How to properly wind hair on curlers at home, methods and techniques

Wrapping methods and techniques

Consider several ways to curl your hair with curlers.

Horizontal

This method is suitable for women who want to make their hair more voluminous and lush. Suitable for hair of any length. For the horizontal curling technique, they take solid products: plastic, thermo.

Sequencing:

1. Wash head with shampoo and conditioner.
2. Carefully take away excess moisture with a towel.
3. If needed - apply styling product.
4. Carefully comb hair.
5. Divide them into 3 parts: one - on the crown, 2 - in the area of ​​the temples.
6. Start the process winding from the parietal zone. Select a thin section above the forehead. Its width should be comparable to the width of the curler.
7. Lift the strand up. The correct position is perpendicular to the crown.
8. Comb the selected hair and then put their tips on the curlers.
9. Press the strand, twist in the direction from the forehead to the crown, pulling slightly towards the face.
10. Make sure that the future curl is curled to the roots. Then the traces of the clamp (if any) will not be noticeable.
11. Twist the middle part of the parietal zone, from the forehead through the crown to the back of the head. You should get a kind of track of curlers located parallel to each other. Separate the strands that are not thick.
12. In the same way wind the hair from the temporal areas.
13. When everything is ready put a nylon mesh or cap on your head. Blow dry your hair.
14. Waituntil the curls cool after the hot air.
15. Thereafter unwind curls starting from the back of the head, gradually moving up.
16. Comb them from tips to roots.

Advice. It is better if the curled curls dry naturally. It is believed that because of the hairdryer, the hairstyle does not last long, the curls quickly disintegrate.

Vertical

The technology is optimal for creating curls that descend, flowing from top to bottom, but not for adding volume to the hair. In this way, you can curl with bobbins or any other curlers that form a beautiful curl, including soft ones.

The vertical method is suitable for hair of any length no shorter than 12 centimeters.

Sequencing:

1. Wash, slightly blot your hair. Apply styling product as needed.
2. At the top of the head, collect the curls in a ponytail.
3. Separate with a horizontal parting a wide strand at the very bottom, at the back of the head.
4. Divide it into several thin ones, making vertical partings.
5. Roll your hair in an arbitrary direction. Keep the curlers upright.
6. Having finished the first horizontal row, proceed to the following: again separate the wide strand, then make several narrow ones out of it, wind it up. And so on until the end, until the head is completely curled.
7. Putting on the mesh, dry the curls with a hairdryer.
8. Wait for them to cool down.
9. Remove the curlers starting from the bottom.
10. Use your fingers or a wide-toothed comb to gently separate the curls.
11. If necessary, spray your hair with nail polish.
12. Foam for hair is the most suitable remedy for curling. It does not stick curls together, does not weigh them down and makes them elastic.

Spiral

This method is a kind of vertical technology. For him, only spiral-shaped curlers are used: hard or soft, as well as papillotes.

Advice. If necessary, you can use a styling product that will prolong the "life" of the curls.

Sequencing:

1. Divide the previously washed wet hair into 4 parts: in the area of ​​the crown, temples, and the back of the head.
2. From each of them, in turn, select thin strands and wind them. Start at the back of the head.
3. Move from roots to tips.
4. When you roll up your entire head, blow dry or leave to dry naturally.

Basic principles of using curlers

To get beautiful curls without harm to your hair, remember these simple rules.

• Rule 1. Styling on wet hair lasts much longer, so be sure to moisturize the strands before wrapping. Of course, in the case of thermo and electric curlers, this should not be done.
• Rule 2. The thinner and rarer the hair, the smaller the strand for winding should be. Thanks to this, the curls will turn out to be voluminous, and the hair will visually become thicker.
• Rule 3. It is recommended to start curling hair from the middle of the head.
• Rule 4. There are two ways to arrange the curlers - vertical (inclined) and horizontal.

• Rule 5. Short hair should only be twisted from the top. If you are wearing a side parting, then curl only those strands that are on the larger side of it. But do not twist the smaller part at all. This will give your haircut a trendy asymmetry.
• Rule 6. Do not go to bed with curlers (except for foam rubber) and do not leave them for more than an hour. It is bad for hair.
• Rule 7. Unfold them only after drying / cooling, along the way taking apart the curls with your hands. Do this very carefully so as not to ruin anything.

