I have mostly straight hair & I am trying to learn how to curl it for special occassions. I have a curling iron, hot rollers & velcor rollers. I can never get anything to work.
Do I need a better curlign iron ( I think mine is conair)?
Or should I just leave it to the professionals? --------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: I bought a professional ceramic one, now I am just trying to figre out how to use it!
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MonkeyLuv
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I feel like everyone here has curly hair!
I have mostly straight hair & I am trying o learn how to curl it for special occassions. I have a curling iron, hot rollers & velcor rollers. I acn never get anything to work.
Do I need a better curlign iron ( I think mine is conair)?
Or should I just leave it to the professionals?
Hmm... do you use any hair products? My FSIL has really thick straight hair and I usually use lots of hairspray when I curl her hair for her.
eogara
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I'd get a professional curling iron. Do youw ant curl curls or wavy curls? I don't know much about the curl curls but I know for wavy curls you should get a 1 to 1 1/4 inch barrel. Take small sections of hair and twist it to the scalp, then curl it. When you curl it, do each section of hair in a different way so you get that natural wave to it.
nov04LIbride
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I do! I have a cheaper curler. You have to use a lot of hair spray to get it to stay, and don't brush the curls out. I did that for years and they never stayed.
usuk2004
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I have very straight hair too. My steam rollers worked the best on it.
tourist
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I do get better results with hair spray, but too many products make my hair limp. Or dirty.
I think I do need a professinal iron. I dont' know how to finda good one though.
I want waves, but my hair is too short to get too big of a curling Iron. I think what I have now 1' & I can make about a turn & a half with it.
According to Jonathon Antin's website (don't laugh) He suggests a 3/4 inch & if the curls are too tight, you can brush them out, but won't that make them fall out?
Farah, I have steam rollers, but they are too big for my hair. Even when it was longer, they wouldn't really last.
I know my hair IS curlable. It was really curly for my wedding & stayed that way all night.
Blu-ize
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When I want to get my hair curly, I use velcro rollers at night..they are very soft. I don't do it too much because I like it straight, but my hair is kind of wavy and fine
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my hair is straight and i use hairspray and a curling iron to curl it.....for some reason, my hair seems to like to curl, so it usually stays. i also like velcro rollers though....but be careful with them - i once burned a chunk of hair out using them with a blow dryer....not pretty.....and very smelly
eogara
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Posted by tourist According to Jonathon Antin's website (don't laugh) He suggests a 3/4 inch & if the curls are too tight, you can brush them out, but won't that make them fall out?
Yeah, I wouldn't brush them but you can break them up with your fingers, just pull them apart a little and pull them down a little - it should do the trick.
I'd get a professional ceramic curling iron. They're not like hairdryers, where they jump from $40 to about $100 for a professional one. They're just under $40 for the hot tools ones I've seen.
tourist
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Thank you! I didn't know about ceramic curling irons at all!
It's good to know they are not that expensive.
bethsiar
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I didnt know about ceramic ones either!
I'm glad you posted this b/c I am always wondering how girls get such nice curls in their hair! I'm jealous!
eogara
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Gold n Hot and Ceramic Tools are two good brands. Rickys sells them all. Chi makes them too but IMO they're waaaaaay overpriced for the same thing. I just wouldn't go the Conair, Vidal Sasson (sp?) route.
tourist
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Gold n Hot and Ceramic Tools are two good brands. Rickys sells them all. Chi makes them too but IMO they're waaaaaay overpriced for the same thing. I just wouldn't go the Conair, Vidal Sasson (sp?) route.
I was actually thinking of going to Ricky's. It is the only place near me that sells that stuff! I will try to go at lunch one day this wek.
eogara
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Posted by tourist I was actually thinking of going to Ricky's. It is the only place near me that sells that stuff! I will try to go at lunch one day this wek.
Me too! It's the best though. Ask them for help, they'll steer you in the right direction.
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Posted by tourist I was actually thinking of going to Ricky's. It is the only place near me that sells that stuff! I will try to go at lunch one day this wek.
Me too! It's the best though. Ask them for help, they'll steer you in the right direction.
Well, I am pretty sure the curling irons are way up high, so they will definitely have to help anyway! Thanks for all of your help, Eilleen!
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Hey Eileen-- I got my curling Iron! At Ricky's!
I got a Gold n Hot ceramic 5/8 inch barrel. The next size up was 1 inch & that is too big for my hair, since it is now above my shoulders.
For anyone, intersted, I highly reccomend!
I played with it last night--I had to put it on pretty high, but it worked so well. It was all sorta crazy, though, b/c I don't know what I am doign--but there were definitely curls. Lots of 'em.
And they seemed to stay, but I did brush it out before I went to bed.
I used Paul Mitchell Heat Seal ( lso reccomeded) on dry hair before I curled & then hairspay on the curls before I started touching them & loosening them alittle.
I think I am going to try it again, using wider section of hair at a time & not doing the short top layers.
