How to curl your hair on a flat iron

How to use an iron correctly to create a beautiful curl

Hair preparation

There are several stages of preparing hair for the use of styling devices, you need them without fail so that a masterpiece that will last for a long time and the device, in this case, the straightener does not harm the hair.

This should be done before the hair:

• Stage 1. Wash hair with shampoo, moisturize with balm or conditioner. For dry and thin hair, it is better to use a mask, it nourishes the hair follicle more.
• Stage 2. Apply styling mousse. The fixing mousse is used on wet hair. We advise mousse, it does not leave marks, and the curls from the iron will last longer. Some people use foam, but it is more noticeable.
• Stage 3. Dry. Using a hairdryer or letting them dry on their own doesn't matter for curling, do whatever works best. They must be dry.
• Stage 4. Apply thermal protection to dried hair. It is mainly sold in the form of two-phase sprays, there are balms, but buy a spray with a perm. The most important thing is the quality of this product; it directly affects how the rectifier temperature will affect. Do this even if the finish on your leveler is jadeite or tourmaline.
• Stage 5. Comb your hair thoroughly.

Iron width for your hair:

• Length to shoulder width - 2 cm. If thick - 2.5 cm;
• For long and thin ones, the width is from 5 to 6 cm.

Required temperature parameter:

Fine hair - do not exceed 160 degrees. Coarse temperature - up to 200 degrees. The golden mean for styling is 180 degrees.

Hair curling options with straightening tongs

Basic rules for each of the following hairstyles:

1. Always treat hair with heat protection;
2. Comb your hair well;
3. Watch the heating temperature;
4. Do not place a hot straightener on the furniture surface;
5. Clean the plates after each styling.

The classic method - curls of medium thickness on a medium iron

1. Prepare your hair;
2. Set the temperature to 150 degrees.
3. Divide the entire volume as you like, but it is better to start from the lower layers and move to the wrapping of the top of the head;
4. Separate strands two fingers thick;
5. Clamp the tongs at the root zone, wrap around your axis (from the middle of the hair, if you want curly ends);
6. Glide the hair straightener along the hair growth - vertically;
7. Fix each curl with varnish.
8. The effect of naturally curly curls on a thin strand iron
9. Distribute your washed hair into zones and divide it into small strands for twisting with a tourniquet;
10. Set the temperature to 150-100 (for weak hair) degrees.
11. Allegedly align the bundles from top to bottom 2 times, do it slowly, tightly clamping;
12. Spread and straighten with your fingers;
13. It is not necessary to fix, we create natural heaps.

Light small strands like Shakira's in 10 minutes with an iron and pigtails

1. Spray hair dried after washing with thermal spray and braid. Run a damp palm over the pigtail and let them rest for 10 minutes;
2. Heat the iron to 180 degrees;
3. Very, very slowly, "straighten" the braids tightly by pinching them several times.
4. Do not dissolve immediately, wait for the weaving to cool completely;
5. After you unravel them, the finished curly hair can be combed (thin hair needs to get volume. Coarse and thick hair will not work).

Large curls on a short bob

Large curls on short hair look very feminine and romantic and, at the same time, add a little fun to the image.

Necessary accessories:

• Polish for hair;
• iron;
• hairbrush - ponytail;
• thermal protection;
• clamps.

To create large curls, follow our instructions:

1. After completing the preparatory steps (washing and drying), you can start laying directly. Put the straightener to heat, and at this time apply to your hair the product of your choice, which has thermal protective and fixing properties.
2. Divide your hair into four equal sections. Secure three of them with clamps so that they do not interfere with the process of laying the first part. You should start from the lower sectors, so two parts of the three fixed ones will be upper.
3. Now separate a strand of small thickness and use the 2 technique of winding the strands with an iron from the section "How to wind your hair with a straightener: technologies and recommendations of specialists." Do the same with each strand of the first sector.
4. Next, do the same with the second lower sector.
5. There is no need to dissolve the upper ones. First, on one side, and then on the other, free up small strands for curling, pinning the rest of the hair again with a clip.
6. When all the hairs are curled, sprinkle them with varnish, for a more secure hold, and raise the curls a little more with your hands so that their shape is finally fixed.

