I have never been good at hair. I usually do
the same thing every single day and I’m terrified to switch it up because I
just don’t know how to do anything other than straighten it!
I have super super
thick hair which makes it hard to curl. As silly as it sounds, it was actually
on my summer to do list to learn how to curl my hair.
My good friend Kayla
at school never believed me when I told her that I couldn’t curl my hair. I
literally would go to multiple hairdressers in high school before homecoming and
prom and it never failed that by picture time, my hair had always fallen flat. It always created
lots of tears and stress in our house. Determined to make my hair curl, Kayla
tried it one afternoon as a method of procrastinating from papers we both had
to write.
Low and behold even
though every single hairdresser hadn’t figured out a way to curl my hair, kayla
did!! I.was.shocked. Not only did it hold for my preference tea during rush, it
was still curled the next day after sleeping on it. If I could hire her to do
it every day, I would. Luckily she’s living right across the hall from me this coming school
year. ;)
Anyways, this summer I
was determined to learn how to do it myself. I wanted to learn how to do it
myself so I didn’t always have to rely on Kayla! I had read tons of reviews
online about the dry bar 3 day bender curler (I got the 1" for reference) and over spring break my mom and I visited the
drybar and they suggested trying it. After doing some more research, my mom
surprised me and ordered it for me last week. After a few tries and lots of
practice I finally learned how to use it. I used the products Kayla suggested
to make my hair hold and then the new drybar curler to curl it! I posted a
picture of how it turned out on Instagram the other day and after that I have
gotten multiple emails requested how I did it!
So here’s my secret!
If I can make my hair curl, I promise you can too.
Here is step by step how I curl my hair:
Step one: I start out with clean hair and spray on the
TRESemme heat protection spray. Then I just blow dry it (in no particular way).
Honesly most of the time I just flip my hair over and just do it as quickly as
possible. I hate blow drying my hair and I think of it as a chore. I typically
shower at night so I blow dry my hair until it pretty dry and then go to sleep
!
Step two: When I’m ready to curl my hair the next
morning I spray on the TRESemme heat protection spray again just to protect my
hair and I’m convinced it does something to help hold the curls.
Step three: Carly (from The College Prepster!) does a really great job explaining how to use the iron! I would also add that when you are curling a strand make sure you start out with the clap
facing forward (so you can see the clamp in the mirror). I also think that it
takes a few practice tries. I didin’t really get the result I wanted until
after a few practice trials. Like Carly does, I suggest separating your hair
into three main sections and using a claw clip to clip each section off.
Step four: Once I finish each section I use a no crease
hair tie to keep the curled section in a low pony tail away from a the uncurled
hair.
Step five: Once my hair is fully curled, I spray my whole
head with L’oreal extra strong hold hairspray and then run my fingers through
the curls to loosen them a bit!
Ta-da! Seriously if I can curl my thick hair, you can
curl yours! If you don’t have a dry bar curling iron you can also use a
curling wand!
Remember,
xoxo
Shannon
Another good tip for long thick hair is to bobby pin the ringlet to your head. I take my curling iron and let the curl fall into my hand so it makes a circle with the ringlet, then I bobby pin (still in circle formation)it to my head until I'm done doing my hair. After I'm finished I hair spray (quite a bit) and then take them all out. It's kind of hard to understand when typing it out, but I'm sure you can find some kind of YouTube video on it!
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This post was so helpful! As nice as it is to have stick strait thick hair it is so hard to work with, I am definitely going to try this out!
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