cover more hair with every pass, allowing you to work through larger sections and create smooth, polished results efficiently.
How Can You Create a Sleek Style That Lasts?
Whether your client wants poker-straight lengths, a glossy middle part or simply smoother, more polished hair, choosing the right temperature and working carefully in sections can help you create a sleek finish that lasts.
With tourmaline-coated ceramic plates, Advanced Ionic Technology and precise temperature control, the new generation of Beauty Works Straighteners is designed to deliver smoother styling, long-lasting sleekness and serious shine.
Discover the new Beauty Works Straighteners and upgrade your professional styling kit with the perfect tool for smoother, shinier, seriously sleek results.