Every lady dreams of looking stunning on both festive and ordinary days. One of the easiest ways to create a sophisticated look is to style your hair with a flat iron. Once upon a time, perfectly straight hair was a real dream, but modern lovers of various hairstyles can enjoy the absolute smoothness of their hair. A device such as a flat iron helps in this - and with its help you can straighten your hair and create attractive curls.
Basic rules
Before you start styling your hair with an iron, you should examine in detail its main main rules. After all, only then the harm from the use of tongs will be minimal. Consider the basic tips of hairdressers:
- Before using a flat iron, comb your hair thoroughly, making it as straight as possible.
- So that there are no creases on the strands, you should draw with tongs from the roots to the ends, slowly and evenly. When the iron reaches the tips, they should be slightly wrapped inward - this is how the styling will lookmore natural.
- Do not run the same strand several times. You should also refrain from leaving the iron in one place for too long - this can seriously damage the hair.
- When styling your hair with an iron at home, you should observe the temperature regime. Girls whose hair is he althy and thick can afford to straighten their hair at temperatures up to 200 degrees. For those with brittle or dry hair, styling should be done at lower temperatures.
- Never use tongs on wet hair. Even if the hair seems dry, but you see steam or hear a hissing sound, this means that the hair is suffering and can be seriously damaged.
- When working with an iron, be sure to use thermal protective agents. Many girls neglect their use, and in vain. Indeed, as practice shows, it is enough to use a hair straightener for just a few weeks, as the hair becomes lifeless and dry. Many protective products contain a special moisturizing substance - D-panthenol. It helps retain natural moisture, so hair doesn't dry out.
Big curls
It's not uncommon for ladies to think that curling irons can only be used to straighten their hair. However, with the help of ironing, you can create large curls. The ladies needed a little ingenuity to learn how to do such styling. And they needed in this case, in addition to ironing, only two moresubject - foil and a thin comb. To create large curls, dry hair is divided into strands, and then each of them is simply wound around a finger. When the strand is formed, it is carefully removed and placed in a pre-prepared piece of foil. Then the curl is sealed in foil. Similar strands are formed throughout the head. Then each of them is heated with tongs for about half a minute. You should not remove them immediately - it is better to wait until the hair has cooled down. When styling is completed, the foil is carefully removed from the strands, and a fixative is applied to the hair.
Face curl
Styling hair with a flat iron is simple and therefore popular. To create it, you need to curl a few strands of hair in the direction from the line of the face. The hairstyle is done very quickly - after all, you don’t need to work out the entire mop, it’s enough to work out only those curls that frame the front line. At the same time, the hairstyle significantly improves the appearance, gives showiness.
Perfect smoothness
One of the main ways to style hair with an iron is straightening, but many girls use this device to create attractive curls. In order to create a similar image, you need to wash your hair, dry it. After that, you can proceed directly to the creation of styling.
- Comb the hair and separate one strand.
- Capture it at the very base, and twisttop ironing.
- Then, holding the tip of the strand with your hand, you should slowly move the device in the direction from top to bottom.
- When the iron reaches the end of the length, you need to slightly twist the bottom of the curl and unclench the tongs. So the tip will be more twisted.
- All hair is processed in this way. The resulting curls are separated by hands - this way they will look more voluminous.
- Styling product being applied.
This hairstyle is well suited for both everyday walks and formal events.
Volume
Styling your hair with a straightener can add extra volume even to thin hair. You can do it like this:
- Twist strands of hair around your fingers.
- Secure each of them with invisibles.
- Then the resulting strands are tightly compressed with an iron.
- The strands are unraveled and a fixative is applied. If somewhere the styling turned out to be ugly, it can be fixed with tongs.
Hair styling for short hair
Many hairstyles look good if the hair is twisted inside. For example, if a girl wears a square, her hair with the edges laid inward will look good. You can do it like this:
- First, the ends of the hair are clasped in such a way that the tongs are perpendicular to the curled strand.
- The straightener slowly turns outward or inward, depending on the desired result.
- Manipulation is repeated with the rest of the strands.
This hair styling with an iron will look great on medium hair. The rules for its implementation are the same as for short hair, the main role in creating the image is played by the appearance of the tips. Wrapped inward for a more natural look, while curling outward for a more creative look.
Surfer curls
Styling your hair with a flat iron (photo attached below) is a great way to create a variety of looks - both smooth hairstyles and curls. One of the popular hairstyles is also "surfer" or "beach" curls. You can make them like this:
- Divide hair into thin strands.
- Each of the strands is twisted so that it looks like a tourniquet.
- Each twisted curl needs to be ironed.
- You should get spirals along the entire length of the hair.
- A fixative is applied.
Broken curls
Another option for a hairstyle with an iron, which looks fresh and stylish in a youthful way. In addition, such a hairstyle helps to add volume to the hair, which is an additional bonus for sparse and thin hair.
A distinctive feature of such curls is that they have a zigzag shape. Large curls will look good on long hair, while medium-sized curls will be more appropriate on short ones.
To perform this styling you need:
- Process hair with mousse.
- Lay each of the strands in foil, and then fold it into a square, folding it in a zigzag pattern.
- The future curl is pressed with tongs.
- The foil is removed, if desired, a fixative can be applied to the strands - for example, varnish.
Using long hair tongs
How to flat iron long hair? The algorithm for creating hairstyles is quite simple:
- First you need to wash and dry your hair.
- Then treat hair with a heat protectant.
- The iron heats up to 180-200 degrees.
- The hair is divided into strands.
- Each of them is processed with tongs. Movements should be slow and continuous.
- If desired, apply a little fixative to the hair.
Expert advice
For those who would like to style their hair with an iron, the following tips from stylists may be useful:
- Do not interrupt the movement of the iron during straightening, otherwise the hair may appear creases or ugly transverse lines.
- If in the process of winding or straightening some strand turned out to be not entirely successful, do not despair. You can move on to other areas, and then, when the curl has cooled, return to it again.
- In the process of working on the back of the head, it is useful to use two mirrors. By placing them opposite each other, it will be possible to observe the viewback hair.
- It is not recommended to apply oil products to the hair before styling - this can ruin both the hair itself and the tongs. After the straightening procedure, it is useful to apply a caring agent with the addition of oils to the hair. This will protect the ends of the hair from drying out. But at the same time, it is better not to overdo it with a caring agent - because if there is too much of it, then the hairstyle may deteriorate.
From the variety of hairstyles, each lady will be able to choose the best image for herself. And after a few workouts, styling won't take long.
