Which owner of straight hair does not dream of playful and rebellious curls? That's just not all have the free time and the means to create a hairstyle.
Much simpler and faster spectacular curls can be made using ironing. Despite the fact that it is designed to straighten hair, curls are just a sight for sore eyes. About how to make waves ironing, we will tell in our article. We offer several options for creating hair styling of different lengths.
What are the benefits of ironing to create hairstyles?
There are several means, the use of which makes the hair wavy. These include curlers (thermo, metal, plastic, foam), a curling iron or curling irons, an iron for straightening hair. But when winding strands, the latter performs a completely different function.
As practice has shown, an iron for straightening hair has several advantages:
- heats up faster to the high temperature necessary to create curls;
- allows you to create waves in any direction and much faster than using curlers and curling irons;
- Suitable for creating curls of various kinds: from light waves to spectacular curls.
For those girls who are just going to buy an iron, it will be useful to find out that only curling irons with a slightly rounded plate are suitable for curling hair. This form will allow you to avoid ugly creases on the strands and provide a smooth transition. It is also important to pay attention that the heating temperature is not lower than 200 ° C, and the coating protects the hair from overheating. Now it remains only to figure out how to make waves flattened so that they look as impressive as possible and hold their shape for a long time.
Tools for styling and fixing waves on the hair
When creating a hairstyle, it is not enough just to wind the strands, they also need to be fixed using special means for this. Suitable for styling:
- Foam - not only fixes the waves, but also gives them additional volume. The product is applied to wet hair, which is immediately dried with a hairdryer. Only after this can you start creating waves with the help of ironing.
- Mousse - this tool can be used both before drying hair with a hairdryer, and for the final fixation of curls.
- Gel-aerosol - is applied to dry hair and allows you to fix the styling without creating a weighting effect. Curls can be easily combed without damaging the hair.
- Varnish - depending on its quantity, it is possible to provide easy or strong fixation of the strands.
How to make light waves iron?
Today, natural beauty is still in fashion. So, and styling should be as natural as possible. If you want to make your hair curly, you should get a light natural wave. This styling is often called beach, because it gives the owner a playful and perky look.
If you want to learn how to make a wave on your hair an iron, pay attention to the following step-by-step instructions:
- Separate a small lock of hair as if wrapping it in curlers or curling irons.
- Grab the strand in the center with iron tongs. Wrap the hair tip around the hair straightener with your hands.
- Hold the lock on the iron for a few seconds so that it warms up well. Carefully remove it from the rectifier.
- Wait for the strand to cool. Sprinkle her hairspray.
- In a similar way, wind all the strands. Once they have cooled and are fixed with varnish, you can separate them with your fingers.
A simple way to make waves on your hair with harnesses and ironing
There are several options for creating a hairstyle using a hair straightener. One of them is work with harnesses. This method allows you to achieve a light wave much faster than the above option. This is explained by the fact that it is enough to divide the hair into only 2 strands and work directly with them. How to make waves using an iron and harnesses can be found in the following step-by-step instructions:
- Divide the hair into 2 parts along the central parting.
- Each thick strand is alternately twisted into a bundle.
- Fix the hair with iron tongs, placing it closer to the roots.
- Slowly draw the rectifier down, as if ironing the tourniquet with hot plates.
- Remove the iron, wait for the lock to cool, and then dissolve the tourniquet.
- Fix the hair with special means, for example, varnish or gel.
Waves on the hair with foil and ironing
On different types of hair, curls are not the same. Yes, and keeps such a hairstyle for someone all day, and someone just a couple of hours. Owners of thick and coarse hair to make waves with an iron, as well as curling irons, will be more difficult. As a rule, curls straighten faster even when using fixing means. Conventional aluminum foil will come to the rescue. Using this tool, it is possible to increase the heating temperature, which will make it possible to wind hard hair better. The sequence of actions will be as follows:
- Select a strand and twist it in the form of a snail.
- Fix the hair with foil, folding a small sheet of rectangular shape in half, like an envelope, and tucking its edges.