Important! You can create large curls with an iron only if its plates are more than three centimeters wide. If not, then you will have to use the 5th or 6th styling method from the section "How to wind your hair with a straightener: technologies and recommendations of specialists", picking up curlers of such a size to get curls of the desired size.

Small curls on a short bob

Small curls for short hair are an option for lighter and more direct girls with a cheerful character.

Necessary accessories:

• iron;
• hairbrush - ponytail;
• clamps;
• thick pencils, skewers or tubes;
• thermal protection;
• Polish for hair;
• styling product.

Note! The smaller the diameter of the "curlers", the finer the curls will turn out. It should always be borne in mind that fully finished curls will be slightly larger than the circumference of the selected device.

In order to wind up small curls, follow the steps below:

1. After pre-conditioning your hair (washing and drying), apply thermal protection, let it fully absorb, and then use a hot styling product such as foam.
2. Also, as in the previous master class, divide the hair into four parts, securing three of them with clips.
3. Separate a small strand from one zone at the bottom and wind it over your chosen replacement curler. Holding the tip of the strand, warm it well with an iron.
4. Do the same for all the hair.
5. After all the hair is curled, sprinkle it with varnish and lift it up a little with your hands so that the shape is finally fixed.

Advice! Fasten the tip of the strand invisibly on the "curlers". This way you don't have to hold them with your hand, and you don't have to wait for each curl to cool before curling the next one.

Curls at the ends

1. The curls at the ends of the hair make the hairstyle more elegant and romantic. To make them you will need: an iron, a hairpin, a thermal protective agent.
2. Treat hair with a product that protects it from scalding and drying out. Wait for your hair to dry completely.
3. Tie your hair into a bun, leaving a few strands at the base of your neck, and secure it at the back of your head.
4. From the remaining hair, separate a small strand, no thicker than a little finger. Place a strand of hair between the hot plates, roll it over the top of the straightener and rotate the iron 360 degrees and slowly lower it down.
5. Then start curling the remaining hair.

secret: Curls will turn out at the ends of the hair if the strand is fixed between the ironing plates not at the roots, but just below the middle of its length.

Curls wave

The elegant wave of curls, first presented by Victoria Secret, is rightfully considered one of the most stylish and feminine hairstyles. To make it harder, you have to work a little.

1. Treat your hair with a heat protectant. Wait for it to dry.
2. Part your hair into sections and curl with an iron from the very roots. The curls should be tight and voluminous.
3. Gently brush the resulting curls with a brush, they will become smooth and fall freely along the back.
4. Fix the grooves in the waves with clamps.
5. Apply hairspray to your hairstyle, let it dry for 10-15 minutes and firmly set the hairstyle.
6. Remove the clips only after the varnish is completely dry.

Important: under no circumstances apply styling to your hair before you start curling. It can ignite when exposed to the hot temperature and burn your hair.

Delicate curls

Delicate curls from the very roots are easy to create in this way:

1. Divide clean, dry hair, previously treated with a thermal protective agent, into many strands, twist spirals from them. Fasten them on your head with invisible bagels.
2. Press each bagel down with an iron.
3. When all the hair bagels are ready, release your hair.
4. That's all, now it remains to style the curls beautifully and fix the hairstyle with varnish. Look at the photo above, it shows step by step how to perform curling and how the hair will look after it.

Unusual curling of hair using a brush and foil

Curls twisted with a brush and foil look no less original. Foil for this is suitable for both a special hairdressing salon and food.

Prepared in the previously described way, the hair must be wrapped around the handle of a cosmetic brush. When removing hair from the handle of the brush, you will have no problem using a brush with an even and smooth surface.

1. Take a small piece of foil. Place a brush in the middle of it (perpendicular to the foil), slowly remove the curled hair from the handle of the brush and wrap the resulting curls in it.
2. Pinch the hair foil between the ironing plates. Count to 20.
3. Unroll the foil and evaluate the result.
4. Using this hair curling technique allows you to get a spiral curl of any diameter.

By the way, the size of the spiral diameter depends on the diameter of the brush handle. The thicker the brush, the larger the spiral.

