Tips: Make Your Curls Last Longer
Tip 1: Adapt the Correct Procedure for Adding Volume
Blow Dry:
Blow drying can really help in adding volume. However, the trick is not doing it the regular way. Bend over so your hair is hanging down. Use a blow drier with a diffuser to dry it out. When you are up straight again, you will notice a considerable increase in volume!
Tip 2: Get The Texture Right
As already mentioned, right product is the key to right texture! So invest in a good curling spray or mousse. Use it on your wet or dry hair to get the right texture for holding curls. You must also pick a good finishing spray for holding curls longer. A lot of these are made just for curly hair. But when used on natural straight hair, they lend the additional support needed for your styling efforts to last longer!
Tip 3: Regular Hair Care and Prevention of Heat Damage
Damaged hair can never hold curls or look great. If you have split ends or frizzy hair, your curls will look unruly. Plus their might be problems in getting them to curl in first place. Trim them.
Secondly, the less frizzy your hair, the more beautiful your curls will look. Trust me, when my wavy hair decides to go crazy, I end up looking like I might have been slightly electrocuted! Always condition your hair well.
Last but not the least; curling requires heat treatment in most cases. Make sure you get a heat protectant spray or cream. Heat damage is one of the foremost reasons behind split ends and frizzy hair.
Tip 4: Setting Spray
As the name suggests, this is used to set your look in place. YOU NEED IT. This spray will lock your curls in for longer. Invest in a good holding spray and use it. Of course using so many products at the same time does not appeal much. Go out and find a setting spray with heat protection. This would eliminate the need to use two sprays one after the other. And then all you need to do is go ahead and curl!
Tip 5: Curling Iron VS Flat Iron
The curling tool you use also plays a role. Curling iron is what people generally buy when they intend to try curling their hair at home. I recommended that you use a flat iron instead. Here are the two reasons behind it.
Tip 6: Use Hot Cullers For Fine/Limp Hair
If you have fine or limp hair, ditch curling or flat irons. Go with hot cullers. They work much better on fine hair when you want the curls to last. The added advantage: various options of the kind of curls you can have. You can shift between ringlets, loose waves or small curls quite easily.
Icing on the cake, you can set them in and just let them be as you do your makeup!
Tip 7: Curl Without Heat
Do you skip the curling routine just to avoid heat damage? Great news for you! You don’t need to use heat at all!
For heatless curls, use a T-shirt, socks, pens or pencils. Or you can simply just braid your washed hair and leave it overnight, to find fresh loose waves! This is another great way on how to make curls last longer!
Tip 8: Final Setting
Once your hair is curled, use a hair spray one last time. This will remove the entire frizz in your curls. And you can flaunt your curls all day long!
Tip 1: Adapt the Correct Procedure for Adding Volume
- Shampoo and Condition:
Blow Dry:
Blow drying can really help in adding volume. However, the trick is not doing it the regular way. Bend over so your hair is hanging down. Use a blow drier with a diffuser to dry it out. When you are up straight again, you will notice a considerable increase in volume!
Tip 2: Get The Texture Right
As already mentioned, right product is the key to right texture! So invest in a good curling spray or mousse. Use it on your wet or dry hair to get the right texture for holding curls. You must also pick a good finishing spray for holding curls longer. A lot of these are made just for curly hair. But when used on natural straight hair, they lend the additional support needed for your styling efforts to last longer!
Tip 3: Regular Hair Care and Prevention of Heat Damage
Damaged hair can never hold curls or look great. If you have split ends or frizzy hair, your curls will look unruly. Plus their might be problems in getting them to curl in first place. Trim them.
Secondly, the less frizzy your hair, the more beautiful your curls will look. Trust me, when my wavy hair decides to go crazy, I end up looking like I might have been slightly electrocuted! Always condition your hair well.
Last but not the least; curling requires heat treatment in most cases. Make sure you get a heat protectant spray or cream. Heat damage is one of the foremost reasons behind split ends and frizzy hair.
Tip 4: Setting Spray
As the name suggests, this is used to set your look in place. YOU NEED IT. This spray will lock your curls in for longer. Invest in a good holding spray and use it. Of course using so many products at the same time does not appeal much. Go out and find a setting spray with heat protection. This would eliminate the need to use two sprays one after the other. And then all you need to do is go ahead and curl!
Tip 5: Curling Iron VS Flat Iron
The curling tool you use also plays a role. Curling iron is what people generally buy when they intend to try curling their hair at home. I recommended that you use a flat iron instead. Here are the two reasons behind it.
- Curling irons, especially the older models that are still popular, are not ceramic plated. These leave your hair liable to heat damage on prolonged use. Again, if a curling iron is what you are used to and want to continue using, upgrade to a version with ceramic protection.
- Also make sure you use curling rods or curling irons without clamps. They give better results for sure.
- Use a flat iron with rounded off sides. This is what I swear by personally. The curls hold better and last for longer too. This isn’t easy and will take some practice for sure. Once you figure it out, there will be no going back!
Tip 6: Use Hot Cullers For Fine/Limp Hair
If you have fine or limp hair, ditch curling or flat irons. Go with hot cullers. They work much better on fine hair when you want the curls to last. The added advantage: various options of the kind of curls you can have. You can shift between ringlets, loose waves or small curls quite easily.
Icing on the cake, you can set them in and just let them be as you do your makeup!
Tip 7: Curl Without Heat
Do you skip the curling routine just to avoid heat damage? Great news for you! You don’t need to use heat at all!
For heatless curls, use a T-shirt, socks, pens or pencils. Or you can simply just braid your washed hair and leave it overnight, to find fresh loose waves! This is another great way on how to make curls last longer!
Tip 8: Final Setting
Once your hair is curled, use a hair spray one last time. This will remove the entire frizz in your curls. And you can flaunt your curls all day long!