Save my hair? Options

[lulumoo]

Alright. So I recently just got a hair cut (sidebangs & layers, with the bottom-most layer ending about an inch down my back and the top-most layer equal to about my shoulders). I thought it looked okay until when brushing my hair, I looked in the mirror today and saw that, from a side-view, it is really very poofy. Kind of surprised since (I'm Asian), and my hair is almost always pin-straight. I figure it was probably the layers, since my hair isn't very thin and possibly doesn't handle the volume well?

So anyway, the sideview, starting from the top of my head down to the longest piece of hair, is basically like the slope of a mountain, and it just looks really...disgusting.

Any suggestions on how to turn it back to the usual straight-Asian-version? I'm considering maybe buying a flat-iron/straightener (is there a difference?), but I'm not really sure that'll fix the problem. If it'd work, any brands you like in particular?

Tell me if the situation isn't clear, and needs a picture. (:

[karmakiller]

If I may chime in, flat-irons will do the trick to straighten your hair. Make sure that you use a heat-protectent spray in your hair before hand (because flatirons tend to get very hot). Since it sounds like you have long hair (the shortest layer being shoulder length) you'd probably want an iron with wide pannels and that uses higher watts. If your hair is frizzy or thin, then look for one with flocked surface, which will "polish" your hair.

If you blowdry your hair, you can usually get it to straighter that way, too. And at lower heat. Look for a paddle brush to use when you blowdry your hair.