The straightener, or in another way ironing, is actually designed to smooth the hair and give it a perfectly smooth surface. But it turns out, with his help, you can achieve the absolutely opposite effect - beautifully curl your hair, and the curls will look different than wrapped on curlers or curling iron.
You have often been surprised at the natural beauty of the curls of celebrities or the incredible zigzags of their hairstyles and everyone could not understand how stellar stylists create these masterpieces? Most likely, it was ironing. And we'll tell you how to curl these same curls yourself. A little practice, and you will not get any worse.
How to curl the hair curls and wavy curls
Well, if your iron has semicircular side working surfaces - they are designed specifically for creating waves. But even if they are not there, it does not matter. We will tell you how to make curls a usual ironing.
Clamp a small strand between the styler's webs at a distance of 5-10cm from the roots and wrap the hair around it once (or rotate the device itself 180 degrees), and then slowly slide the iron down. The tip of the strand smoothly twist inward or outward, at your request. In this simple way, you can quickly create beautiful curls of various shapes. While holding the canvas horizontally, you will get the usual curls - tight and elastic, if tightly pressed tight to the hair and move slowly. And if you easily and quickly slide them along the strand, you will get a free wave.
The shape of the locks also depends on the thickness of the strand and the width of the ironing cloths, so experiment! Do you want to know how to make beautiful vertical curls-bands? Just hold the device upright. In other respects, the creation of curls does not differ from the work of a curling iron.
How to make an iron curls zigzag
Broken curls-zigzags at the peak of popularity, they look original on hair of medium and long length. You can create such hair curls with a hair iron in this way.
Take a rectangular piece of foil, its length should match the length of the hair, and the width of 2-2.5 times the width of the strand. A well-combed strand is wrapped in a foil, as in the case of a bright spot, - a completely flat narrow envelope will turn out (the hair should not look out of it). Now fold the foil with the accordion, starting from the tip, and tighten with iron (t 120 ° C), for a maximum of 5 seconds.
After removing the iron, pull the end of the "accordion" downwards so that it looks like a zigzag, wait until the foil has cooled down and remove it. Before making such curls ironing, divide the hair into zones. All, except for the working, kill, so as not to interfere, and start curling from the back of the head. Finished curls slightly separate with your fingers and put in your hair, but do not comb.
How to make spiral curls ironing?
You can make an iron with small, elegant spirals, and how to make curls ironing, you will not get any other way. Take a very narrow, only a few millimeters of a hair strand and wind from the roots on a thin wooden stick or bamboo skewer. The spiral turns must not overlap one another. We place the wand with twisted hair between the cloths and ironing them slowly downwards. When the hair is cool, remove the stick.
Curls iron on short hair
Using a rectifier, you can create original styling for short haircuts. Here, as they say, everything is elementary. Strands of hair, lifting at the roots, stretching between the canvas ironing, making them circular movements and slightly bending the ends. In accordance with the idea of hairstyle, you can direct each strand in the right direction. The width of the braces, the degree of their elevation and the shape of the curl are entirely up to you, since it is possible to make curls with iron on short hair the most different.
How to safely make curls ironing (precautions)
Remember that the heating temperature of the rectifier webs is much higher than, for example, in a curling iron. It is worth a bit to overdo the hair, and you just burn it. To prevent this from happening:
- choose a heating temperature that is safe for your hair type. For thin, clarified, weak hair -110-150 ° C, for normal around 160 ° C, for hard and thick 170-220 ° C;
- Please note that appliances without a thermostat usually have a maximum heating temperature, be sure to check the parameters of your ironing instructions;
- always before making curls ironing, apply a styling agent with thermal protection to the hair;
- when starting for the first time, use the lowest temperature and do not delay the styler for a long time in one section;
- if the result does not satisfy you, and you want to re-pass the strand through the iron, let it cool down for 20 seconds.