- Tighten the foil with iron tongs.
- Hold for 2 minutes and then remove the hot rectifier.
- Wait a few seconds until the foil cools down, then remove it and dissolve the "snail".
Waves ironed using braids.
This method allows you to make curly medium or long hair. Creating a styling consists of weaving tight braids, which are ironed for the greatest effect.
Creating a hairstyle begins with washing your hair. Then the hair is well dried with a towel, mousse is applied to them for styling. Then proceed to drying with a hairdryer. Dry hair is braided in tight braids. Their number depends on what shape the wave needs to be obtained as a result. From thin braids, small curls are obtained, and from thick ones, large and light waves. How to make curls with an iron is easy to understand. As with the harnesses, it remains only to slowly draw a hot straightener over them. After the hair cools down, the braids can be braided - the result is a spectacular curl.
Spectacular curls with ironing
The opinion of the majority of the fair sex that with the help of ironing you can only make light waves is erroneous. If you want to get spectacular curls, ironing will come to the rescue. But in the pursuit of beauty, do not forget to apply thermal protection to your hair, which will not allow the curls to dry out during the styling process.
So, to summarize the small results of how to make the waves iron on an average length. You can do this as follows:
- Separate a strand of hair.
- Grab it with an iron, putting it as close to the roots as possible.
- Additionally lock the strand in the ironing fingers of the second hand.
- Fasten the hair onto the straightener with quick movements, gradually turning it and moving down.
- Similar actions should be performed as many times as the length of the hair is enough.
- The result should be a curl - elastic and spiral.
How to make waves flat on short hair?
To create a hairstyle you will need a means for thermal protection, a varnish for fixing, a clip or a hairpin, a wooden or ceramic comb.
To make vertical curls on short hair, you should adhere to such actions:
- Separate one strand and pinch it with an iron at the roots.
- Slowly rotate the tool 180 ° over its entire length.
- If the detachable strands are thin, then small curls will be obtained, and vice versa.
- Twist all hair in a similar way.
- Fix hairdo with varnish. If the hair is thin and brittle, spray the finished curls with varnish immediately.
To create a beach hairstyle, thin strands are alternately separated from the total hair volume, each of which is twisted with a tourniquet and warmed up along the entire length with an iron. Finished styling is sprayed with varnish.
Using the instructions presented above, you can make waves by ironing on medium hair and short hair. All actions in this case will be similar.
Waves without ironing with curlers
To create a hairstyle for medium and long hair, large curlers are suitable. This method allows you to make waves, both light and large, and elastic and small, without ironing. The sequence of actions in this case will be similar:
- Wash your hair and blow dry with a hairdryer, but not completely. They should stay a little wet.
- Apply styling agent, such as mousse or gel.
- Separate a strand of hair on the top of the head and wind the curlers on it.
- Perform similar steps on the back of the head and then on the sides.
- After all the strands are wound on the curlers, the hair needs to be dried with a hairdryer, wait for them to dry completely. After this, the curlers can be removed, gently separate the strands with your fingers and sprinkle with varnish.
For this hairstyle, you can use curlers of any kind, shape and size.
How to make waves on the hair curling iron?
Ceramic-coated curling irons are ideal for creating this hairstyle. It is desirable that the heating temperature of the curling iron is at least 200 °. But you need to wind the strands very briefly so as not to dry your hair and spoil it.
Step-by-step actions will be as follows:
- Separate a wide strand from the roots. Hair should be pre-washed and well dried.
- Apply a little mousse to the strand and wrap it around the curling iron.
- Hold the curling iron in an upright position for literally a minute and remove. Wait for it to cool.
- In a similar way, first wind the entire lower part of the hair, and then the upper.
- When all the strands are wound and cooled, you can beat your hair with your hands and sprinkle with light and medium fixation varnish.
The most beautiful waves are obtained when winding onto a curling iron of large diameter. The strands must be separated wide enough. Before winding, the entire volume of hair should be divided into two parts - the upper and lower, and wind, starting from the bottom.