How to wind long and short hair with an iron

Many are accustomed to believe that all that can be done with the hair ironing - it is to straighten them. This device even has a second name: "hair straightener". From this even more strange sounds that they can still do and curls.

But this is true, and you can even make several kinds of curls. This begs the question: why is this necessary? Not everyone has a lot of different styling devices and why not learn how to make several types of styling with the same device.

What irons are suitable for curling

For curling fit not any iron. And if it is still being selected, then when acquiring it, several nuances should be taken into account:

1. For curling will have to twist the iron several times scrolling to one side. Therefore, it must also scroll the cord. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient, and the device itself will quickly fail;
2. Plates should not be very wide, but not quite narrow;
3. Plates should be straight, not corrugated;
4. The edges of the plates should be rounded, otherwise the curl may not curl, and if it turns out, then there will be ugly creases when curling.

Preparation before curling

Some girls complain that they do not want to curl their hair. To curl turned out successful, they need to properly prepare. Here's how to prepare the hair to properly them, all the steps must be done in turn:

1. Pre-wash hair using balsam. It is necessary to curl hair only in a pure state;
2. Sprinkle them with temperature protection or a tool with this function;
3. Dry them completely with a hairdryer. Curls made on wet or undrained strands will not be held. Drying, they need to give volume. If you start to curl the hair on the hair without volume, dried naturally, then the result will not look very harmonious. They will be lush at the ends and sleek on the top of the head;
4. If your hair is curly or wavy, you must first straighten it at the roots;
5. Before curling, comb all tangled places and disassemble the mats.

Now you can start creating beauty.

How to make playful curls at the tips of the ironing

Vertical curls-spirals strongly twisted at the ends are called playful. Since they give the image of youth, fervor and playfulness. To many, they resemble the result of perm. How to wind your hair with an iron:

1. Apply to mousse and comb with large teeth;
2. Take the strand is certainly thin;
3. Pinch the strand at the ends of the hair with plates and turn it several times towards the roots until the whole strand is wound or until the desired start of the curl. With this method of cheating curl will be more curly;
4. Start the iron pull down on the tangent, holding the tip looking down. Through the iron evenly stretched the whole strand, the tension should be quite strong;
5. In such a technique to wind all the hair, changing periodically the direction;
6. Beat hair with your fingers. Too thick strands divided into several and fix the hair with lacquer.

How to twist chic curls at full length ironing

This is a classic way of hair curling, it is also called Hollywood curls. This style looks very festive. It suits girls with length not shorter than shoulders. This is done using the ironing:

1. To dry the strands, lifting the roots at the roots, apply only to the roots, otherwise the long hair will fall off under the weight of these products;
2. Apply thermal protection to the entire length;
3. Divide hair into 8 equal parts and fix them with clips;
4. To start scrolling the iron around its axis near the face, a beautiful curl formed from the very roots will form. It is necessary to wind it from the bottom layer, alternating directions of winding the layers. The first layer to the face, the next from the face, etc. With this method of wrap curls on long hair will lie separately and do not get together in one big curl;
5. To twist having seized a curl with an iron, turn the iron by 180 degrees in the direction in which there will be a curl. Start slowly pulling the curl;
6. Thus wind all hair, choose a parting and fix varnish.

How to make light natural waves ironing

In this hairstyle, there are no clearly adjusted curls, everything is easy, chaotic, and the image of a beautiful romantic nymph, who has just emerged from the sea foam, is created. Natural light waves, also called beach curls, are made in this way (steps):

1. Dry well hair, with an emphasis on strong volume;
2. Sprinkle them over the entire length with a salt spray, this is done to create the effect of careless curls after bathing;
3. Clamp the strand from the very roots, pinching the tip of the hair in your fingers and start doing some kind of creases, turning the iron 90 degrees alternately one way or the other, stopping at each position for 15 seconds;
4. Curls near the face itself can be screwed up in the classical way;
5. Disassemble all the curls with your hands into fine strands and whip them.

Hair twisted in this way looks very natural, as if no more than a minute has been spent on styling.

Curls with foil and ironing

How else to curl curls iron? If you have a regular foil on hand, you can make curls in this express way. In order not to keep the iron for a long time on each strand.

Heat the foil, inside which is curled curl, and leave to cool. And at this time to wind the other curls. So it will turn out much faster. Here is a step by step guide on how to do this:

1. Cut several rectangles from the foil, approximately 10 by 20 cm in area, and the more the better;
2. Highlight a strand and twist it on three fingers toward you. Gently clamping the strand so that hair does not fall apart. You should get a curl rolled into a ring;
3. Wrap gently so as not to tear the foil curl into foil;
4. Using ironing movements, process the strand in foil until the foil becomes very hot;
5. In this method, wind and heat all strands;
6. Wait until the foil cools completely and dissolve the curls by sprinkling them with varnish.

