Hollywood curls at home

What is the difference between Hollywood curls and simple curls?

The main difference between Hollywood curls and other styling is that they should be large, voluminous curls of the same size and thickness, neatly laid on one or both sides.

The hairstyle should remain alive and mobile, so when creating Hollywood waves, pay special attention to styling products - they should not stick together or weigh the hair down.

An important component of this styling is neatness, the hair should lie what is called a hair to the hair and have a shine. Smooth soft lines are a mandatory attribute of such styling.

Execution options

Hollywood styling can be done for both long and short hair. If in the first option you can make the largest curls possible, then with hair of medium or short length it will have to be slightly reduced to get the desired result.

Before you start creating a hairstyle, decide on the parting, since after you make the curls it will no longer be possible to change it, otherwise you will get the usual careless curls.

Most often, the parting is done on the side, so that the main part of the hair is on one side, but you can also choose a parting in the middle.

It is better to create a Hollywood hairstyle with an iron, thanks to it, the hair will be smooth and shiny.

What do you need?

• hairbrush;
• special styling products that do not weigh down the hair (spray, mousse or hair foam);
• hair clips (if needed)
• iron or curling iron.

Styling on short hair: retro waves

Short hair does not prohibit a chic look with Hollywood styling at all. The main thing is that the curls are of the same length, cascading haircuts, unfortunately, in this case are not suitable.

To make retro waves, you need large enough clips.

Apply styling product to slightly damp hair, secure with clips and wait for a while. Next, comb gently with a comb and sprinkle with varnish.

Hollywood Wave for Medium Hair

To create a Hollywood hairstyle for medium curls, it is best to use curlers with a diameter of 4-5 cm.

1. A side parting is made and strands are curled on the sides of the temporal zone from the face.
2. Next, you need to carefully comb and form more voluminous curls into a Hollywood wave.
3. Fix with varnish.

How to make Hollywood curls in different ways - step by step instructions

Hollywood curls can be done on both medium and long hair. Moreover, the hairstyle "from the red carpet" is easy to repeat at home with your own hands.

Step-by-step instruction

You should start styling with shampooing, as it is best to do Hollywood waves on clean hair.

Professional stylists recommend using shampoos to keep your hair smooth and disciplined.

The second step in preparing your hair for styling is to use a heat protectant.

You will need it if you plan to style your Hollywood waves with a curling iron, iron or hairdryer. Ideally, the product will also protect the finished styling from the effects of moisture in the environment, since one of the key points that distinguish Hollywood curls is styling the hair to the hair, without frizzing the hair and even a hint of negligence.

Having prepared your hair, you can proceed directly to styling your Hollywood curls.

Hollywood curls on curlers

Curlers are one of the most popular, historically well-proven ways to create curls and curls at home. It was thanks to them that our mothers and grandmothers created their hairstyles, imitating the beautiful women seen on the screen.

And today this method has its loyal fans.

Here's what you need to do to style your Hollywood curls using curlers:

1. Divide the dried hair into equal parts.
2. Wrap the resulting strands in curlers.
3. Dry your hair.
4. Free your hair gently.
5. Sprinkle hairspray on your finished hairstyle.

Keep in mind: Hollywood Waves are supposed to keep the curls moving and looking natural, so use a professional brand of varnish designed specifically for complex hairstyles and will provide a secure hold while maintaining hair mobility.

Using a curling iron

It is best to create Hollywood curls with a cone curling iron. The recommended diameter is 2.5 centimeters.

Sequencing:

1. Make a parting, divide your hair into narrow strands (up to 3 centimeters). The size of the waves will depend on their width.
2. Place the curling iron closer to the root zone. Clamp a strand with it,
3. Performing circular movements with your hand, sweep the device to the end of the curl. Do not hold in one place for more than 10-15 seconds, even if the hair is treated with heat protection.
4. Having twisted all the strands in this way, beat the curls with your hands. Alternatively, comb with a sparse-toothed comb.
5. Fix with varnish.

Advice. For extra volume, you can do a little bouffant at the roots before final setting.

Another way:

1. After parting your hair, heat the curling iron.
2. At the top, separate a small strand, roll into a light tourniquet.
3. Screw it onto the curling iron starting from the ends. Direction - from the face.
4. Hold the edge of the strand to avoid creases.
5. After 10-15 seconds, remove the curl from the curling iron. Do not unscrew it, but fix it with a clip at the base.
6. Treat the rest of your hair in the same way. Hold the curling iron horizontally. Curls should be parallel to the parting.
7. When the curls have cooled, remove all clips, starting from the bottom.
8. Comb the curls with a wide-toothed comb.
9. Treat them with varnish or spray.
10. To give the waves clear contours, pin the places of the bends with clips or invisible ones, tighten them slightly.
11. After a few minutes, remove the fixing hairpins, lightly sprinkle the finished hairstyle with varnish.

By ironing

The method allows you to get elastic, smooth, shiny curls, even if the hair is porous or curly. This styling option is designed to create one-sided American curls.

