helo.my: Voluminous, shiny curls look gorgeous on any hair length, color, and texture. If you weren't blessed with 'em naturally, there are some super simple ways to get those waves. So how exactly can your curl your hair yourself?
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Regardless of the tool you use, here are some tips you'll want to keep in mind before styling:
Always prep and protect your hair. Before curling with any method involving hot tools, apply a heat-protectant product, dry hair fully, and “brush through it to detangle and align strands,” says Beauty Lab Senior Chemist Sabina Wizemann.
Choose the right tool. Larger barrels form looser curls, while smaller ones make them tighter. For ringlets (or hard-to-curl hair), choose 1-inch barrels and smaller. For looser curls and waves, opt for 1.5-2-inch barrels.
Pick the right temperature range depending on your hair type:
Wait for hair to cool before touching it to avoid disrupting the style. When you're finished styling, mist hair with hairspray and only once hair is cool, rake through curls with your fingers to separate.
How to Curl Hair With a Curling Iron
For control and definition, go for a curling iron with a clamp. A few speedy steps will guarantee shapely, lasting spirals, according to Beauty Lab experts:
How to Curl Hair With a Flat Iron or Straightener
Your flat iron can do more than straighten: Bryce Scarlett, celebrity hairstylist for Moroccanoil, tells us how to give it a whirl:
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How to Curl Hair With a Curling Wand
A curling wand, which has no clamp, creates looser curls and waves (tapered versions can form spirals of different sizes). The best method, from Matilde Campos, a celebrity hairstylist in Los Angeles:
How to Curl Hair With Rollers
Curling hair using rollers has added benefits beyond creating bouncy spirals. "Rollers are an easy way to add and retain volume," Campos says. "If you're ever in a rush, hot rollers can smooth and define hair quicker than a blow-dry." Here's her technique for different roller types:
1. Dry first. Blow-dry hair in small sections using a round brush, twisting each around a roller once dry to set the curl. "This allows the hair to cool as you continue to the other
sections," she explains.
2. Work on the rest. Repeat on the remaining hair.
3. Secure the style. Once all sections are in rollers, spritz them with hairspray to set the bend, then wait a few minutes to unwind each. "If you have time, leave them as long as possible to help them retain their shape and bounce," Campos suggests.