How Hot Your Heat Tools Should Be Based on Your Hair Type

If you have wavy hair, you can typically stay in the medium temperature range — think 300 to 350 degrees — although this can also depend on your hair texture. If it's thicker in diameter, you can usually go on the higher end of that range.

"People tend to have a misconception that curly or wavy hair has to be thick in texture, and if it's straight, it has to be fine," Polko says. "In reality, everyone has different hair densities regardless of if hair is curly, straight, or wavy."