How to wind short hair with an iron

For some reason, it is believed that in short hair curls do not look very. But this is not the case, curls on them also look very beautiful and romantic.

The most vivid example is Marilyn Monroe, it is difficult to imagine her without gorgeous blond curls. Here are instructions on how to make them on short hair:

1. Dry hair with a hair dryer, but not to the end;
2. Apply mousse to the fixing agent with foam or spray;
3. Take a strand of 1 cm thick and, retreating from the roots at a safe distance, fix it between the plates ironing;
4. Rotate the iron 180 degrees to yourself;
5. And in this position, start pulling the iron to feel a slight tension;
6. When it reaches the end it turns out a lock;
7. When all the hairs are twisted, beat them lightly for volume and fix with varnish.

How to wind the hair on the straightener

Smooth shiny hair, straight hair to hair. This is the main type of ironing. The main feature of the straightening irons is that you need to be able to deftly separate the strands. It is done this way:

1. Prepared strands divided in half;
2. One part to remove the clip, and the second start working;
3. In parallel to the floor comb to hold from the roots down, while immediately behind the comb to carry the iron slowly to the tips. If you lead too fast, they will not have time to straighten up;
4. In this technique, straighten all strands. It is especially important to observe the technique when laying the upper strands, as they are the most complex;
5. For basal volume, you can add a little pile fixing varnish immediately after combing each strand.

How to wind curls without curling and ironing

If you don’t have any devices at hand, you still need to do the styling with curls, that is, there are several ways to do it by handy means:

1. Pigtails. If you have time, then braid small braids on wet hair and so go to bed. On waking up in the morning on the head there will be small curls, similar to the result of the ironing of the corrugation;
2. Bundles. Apply mousse for fixation. To divide the hair into strands, the larger the strands, the longer the hairstyle will dry, but not the larger the curl will be. Start spinning the strand into a bundle and wind a small bundle from each strand, securing it with a clip. Blow dry hair on high temperature. To weave them, beat and fix;
3. Head bandage. With the help of a conventional cloth dressing, you can curl curls of any size gently and without harm to the strands. This is done like this:

• dry hair and give it volume; Comb the entire head of hair forward and slightly lift at the roots;
• put a bandage on the head over the hair, so as to close the forehead and the back of the head. Take a small amount of hair and put them inside the bandages, away from the face;
• do the same with the next strand, trying to keep the curls as close as possible to each other. Outwardly, it will resemble a Greek hairstyle;
• leave for a couple of hours or dry with a hairdryer at a very high temperature;
• gently release the hair and fix the finished curls.

How to curl curls and not spoil the hair: expert advice

There is a stereotype that the iron strongly spoils the hair, but most often those who make mistakes when using it complain about it.

If you do everything right and do not neglect these tips, then the hair will remain healthy, and the styling will delight with its perfection and durability.

Here are some tips from salon experts:

1. The optimal temperature for curling 170 degrees. It makes no sense to make the temperature lower, otherwise the curl will not curl. But if the strands are thin, then you can make the temperature a little less. There is a rule: the thicker the hair, the higher the temperature needed temperature for curling. It also happens that the hair is so thick that you need even 200 degrees. In order to find out your temperature, you can experiment, but start all the same from 170 degrees;
2. Do not hold the hair between the plates for too long. Just a couple of seconds is enough for the hair to get warm enough;
3. Hair has the ability to maintain the position in which it has cooled or dried. Therefore, just twirling the curl, it is better to hold it on the weight and wait until it cools down, so curls will last longer;
4. The main rule. Never neglect thermal protection, otherwise such close contact with heated plates will destroy the hair;
5. Do not overdo it with styling and wetting agents;
6. Curls after cheating can not be combed with a comb, just gently disassemble the fingers and fix them in the right position with varnish;
7. You should not take too much strand, otherwise it will not get warm and the curl will not work;
8. The strands on the temples and the back of the head are wound at the very end, they comb and turn necessarily from the face;
9. The ideal hairstyle for curling curls - is it graduated or as it is also called the "ladder";
10. For hair that is difficult to curl, you can use powder for volume.

Using these simple tips, you can easily do styling as in a beauty salon, while keeping your hair healthy, shiny. The iron, as you can see, is a very versatile device. Here are not all possible ways of laying with it, but only the most popular.

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