What a sweet friend you have!! Yes, do post pictures. I have wavy hair which looks REALLY bad with my hair cut (its longer with layers up to my chin about) and so I straighten it when something special is going to happen. Otherwise I put it in a pony tail, pull half of it back or twist it till it looks like its in dreadlocks and then it looks like a messy bed head. It takes me about 30 minutes to an hour to straighten! If i was flipping it out it would be about an hour to an hour in a half. I have really thick hair.