The classic way

For spiral or Hollywood curls, proceed like this:

1. Divide the cleanly washed, dried hair into 4-5 zones.
2. Take one narrow strand, lay it between the plates of the device as close to the roots as possible.
3. Keeping the straightener upright, slide it smoothly over the entire curl while rotating the tool 180 ° C in parallel.
4. Repeat the same for the rest of the parts. If you want to create Hollywood waves, curl in one direction. It is better to twist the front strands from the face.
5. Wait for the curls to cool. Separate them with your fingers, or use a wide-toothed comb (for the Hollywood waves version). Sprinkle with varnish.

Beach waves

There are different ways to style your hair tousled by the sea or ocean wind in a casual style. One of the simplest options, for which you will not need anything other than a rectifier, thermal protection and styling products:

1. Treat the hair with the necessary preparations, dry it.
2. Divide into several parts.
3. Alternately highlighting thin strands, twist them into bundles and warm them along the entire length with a prepared tool.
4. Twist all the hair in this way.
5. Shake them slightly with your hands, fix the hairstyle with varnish.

Advice. If time permits, you can braid many small braids on your head, and then warm each one with the device. After cooling down, untwist, touch up with your fingers and sprinkle with varnish. The result is not beachy, but quite nice corrugated waves.

Express option

Simple and quick styling is a good way to diversify your hairstyle, even if you have a little free time. The method is suitable for owners of curls of any length. Step by step instruction:

1. Comb and divide the hair into several sections. It will be 3 or 5 parts - it depends on the density of the curls.
2. Select one strand and grab it with the straightener at the level where the curls will begin. You can model curls from the middle of the length, or curl only the ends.
3. Keeping the device parallel to the floor, rotate it around its axis and then vertically.
4. Repeat the same for the rest of the curls.
5. If necessary, comb the curls, fix them with varnish.
6. You can warm up your hair by wrapping it in foil rings or whole strands. But this method should be rarely used, because the combination of foil paper and high temperature affects the hair destructively.

Natural beauty

1. Divide the washed and well-combed curls into strands.
2. Take one and twist it into a tight rope.
3. Grab the base of the bundle with a heated iron and slowly - but not too much, so that the hair does not suffer from prolonged contact with high temperature - run it along the entire length of the strand to the very ends.
4. Repeat this process until the entire head has been treated with the straightener.
5. Let the curls cool completely, take them apart with your fingers, beat lightly for volume and sprinkle with varnish.

Such styling is also called "beach style": when looking at it, an uninitiated person should have the feeling that you recently swam a lot and dried your curls naturally.

Try to move the iron as smoothly as possible, at the same speed. This will avoid ugly creases and horizontal marks.

Mermaid braids

Another way to add natural waves to your curls is to braid them. You will have to spend time on weaving, but the result will be more pronounced and durable.

1. Divide the curls into separate strands.
2. Braid the strands.
3. Then run each braid through the iron from base to tip.
4. Untwist the braids, use your fingers to remove the curls and sprinkle with varnish.

How to wind your hair with an iron: step by step photo - we make curls from braids

1. The thinner the braids, the smaller the waves
2. The stiffer your curls, the higher the temperature set on the thermostat should be.

Karakul curls

1. Part your hair as usual.
2. Roll each into a ring using a thick makeup brush, pencil, or your own finger as a base.
3. Fix the resulting tows with an invisible one or wrap in foil.
4. Consecutively clamp each of the resulting "bundles" in the iron, hold for 5-15 seconds and release.
5. Free the cooled hair from captivity, correct the hairstyle with your hands and sprinkle with varnish.

The foil will warm up the strand well and enhance the result.

Some craftswomen have improved the method so as not to mess with the foil. The curl is wound on a knitting needle or other suitable metal object (plastic will not work), clamped in a straightener and immediately released.

Broken curls

1. Part your hair into sections.
2. Prepare several strips of foil. The length should correspond to the length of your hair, the width should be 2 times the width of the strand.
3. Wrap each separated curl in a strip of foil, and then fold it several times to form an accordion.
4. Squeeze the foil envelope tightly with the straightening plates for 5-10 seconds.
5. Wait for the hair to cool completely, free it from the foil, disassemble it with your hands and ... admire the "lightning" scattering through your curls.

Such styling will certainly attract admiring glances to you.