After combing the hair, separating the side parting and treating the curls with a thermal protective agent, get ready to form approximately equal strands 1.5–2 centimeters wide. You need to move from the parting in the direction to which the curls will fall.

Then follow these steps:

1. Comb the first strand at the top of your head. Hold it by the edges perpendicular to your head.
2. Squeeze the future curl with the ironing plates, stepping back a little from the roots.
3. Without letting go of your hair, turn the device 180 ° C, orienting yourself in the direction of the future wave.
4. Smoothly guide the tool along the entire strand to the very ends. Try not to change the pressure and do not linger to avoid kinking.
5. While the curl is hot, secure it with a hair clip or clip, which is placed parallel to the parting.
6. In the same way, wind all the hair in the parietal region up to the temple.
7. Start curling the back of your head. To do this, separate the strands with vertical parting.
8. Start twisting not from the roots, but from the middle of the length.

Here you need to act like this:

1. clamp a strand 2-3 centimeters wide between the plates with medium effort;
2. gently turn the iron 180 ° C away from you, run to the ends;
3. repeat with the rest of the hair.

Having made such a foundation for Hollywood waves, proceed with styling:

1. Separate a strand at the temple from which you are going to direct the wave.
2. Comb it and with the help of invisibility fasten it on the back of the head, approximately in the middle between the ear and the back of the head. Arrange the hairpins crosswise.
3. Fix with varnish.
4. Secure the strand with another invisibility, closer to the back of the head. Hairpins should hide under the hair.
5. Remove the clamps from the face. Start at the bottom.
6. Use a brush to gently brush through the curls.
7. For extra volume, bouffant. Sequentially highlight the strands, starting from the side parting, and beat the hair at the roots with a fine comb.
8. Pull the curls perpendicular to the head. When finished, fix the fleece with varnish.
9. After that, gently tuck the curls into a wave, slightly adjusting the comb to hide the fleece. Only work with the top layer of hair, otherwise volume will not work.
10. Secure the curls to your face with clips, creating Hollywood waves. Sprinkle with varnish.
11. When it grabs, carefully remove the retainers, shape the curls into the desired shape and re-treat the hairstyle with varnish or spray.

Attention! If you are new to curling your hair with an iron, practice with a cold tool. This minimizes errors when starting directly with the installation.

Waves with harnesses

If you don't have time to deal with your hair for a long time, and beautiful curls are really needed, you can resort to using tourniquets.

True, the hairstyle will not be as flawless as when using other methods.

1. Wash hair and dry slightly.
2. Apply the fixing agent.
3. Divide hair into small strands, then twist into a tourniquet.
4. Dry and comb through.
5. Do not forget to sprinkle with varnish.

 

Brashing

Hair preparation and shaping are similar to the previous methods.

The general principle is very similar to working with curlers, but after applying a round brush to the hair with a hairdryer, you must manually twist all the strands. They are stabbed in the root zone with invisibility, in this position the hair should completely cool down. Then they are distributed into the hairstyle, fixed with varnish.

Diffuser

It is very convenient when there is no free time, with its help a simple styling is created that does not provide a high degree of fixation.

Apply mousse or foam to clean, damp hair, immerse a diffuser in them and actively work through the entire mass with a nozzle until they dry out. The device is taken out, the shovel is spread on the right sides, light fixation varnish is sprayed. You can additionally make a small bouffant, fluff up your hair with your hands.

Features of Hollywood curls

This method of making curls became widespread in the first quarter of the last century: the hairdresser Marcel Grato first did a hairstyle, which is back in fashion today as a retro version.

In those days, it quickly became popular among celebrities, as a rule, it was performed on medium-length hair.

The key feature of the technique is the correct haircut: it is important that the strands are of the same length. If the hair is framed in the form of a cascade, with the help of modern tools you can make neat curls, but it will take longer to make them, because it is important to lay the entire hair to the hair.

Who suits

On glossy photos of celebrities with Hollywood curls, the hairstyle looks perfect, harmoniously complements any type of face. Neat curls and smooth lines can be easily fixed so that the face is open, or, on the contrary, to mask local flaws and inaccuracies, an imperfect oval.

The main admirers of this style are stars Jessica Chastain, who prefers classics, elegance and luxury, and Dita Von Teese, who creates pin-up rock looks.

Features of styling hair of different lengths

Stylists here do not impose restrictions, it is only important to adhere to the recommendations regarding the form of styling and its neat appearance as a result.

The specificity of the actions differs depending on how long the hair is.

