How often can I straighten my hair?

well, everyone says you should not straighten your hair every day, but I do. I wash my hair at night, let it dry over night and then straighten it in the morning, that way I'm not blow drying it and straightening it, just one. I have been straightening my hair pretty much every day for the last 4 years, and my hair is still really soft! I use a moisturizing shampoo, then straightening conditioner, then leave-in conditioner and that's it, I have the CHI and CHI heat protector, but I never use the heat protector, I probably should though. I have very thick hair and it takes me about 20 minutes to straighten it good! I do clip it up, like you said you didn't want to, but I don't straighten it in 1 inch pieces, I straighten it in bigger pieces. It does not take as long as you would think! After I have straightened it, I put it in a ponytail but leave out my bangs, straighten my bangs then straighten my hair a few times in the ponytail, this helps thin it, and evenly straighten it. Lastly I put it down how I'm going to wear it for the day and just straighten any pieces that do not look straight. As time goes on you'll get better at straightening and it will take less and less time. The best way to straighten your hair is clipping it, but if you try that and find it is taking to long you can put it all down and just run your straighten over your hair, but the bottom of your hair will not get as straight, causing it to be poofy. Also you want to make sure your straightener is hot for when you straighten your hair, the hotter the better, unless you have very thin hair. When I first get up the first thing I do is plug in my straightener, then I get dressed and do my make-up and anything else I have to do, I straighten my hair last, so my straightener is very hot by then and I straighten it until I have to leave, so I have the maximum amount of time to straighten my hair. hope this helps!(: