This article is in partnership with Ulta Beauty.
When it comes to blowing out natural hair, it can be tricky. Naturally, our hair thrives with less manipulation, but that doesn't mean you can't blow it out from time to time. Depending on your hair, it could cause damage depending on how often you blow out your hair and how much heat you add to it. It's no doubt that blow-drying your hair is less damaging than flat ironing it, but if not done correctly and too often you may sacrifice your curl pattern.
This week's Ulta Beauty Gorgeous Hair Event has a lot of great sales on products and tools that will make blowing out your hair healthier and easier. One of the best dryers to use on natural hair is the Deva Curl Devadryer and Devafuser, which is 50% off this week. It's a two-in-one dryer that you can use for drying your curls or blowing it out without too much heat.
Here's a step-by-step tutorial of how to get the perfect blowout without ruining your curls and what the best products to use are.
Step 1:
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Start with your hair washed and conditioned.
Step 2:
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Deep condition your hair with the It's A 10 Miracle Hair Mask and apply a medium palm-sized amount all over your hair. This hair mask helps strengthen and protect hair while softening it. Deep conditioning is important, especially when preparing for your blow out. The It's A 10 Miracle Hair Mask is on sale for 24 hours only today Oct. 10 for 24 hours only at 50% off.
Step 3:
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Comb through hair to remove any knots with the Tangle Teezer Mint & Lilac Ultimate Detangler and wrap your hair with a plastic cap for 10 minutes.
Step 4:
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Rinse thoroughly with cool-water rinse (if desired).
Step 6:
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Apply the Butter Cream Daily Moisturizer by tgin, a Black-owned brand that promises to add additional moisture, shine, and seal moisture.
Step 7:
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Create small sections and blow-dry your hair with the DevaCurl Deva Dryer & DevaFuser.
Step 8:
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Add more of the Butter Cream Daily Moisturizer by Black-owned brand, tgin as needed and style as desired in a stretched twist or braid out, a flexi/perm rod set, or prep for a protective style.
The Final Look:
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Lastly don't forget that you can get each of these products 50% off this week only during Ulta's Gorgeous Hair Event. Click below to shop!
It's A 10 Miracle Hair Mask (Saturday, Oct. 10 - 50% Off)
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Regular Price: $52.99
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Tangle Teezer Mint & Lilac Ultimate Detangler (Thursday, Oct. 15 - 50% Off)
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Regular Price: $14
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tgin Butter Cream Daily Moisturizer (Sunday Oct. 18 - Entire Brand 50% Off)
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Regular Price: $6-9
Sale Price: $11-17
Deva Curl Devadryer and Devafuser (Thursday, Oct. 15 - 50% Off)
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Regular Price: $159
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During the Los Angeles tour stop, which spanned three dates on May 21, May 23, with the finale on May 24, xoNecole had the opportunity to test out the glosses included in this soft launch, as SZA revealed in a statement that "this is just the start of other lip products, including plans to launch stains, liners, and creams all inspired by SZA's “infamous layered lip combinations.”
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So, what is included in the first Not Beauty launch?
The current Not Beauty products available are lip glosses that come in three shades: In the Flesh, Strawberry Jelly, and Quartz.
During my visit to the first LA Not Beauty pop-up activation, I not only had the chance to purchase all three glosses but also took a peek inside the blow-up log tent. Inside, fans got to experience SZA’s love for nature and her fascination with bugs, which are prominently featured in her performances for this tour. At one point, she even had human preying mantis prancing across the stage y'all.
There were blow-up photos of the beauty that is SZA for fans (myself included) to take photos, but in wooden-like tree trunks were a deeper dive into some of the ingredients featured in her products and their benefits.
For example, the glosses feature Hi-Shine Lip Jelly and Shea Butter as key ingredients and some of the listed benefits included are:
- Shea Butter - “A powerhouse ingredient, offering both functional and nourishing benefits.”
- Hi-Shine Lip Jelly (featured in the In the Flesh shade) - “Formula glides on with perfect adhesion to the lips without stickiness).
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What are in the products?
Featured in an orange package, with images of a bug and flower on the side, the back of the box reads: “It’s NOT BEAUTY, it just works. Developed by Solána “SZA” Rowe.
As someone who never leaves home without a good lip gloss, I loved how compact the wood panel packaging is. Perfect to slip into my purse, or in the case of the show at SoFi Stadium, into my pocket when I’m not carrying a bag.
Because I’m a sucker for a good black and brown lip liner and clear gloss combo, I decided to wear the Quartz flavor on night one of the Grand National Tour LA stop, and it did not disappoint. I’ll admit, it’s light weight feel made me nervous because it felt like there was nothing on my lips. However, when I checked my lips in my compact mirror several times throughout the night, I was shocked to find that my gloss was still intact. I only reapplied once out of the habit of looking cute and applying my gloss, but not necessity.
Here are some of the ingredients featured, but not limited to, in the Quartz flavor.
- Polyisoubutene
- Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea)Butter
- Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil
- Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil
- Tocopherol
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Lip prep
I’m a simple girl who loves to stay true to her roots. So ahead of the show, I stopped by a local Inglewood Beauty Supply store and grabbed a Black and Brown shade lip pencil for just under $2 a piece.
Shading the outline of my lips with the black pencil first, I used the brown to lightly fill the inside of my lips before applying my Quartz Not Beauty shade gloss.
How to apply
There’s truly no right or wrong way to apply lip gloss (in my opinion), with this being a brush applicator sort of product, I simply untwisted the top and swiped the gloss around my top and bottom lip generously.
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Results
Again, my Not Beauty Quartz product stayed on my lips from the start of the show, which began with a fire DJ set from LA’s very own, Mustard, to the conclusion when Kendrick and SZA reunited on stage to send us home to their duet, “luther,” featured on the rapper's GNX album.
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