Hair is naturally curly or straight. As a rule, the owners of curls tend to straighten, and those who have straight curls want to make them wavy.
That's the way women are. They want to always surprise, be different and always on top. As for the appearance, hair plays an important role in this, which can change the image beyond recognition.
Today's article is about how curls are done: curly hair from nature and specially twisted hair.
Natural Curly Hair
Curly hair has an unusual structure: the scales do not fit tightly to one another, like in ordinary hair, but are located in different directions. Therefore, they always look like confused. In addition, they are very brittle and do not shine.
Owners of curls need to diligently and properly care for them all the time:
- use special shampoos with mild and moisturizing effect;
- dry very gently with a towel in an absorbent motion;
- it is best to refuse a hair dryer altogether;
- never rub or twist your hair;
- until the strands dry tothe end, you can not comb them;
- An anti-static comb will work, you can also use just your fingers instead.
Hairstyles in five minutes
For curly hair, sometimes it is enough just to put a thin and stylish comb on your head, as soon as you get a simple and at the same time beautiful and stylish hairstyle.
Another quick and affordable way is the curly knot. To do this, when the hair is dry after washing, it is necessary, without combing, to collect on the back of the head or on the side, pull out a few strands and fix with varnish. If you add a beautiful hairpin or flowers to such an uncomplicated hairstyle, you get an exquisite evening option.
Laying with curls on one side also looks beautiful.
Here are some more easy hairstyles for natural curls.
- Pigtail - strands are thrown to one side and braided, and the remaining loose curls are stabbed with invisibility.
- Ponytail - after the hair is collected, the free ends are placed to the base and fixed there with another elastic band.
- Hair bands - putting it on your head, you can pull a couple of strands forward so that they hang down. Get a stylish styling.
- Big curls - using large curlers or a large nozzle, you can achieve chic huge curls.
- Sloppy bun - the hair is divided into three parts, each of which is collected in a ponytail, then a bun is made from all of them, which is fixed with hairpins orinvisible.
Straight and stylish
Curl styling often occupies the minds of owners of straight hair. They make the hairstyle spectacular and voluminous. An image with curly strands turns the fair sex into romantic and tender women.
There are many ways to make a beautiful hairstyle for long hair. These can be complex options, where one woman without a specialist will not be able to cope, but there are also simple ones that will require very little effort and money, but will still look just as impressive.
How is hair styling done with curls? The photo below illustrates one of the easy options.
Curls without special tools
Don't feel like wrapping yourself in curlers and tormenting your hair with a curling iron? Don't!
- You can apply mousse to wet hair, wrinkle it lightly and blow-dry. Get hair styling, large curls and big waves of which will look natural.
- Another option: a bun is made on wet hair and dried.
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And finally, pigtails. Several identical braids are braided on wet hair and left overnight. In the morning, your image will change dramatically!
Curlers
This method passed to us from grandmothers and mothers. Of course, the curlers of those times are significantly different from modern ones. The current ones, for example, do not injure hair compared to thermal curlers.
It is not recommended to leave curlers overnight, and also to dryhair dry them.
So, foam is applied to clean, damp hair. After that, curlers are wound, which are removed when the strands are dry. Next, hair is styled in an arbitrary direction. Curls are fixed with varnish and are not combed. If necessary, they can be separated with your fingers.
Curling iron
Beautiful curls will be obtained after applying this method. Curling irons come in various diameters. The larger it is, the larger the curls will be, respectively. We select the appropriate size and wind the hair. It is advisable not to injure the strands much, first apply mousse on them. This will result in long-term styling, while the curls will remain neat and beautiful.
Hairstyles with a curling iron can be completely different. You can, for example, make a vertical or horizontal curl. In the first case, you will get spiral strands resembling springs, and in the second - soft gentle waves.
Women with bleached or permed hair should not use this method as they are too weak to withstand high temperatures.
When laying with electric tongs, please note the following:
- the angle of pulling the strand on the curling iron should be close to ninety degrees;
- the thickness of the curl that is wound depends on the length of the hair: the shorter they are, the more of them are taken, but in any case, the strand should not be more than four centimeters.
Typescurls
Curls are:
- straight horizontal;
- oblique at an angle of forty-five degrees;
- vertical in the form of a spiral (for hair from twenty to twenty-five centimeters).
Curling Curls: Curling Methods
Strands can be curled:
- vertical: spiral or falling curls;
- horizontally: up, down and figure eight.
Vertical method
To get such curls, you need to hold the curling iron in a vertical position. The strands are wound in a spiral. After that, you need to wait a bit for them to cool down, and only then proceed to the hairstyle.
Spirals can be directed to the face from one or both sides at once. If the strand is curled to the right, then the electric tongs should be held with the handle down, and the hair should be curled from the lock to the end. On the left, the tongs are held with the handle up, and the curls are wound from the end. After curling, the hair is not combed, but laid in a hairstyle and fixed with varnish.
Horizontal way
With this method, you need to keep in mind the following: the longer you keep the curling iron inside the curls, the curls will turn out to be more springy and stronger.
Down technique is suitable for creating different hairstyles. Both small light curls and round, heavy curls will turn out equally well.
- One strand is separated and pulled back at a ninety degree angle.
- The hair is held in the left hand, the curling iron in the right.
- The electric tongs are opened, brought to the curl and clamped between the groove and the roller. Then they are carried out along the strands slowly and carefully, from the roots to the tips, warming up the hair in this way. At the same time, the tip is not released, but left clamped.
- Next, the strand is wound to the roots, holding a comb at the base of the head so as not to burn yourself.
- Hold the curling iron in this position for up to seven seconds.
- Open the tongs and release the strand.
Technique up is another styling - large curls and big waves. Most often it is used in conjunction with other methods.
All actions here are the same as in the previous method. The only difference is in the third paragraph, when the strand must be clamped so that the groove is located at the bottom. Then the roller will be at the top.
Using the figure eight technique, spiral strands are obtained. While curling the curl, its end will be in the middle of the electric tongs. Curls become truly strong when this styling is done. Curls on medium and long hair will look very impressive.
- Hair should be combed until the comb begins to move freely through the curls to the very ends.
- The number of strands and how they will be arranged is determined.
- One strand is separated, which is taken in the left hand, and the tongs in the right.
- The strand is captured by the curling iron and a turn is made so that the rollerheaded towards the roots of the curl, and the groove towards you. At the same time, the strand must be pulled.
- After waiting five to seven seconds, pull the forceps away from the grip and immediately complete the next turn.
- Rotating the tongs with one hand, with the other, wind the ends of the hair from the back of the strand so that you get a figure eight. The ends should be so laid with each complete turn of the tongs. So if they were on the right once, they should be on the left the next time.
- You should try to capture another curl at the same height as the previous one.
Iron and corrugation
Effective curls will turn out if you apply a fixative to your hair and walk through it with an iron.
With the help of corrugated tongs, you can get a variety of effects, since the device has a set of different plates.
Laying in this case is done as follows:
- varnish is applied to dry, clean hair, after which they are combed;
- temporal and occipital strands are separated, and the rest of the hair is fixed with a clip;
- the strand along the parting is clamped at the desired height with plates for five seconds and released;
- this is how styling is carried out along the entire length of the curl, and then along all the separated hair;
- after that, the rest of the hair is taken, parted, and the curls are clamped in a similar way;
- corrugated strands do not comb.