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Long, sleek, silky, straight hair will never go out of style. Think Jennifer Aniston.

Unfortunately, most of us aren’t blessed with a perfectly glossy mane. Here’s a quick (15 minutes!) and inexpensive hairstyling remedy you can try to achieve Jen’s sleek style. All you need are the following tools and products:
1. Blow-Dryer (the ones with hoods or diffusers work best)
2. Flat-Iron (pick one with ceramic plates, as these are less damaging to hair than those with metal ones)
3. A heat activated straightening balm. I recommend the following:
- Kerastase Resistance Ciment-Thermique
- Matrix Biolage Fortified Heat Sealer
- L’Oreal Studio Hot Straight Cream

Step 1: Start with towel-dried hair. Apply straightening balm to small (1/4-1/2 inch) sections of the hair.
Step 2: Blow-dry each section of hair (1/4-1/2 inch, just as in step one.) The trick is to use a flat paddle brush quickly through the hair sections, followed closely by the blow-dryer.
Step 3: When all hair is dried, use a flat-iron on bigger sections of hair (about 1 inch) Begin on the inner sections (under) and finish with the outer sections. The trick is to pull the iron flat from the roots to the ends of each section.