• Rule 8. Pay special attention to the size of the curler:

1. Small - for short strands;
2. Average - for medium length hair;
3. Large - for long strands.

Ideally, you should have accessories of different sizes in your arsenal - by combining them, you will get an unsurpassed result.

For example, in the middle part of the head, the hair is twisted on the largest curlers, medium-sized devices are used on the back of the head, and small strands at the face and neck are twisted onto the smallest ones.

• Rule 9. Curlers with elastic will leave creases on the strands. It is better to use devices that are fixed with clamps, special skewers or pins.

• Rule 10. If your hair is long, wind it in as thin strands as possible. This will dry them faster and hold the curls better.
• Rule 11. Short strands will be easier to curl if you place a strip of paper on the curlers.
• Rule 12. When curling your hair, try not to wrinkle the ends.
• Rule 13. Remember, curling too often will dry out and weaken your hair, which can cause hair loss.

How to wind curlers of different shapes

How to properly wind different types of curlers? We offer you detailed instructions.

Boomerangs

Suitable for hair of any length. Boomerangs can be of different shapes and diameters, therefore they are able to cover even a very long and wide strand. Another important advantage of boomerangs is their density.

Thanks to the dense foam rubber, the strand will be fixed in one position - this will protect it from deformation.

How to use boomerangs?

1. Sprinkle clean hair with water from a spray bottle.
2. Comb and part your hair into thin sections.
3. Apply fixer to the area around your face from mid-to-ends.
4. Attach the boomerang to the tip of the strand and twist it upwards.
5. At the desired level, wrap the boomerang with a pretzel.
6. In the same way, process all the remaining strands, winding them alternately from the left, then from the right side.
7. When your hair is completely dry, gently unwrap the boomerangs and style your curls.
8. After an hour, they can be sprinkled with varnish.

One of the latest innovations is electric boomerangs. They are first heated and then wrapped around the hair. When the strands are heated to the desired temperature, a light indicator on the boomerangs is triggered, indicating that it is time to remove the curlers.

Velcro

This type of curler is ideal for adding volume and volume to your hair. It seems to many that using Velcro or hedgehogs is incredibly easy. In fact, this is not so - in long hair they easily get entangled, and on short strands they do not always hold tightly.

The ideal length is a bob or bob haircut.

To curl your hair beautifully with Velcro, use this instruction:

1. Divide clean, damp hair with a horizontal parting into several parts - frontal, middle and occipital. You need to start cheating with the last one.
2. Place the tip of the strand over the Velcro and roll it down. No additional fixation is required.
3. Blow dry your hair to speed up the process.
4. Remove the curlers and shape the curls.

Thermo curlers

Hair styling with heat rollers is considered the fastest and most effective.

But they have one big drawback - it is this type that harms the hair the most.

How to apply correctly:

1. Dip the heated rollers in boiling water for a few minutes.
2. Comb and apply heat protectant to hair.
3. Divide dry and clean hair into thin strands.
4. Starting from the bottom zone, screw them onto the curlers and secure with a clip. To achieve volume, this must be done from the base of the strand, to obtain spiral curls - from the ends to the roots.
5. Wait 20 minutes and remove the curlers.
6. Spread the curls with your hands and sprinkle with varnish.

Spirals

Spirals are made of wood and plastic. With their help, you can get elastic vertical curls. It is very easy to do this:

1. Moisten clean hair with water from a spray bottle.
2. Divide the hair into several horizontal parts.
3. Separate a thin strand and gently wind it from top to bottom. Secure the tip with a special clip.
4. Let your head dry completely.
5. Remove the clamp and unwind the spiral by pulling it down.
6. Parse the curls with your hands.

Bobbins

Bobbins are plastic or wooden curlers in the form of sticks with elastic bands at the end. They give a very fine curl and are most often used for chemical and bio-curling.

But they are also useful for ordinary winding.

1. Apply a fixing agent to damp hair.
2. Divide it into thin strands.
3. Screw them onto the bobbins, fixing with elastic bands.
4. Wait until the hair is completely dry and remove it from the head.
5. Style your curls into your hair.

Foam curlers

Accessories of this type are made of foam rubber.