Try to iron it once or twice a week. Too frequent contact with hot metal will sooner or later turn into serious troubles for the hair.

Light curls from the face

The world of fashion in recent seasons has been ruled by naturalness and naturalness. In this regard, we firmly declare that small and elastic curls filled with tons of varnish are an unambiguous anti-trend.

Now fashionistas hold light and romantic styling with airy curls in high esteem. This styling looks very gentle when the curls are directed away from the face, making its features more expressive. This step-by-step photo tutorial will teach you how to create such beauty on your hair.

1. Take a fairly wide strand of hair from your face, and place it in the iron approximately in the center.
2. Pivot the device away from your face.
3. Scroll the instrument again in the selected direction.
4. When you reach the ends of your hair, take out a section and start working on the next section.
5. The final touch is to fix the hairstyle with varnish. Make sure that the product does not stick together individual strands, otherwise the natural idea of ​​styling will be ruined.

Afrostyle

Who would have thought that elastic and spectacular curls can be obtained with the help of an object that is completely not intended for this - a pencil. If you want to create such a mischievous styling, the first step is to find a pencil that matches the length of your hair. Of course, this will be easiest for owners of short hair.

1. Comb your hair well. If your hair is very thick, we advise you to divide it into an upper and a lower part and curl your hair gradually.
2. Select the first thin strand and spiral it around the pencil. In this case, it is important to ensure that individual curls do not twist or intersect with each other.
3. Use a hot iron to warm up individual sections of the curl along with a pencil. On each part of the curl, you need to hold the device for the same time.
4. Carefully remove the pencil and curl all the other strands like this.

Useful Secrets

Those who often fit with an iron advise one trick: after washing their hair before going to bed, comb them with foam and dry them slightly. During the night, they are nourished, dry out, and the excess is washed off (in this way you can stain the bed linen, so you can cover the pillow with something that you do not mind). And in the morning, pay attention to the fact that the strands are overly pliable, easily folded into the shape you need.

For those who want volume, comb the root part. Especially suitable for fine, weak hair.

After curling the hair, it is forbidden to brush with a brush, except for those hairstyles in which it is suggested.

Of course, there are tons of devices designed specifically for laying in waves. Budget curlers or the same curling irons. But curlers take a lot of time, and nobody can boast that they can be used comfortably. Curling irons, on the contrary, will turn you into a "curly Sue", but the size of the curl will depend on the curling iron. And a few pieces are quite expensive to acquire, and you can't take everything with you on vacation.

With the leveling iron, everything is simple - you can make a dozen stylish hairstyles with it alone without straining too much.

Varieties of hair straighteners

Everyone is aware of professional and household appliances, and both are freely available.

Their price depends on what material the ironing plates are used in the device, on the type of temperature regulator, on the shape and width of the plates themselves, in general, on technical data. Well, the professional lasts longer, as it is intended for frequent use in salons.

Heating plate coating

The safer the cover of the plate, the more often and more calmly you can use your straightener.

• Metallic Is the cheapest and worst of all options. Hot metal plates damage hair as soon as it comes into contact with it.The effect on hair is the same as touching a hot frying pan with your finger.
• Tourmaline - are careful. Suitable for every day. Tourmaline is a natural material. When it heats up, thanks to negatively charged ions, the electrification of the hair is neutralized;
• Ceramics - models of a favorable price and with a minimum of harm. The only drawback was that they need to be constantly cleaned, plaque will remain on the plates;
• Marble ceramic (double-sided) - they do not spoil the hair, on the contrary, they make it healthier. Ceramic heats the hair, marble cools it. There is no burning effect;
• Teflon - most often used in professional irons. Salons choose such a coating due to the fact that styling products do not stick to Teflon, unlike ceramics;
• Jadeite - very careful. Such irons can be used even on damp hair and are not afraid to ruin them;
• Silver plated - has an antibacterial effect. Such irons are expensive, but the price is justified by the result.

Use a temperature controlled technique.

The shape of the plates is of two types:

• rounded at the ends - for the opportunity to just curl the hair;
• straight - only for the purpose of straightening the hair.

If you use all the rules and tips from our article, and also apply enough patience, you will definitely be able to create the desired styling. Be happy and delight everyone with your beauty!