Long hair

Hairstyle technology:

1. Clean strands are combed, if they are fluffed and curled, straighten with an iron.
2. While the curling iron with a diameter of 3 cm is heated, foam is distributed on the hair, a side parting is formed.
3. The hair must be carefully divided into two segments - the lower and the upper, the second should be fixed on the crown with an elastic band or hair clip.
4. The lower part is wound, starting from the frontal zone, sequentially working through each strand. If you want to adhere to the retro style, you need to step back from the hair roots by 4-5 cm, here clips will come in handy so that the distance is the same everywhere.
5. From strands no wider than 3 cm, curls are made in the direction from the face, holding the hot device for up to 10 seconds, if the hair is thin, 5-6 seconds is enough.
6. The hot curl should be delicately freed from the curling iron, rolled into a ring with your fingers, fixed with an invisible one - in this form, the workpieces should cool completely.
7. It is necessary to ensure that the width of all strands is the same; it is also important that the direction is uniform for all. In this case, the styling will lie hair to hair.
8. The hair is worked through, moving sequentially, fastening each strand with invisibility.
9. After all the thickness of the hair is twisted into rings and cools in this form, you need to very carefully remove the clamps so that the curls are free. The hair is combed with a large comb with sparse teeth to form fairly stable waves.
10. Next, an asymmetric stacking of the shock takes place on one shoulder, and in order to keep the shape, it is strengthened with varnish or gel in the form of an aerosol.

On average

The technique is in many respects similar to the previous version. The difference is that the lower weight of the wave allows the use of a cold type of action. Here, the priority is the same styling devices, but without thermal correction of the strands.

1. The washed hair is dried and evenly covered with foam, the shock is divided into two parts horizontally.
2. Take a strand up to 3 cm thick, make a small curl from it and fasten it with a hairpin.
3. After 3 cm, the procedure is repeated, so the whole strand is worked through.
4. It is important to keep the curls consistent in direction and size.
5. After half an hour, spray varnish on the hair and remove the clamps, gently comb the hair.

For short

The canon example of successful execution is the image of Marilyn Monroe - a playful wave at a short length. Styling can be done on wet or dry hair. The hot technique involves the use of forceps, a small diameter curling iron.

It is in direct proportion to the length of the hair - the shorter they are, the smaller the tool should be.

A few tips from the pros

• It is better to use strands no more than 1 cm thick, in this case, regardless of the length, it will be convenient to wind them, the risk of overheating and overdrying is reduced.
• The denser the curls are laid on the curling iron or curlers, the more durable and elastic the curl will turn out.
• When taking out the curlers, you should not comb it right away: if you apply varnish, wax or gel to your hands and disassemble the curls with your fingers, they will last longer and will have the correct shape.
• If too much fixing product has been applied to your hair, you need to lightly moisturize the hair, comb it gently on top and dry it gently with a hairdryer.

Styling on short hair straightens faster under its own weight, and if a long event is ahead, curls can be wound on a finger, sprinkled with varnish and secured with invisibility - an actual hairstyle in the spirit of the 50s is formed.

Hollywood curls: can it be done for short hair and how?

A short haircut is not at all a reason to give up creating beauty on your head! There are tons of ways to deal with the problem. To do this, you just need to stock up on a curling iron, iron or hairdryer.

For example, an iron allows you to get soft waves without completely burning the hair.

To create a hairstyle with an iron, you need to take very thin strands and start twisting it as close to the roots as possible.

Do not be discouraged if the curl does not work out the first time, a short length takes patience. Try again and again until the result is completely satisfactory. But! Wait for the hair to cool completely after the previous procedure before starting to twist the strand.

1. If the hair is thin, not very thick and short, then a beautiful "Hollywood" styling is obtained by dividing the hair into four strands.
2. After that, you need to wind each one individually on the iron for styling and hold for 10 seconds.
3. The temperature of the appliance should not be too high.
4. This produces the very soft waves you want.
5. It's a good idea to use a gel or mousse for styling and secure the curls with invisibility.

Tips on how to make Hollywood curls

When screwing in with tongs, make sure that the device is pointing downwards, not upwards. This is not very convenient, but it allows you to get curls from the face. This technique is the hallmark of professional salon styling.

• If the Hollywood curls are in contact with the working surface of the curling iron or iron not long enough, the hairstyle can fall off in a few hours.
• When you pull the curling iron out of the hot curl, do not pull it forward or to the side - just up.
• When curling with an iron, make sure that the strand is centered on the plates. It should be fixed between them tightly enough, but not squeezed.
• Making beautiful curls similar to the hairstyles of Hollywood actresses is not as difficult as it might seem. Just follow the above tips and rules, believe in yourself and you will succeed.

Hair styling products and their features

• Hollywood curls are a very fragile hairstyle, its essence is that the hair looks as natural as possible and flutters slightly when the wind blows.
• It is better to fix the strands correctly with varnish or spray from weak to medium fixation. Use only a small amount of the product. Nail polish or spray for Hollywood curls is a must!
• Styling mousse and foam are suitable for winding thin curls, they give volume and shine well, but you cannot apply a lot of mousse, it makes the appearance of the strands heavier. The gel is an ideal helper just for short hair and you need to apply it for the best effect, stepping back a few centimeters from the root.

Styling Hollywood curls on short hair can last up to a day, you should not count on more. However, in order to prolong the life and appearance of the hairstyle, you can moisten the strands, twist again and sprinkle with varnish.

Hollywood curls: examples with photos