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]

Redken has some pretty good products. I'm not too sure how much they will cost by you, though.

They have a great one for just protecting your hair:
http://www.redken.com/products/styling/mil...ol/fabricate-03

There's lots of options for products depending on what you want and your hair type. If you tend to have frizzy or unruley hair you can use something like this. If you want a heat-protectant spray that you can use with other types of things, like curling you can use this.

One of my friends has had pretty good results with Nexxus.

The possibilities are endless. You may have to try out different products before you find the one that works right for you.