They are very simple to use:

1. Wash your hair and apply conditioner to your hair.
2. Dry a little with a hairdryer - the hair should be slightly damp, but not wet, otherwise it will dry for a long time.
3. Start curling with the strands around your face. Apply styling mousse or styling spray, place the tip of the strand on a foam roller and roll up to the base. Fix securely with an elastic band. By the way, some girls manage to replace store curlers with the smallest dishwashing sponges.
4. Now divide the hair into 3 sections (top, side, back) and wind all the hair. It is important that all strands are the same thickness - then you will get uniform curls. The width of the strand depends on the width of the curler.
5. If you want a body wave effect, place the curlers horizontally. If you want spiral curls, place them vertically.
6. After the hair is dry, remove the accessories and distribute the curls with your hands.
7. Fix with varnish.

Electric curlers

Using electric curlers at home is quite simple:

1. Wash your hair with shampoo and conditioner.
2. Dry it with a hairdryer.
3. Plug them in for 15 minutes.Some models have a special indicator that determines whether the curler is ready for use.
4. At this time, prepare your hair yourself - apply a thermal protective agent and let it dry. Hair must be absolutely dry!
5. In the case of electric curlers, the strands are wound in the same way as on the thermo. It is better to use large curlers near the forehead, small curlers on the back of the head and on the sides. Make sure that the width of the strand does not exceed the width of the curler, otherwise the curl will not be too neat. Secure them with a hairpin or clip.
6. Once the curlers are completely cool, remove them from your head.
7. Don't comb your curls for another 15 minutes.

What curlers are better for winding at night?

To shorten the time for morning styling, you can wind your hair overnight. And in the morning, just take off the accessories and lay the curls with your hands. But sleeping on hard curlers is very uncomfortable. Plus, using these accessories for a long time can damage your hair.

The use of sticky curlers is not at all suitable for night use. They will simply crumple under the weight of the head and instead of curls, zigzags will turn out, and the accessories will have to be thrown away.

In the last century, to curl your hair at night, cloth patches with paper embedded in them were used. But the threads from the raw edges crumbled, and then they had to carefully choose them from the hairstyle. In addition, such accessories had to be tightened so that the hair did not slip out of them, which left creases the next morning, and the hairstyle did not look very presentable.

The modern industry has developed a special type of curler that is ideal for winding curls at night - these are papillotes.

Plus, they are easy to use and you can easily twist the strands and create the perfect curls.

The wrapping of such accessories has its own characteristics. It should be borne in mind that the papillotes do not have an inner hole, and the hair on them winds up rather tightly. Therefore, even overnight, your hair will not have time to dry out. Therefore, only dry hair is wrapped on papillotes.

That is, after you have washed them, you need to dry them, apply styling products and dry them completely with a hairdryer.

Only when all the moisture has evaporated from the curls, they should be wound on papillotes. Curling can be done both from the middle of the strand and from the roots. If the wrapping is done from the middle of the curl, you should carefully monitor the position of the tip of the strand, otherwise it can be easily folded and perfect curls will not work.

After all the hair is curled in curlers, it is better to put on a special mesh that will not allow the papillots to change position or unwind.

 

How can you wind curlers on hair of different lengths

Short

As already mentioned, in this case, Velcro is best suited. Depending on the diameter, they will allow you to quickly create a beautiful volume or neat small curls.

Before rolling curlers on short hair, add some curl and volume product such as mousse or foam.

Middle length

It is important that the strands are not too wet or too dry. In the first case, a lot of creases will appear, and in the second, the curls simply will not hold. Medium hair is best rolled up in soft curlers and left overnight.

Unlike long ones, they dry well in a few hours, which will create excellent styling.

Long hair

In this case, soft boomerangs are also suitable. Just do not leave them overnight - you are unlikely to wait until they dry completely, so use a hairdryer to speed up the process. To curl long hair with curlers, twist it until the papillote touches your head.

You can use boomerangs of different diameters to achieve natural looking curls. Twist the thin strands as tightly as possible. Remove carefully and comb with your fingers to prevent curls from frizzing.

Preparation for styling

The success of the hairstyle process depends on the cleanliness of the hair.Therefore, before curling, you need to wash your hair with shampoo, use a regular conditioner or balm.

To work with hot curlers or stylers, the hair must be pre-dried, preferably naturally. For curling on soft curlers, the curls should be dried a little beforehand.

Styling products

Whether to use styling products before curling is an individual question. Fine hair needs extra volume. Therefore, it is worthwhile to apply foam on wet strands and distribute it evenly.

It is important to use the right amount of styling mousse as too much will weigh down your hair and make your hairstyle short-lived.

• For curls of medium length (up to the shoulders) you need an amount of foam, commensurate with the size of an average tangerine. You can spread the mousse with your fingers or a wide-toothed comb.
• For thick and heavy hair using styling products before curling is optional. It is also important to apply the foam according to the scalp type.

How to make homemade hair curlers at home - DIY instructions

Homemade curlers can be made from any materials at hand: from fabric, from foil, from tubes, paper, foam rubber or insulation, and even from ordinary socks.

Once made, they can be used multiple times. They are great for curling baby hair.

From fabric

It is not difficult to make curlers from pieces of fabric. You will need a thick fabric, preferably cotton or linen. Because a knot made of synthetic or silk fabric will untie, and the curls will fall apart.

If you haven't found the material you want, you can use a regular gauze bandage.

1. Cut it 3 cm wide and 20 cm long.
2. Next, the strand is moistened in water, and the ends of the hair are tied with a strip.
3. Then the fabric with a curl is twisted into a spiral.
4. The number of curls depends on the blanks.
5. If the hair is of medium thickness, 10 pieces will be enough.

Foil

You will need foil and cotton wool to add volume. Form 8 x 18 cm foil rectangles. Place the cotton wool twisted into a rope inside. Start curling the strand from the center. Such curlers easily bend in different directions. It is easy to fix them, just squeeze the foil with your hands.

Important! Using foil curlers, getting a beautiful styling will turn out faster in time than from fabric.

From tubules

To create a flirty and romantic look, you need cocktail tubes. Such small curls will look delightful on slender girls with an oval face shape. A voluminous hairstyle with small curls of short girls will make them even lower and their face wider.

To create a curler, you need about 30 pieces of cocktail tubes, the same number of invisible or small hair ties, mousse and a comb. The thicker the hair, the thinner the strand should be.

1. Attach a tube to your hair and wind a strand around it tightly, fix the ends with a hairpin or elastic band.
2. Do the same with the rest of the hair.
3. The holding time must be at least three hours.
4. You can speed up the drying process of the styling product by using a hair dryer.

From paper

Any paper other than cardboard can be used. The main advantage of this method is that such curlers will not cause discomfort, it is convenient to sleep with them. They won't bite into your head.

It won't take long to remove the curlers.

1. Take any toilet paper, with marks along which it is easy to tear off identical rectangles. You need a piece of 4 such rectangles.
2. Fold it in half and twist it into a bundle.
3. Prepare the required amount of curlers in the same way.
4. Part a section of wet hair, starting in the middle and twisting.
5. Tie the loose edges of the paper into a knot.
6. And so that home curlers do not unwind, you can cover your head with a thin scarf or a special hat.

Locks made of foam rubber or insulation

You will need to cut the material into strips of 25 cm. The thickness of the strands will depend on the thickness of the foam rubber. For long and thick curls, you will need to prepare 10-12 strips. You should start twisting from the center of the head, twisting the remaining strands underneath.

Using your fingers, tie the curlers into a knot.

To create locks, you will need foam rubber and an elastic band for fixing. If the hair is long, a 20 cm long strip is required. In this case, the hair should be wound from the roots. The ends are fixed with an elastic band. Curls look gorgeous.

Tissue and paper

For making, you need paper and tape. Such homemade products are also suitable for reuse. It is better to use cotton fabric.

1. Cut an A4 sheet across, from one sheet you get 3 strips. You will need 4 sheets.
2. The amount of curlers can be adjusted, it all depends on the thickness of the hair.
3. From the fabric, cut the ribbons by 15 cm.Then flatten the resulting ribbon, on it, put a piece of paper in the center.
4. Roll the roller in the middle.

When using for the first time, it is better to dampen the paper with water and crush it. It will become more flexible. When reused, the paper does not need to be dampened with water. Avoid pulling on the strands to get the effect of flowing curls.

Important! The thicker the roller, the larger the curls will be. After unwinding curls, do not use styling products.

From regular socks

Such styling will not harm your hair, we already wrote about it in this article... This type of curling is suitable for fine hair; it won't last long on tight curls. If you have unmanageable hair, use a foam or hairspray.

If you have thick hair, you will need 5 or 6 pairs of socks. Standard socks are great, sporty or short socks are not suitable for curling.

1. You will need styling products. Divide your hair into 5cm strands.
2. Roll your hair in the middle of the sock, starting at the ends.
3. To prevent the strand from blooming, it should be fastened to a knot.
4. After the curls are dry, you can remove the improvised curlers.
5. Secure the beautiful styling with hair wax.

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