Every lady dreams of looking stunning on a festive and ordinary day. One of the easiest ways to create an exquisite look is to style your hair with an iron. Once perfectly straight hair was a real dream, but modern lovers of various hairstyles can enjoy the absolute smoothness of hair. A device such as an iron helps in this - and with it you can straighten your hair and create attractive curls.
Basic Rules
Before you start styling your hair with an iron, you should study in detail its main main rules. After all, only then the harm from the use of forceps will be minimal. Consider the main tips of hairdressers:
- Before using the iron, you should carefully comb the hair, making it as straight as possible.
- So that there are no creases on the strands, it should be done with forceps from the roots to the ends, without rushing and evenly. When the iron reaches the ends, they should be slightly turned inside - so the styling will look more natural.
- Do not drive on the same strand several times. It is also worth refraining from keeping the ironer in one place for too long - this can seriously damage your hair.
- When styling hair with an iron at home, the temperature regime should be observed. Girls who have healthy and thick hair can afford to straighten their hair at temperatures up to 200 degrees. For those with a shock characterized by brittleness or dryness, they should be laid at lower temperatures.
- In no case should you use forceps on wet hair. Even if the hair seems dry, but you saw steam or heard a hissing sound, it means that the hair is suffering and can be seriously damaged.
- When working with the iron, it is imperative to use thermal protective agents. Many girls neglect their use, and completely in vain. After all, as practice shows, it’s enough to use an iron for hair styling for just a few weeks, as the hair will become lifeless and dry. Many remedies contain a special moisturizing agent - D-panthenol. It helps to retain natural moisture, and therefore the hair does not dry out.
Large curls
Often, ladies believe that tongs can only be used to straighten hair. However, with the help of ironing, you can create large curls. The ladies took a little savvy to learn how to make such a styling. And they needed in this case, in addition to ironing, only two more items - a foil and a thin comb. To create large curls, dry hair is divided into strands, and then each of them is simply wound on a finger. When the strand is formed, it is carefully removed and placed in a pre-prepared piece of foil. Then the curl is sealed in foil. Similar strands form throughout the head. Then each of them warms up with tongs for about half a minute. It is not worth removing them immediately - it is better to wait until the hair has cooled. When styling is completed, the foil is carefully removed from the strands, and a fixative is applied to the hair.
Waving strands from the face
This hair styling with the help of ironing is simple, and therefore is popular. To create it, you need to curl several strands of hair in the direction from the line of the face. The hairstyle is done very quickly - after all, it is not necessary to work out the whole mop, it is enough to work out only those curls that frame the front line. At the same time, the hairstyle significantly improves the appearance, gives effect.
Perfect smoothness
One of the main ways of styling hair with an iron is straightening, but many girls use this device to create attractive curls. In order to create a similar image, you need to wash your hair, dry it. After that, you can proceed directly to the creation of styling.
- Comb the hair and separate one strand.
- Grab it at the very base, and twist the iron on top.
- Then, holding the tip of the strand with your hand, you should slowly move the device from top to bottom.
- When the iron reaches the end of the length, it is necessary to tighten the bottom of the curl a little and unclench the tongs. So the tip will be more twisted.
- Thus, all hair is processed. The resulting curls are separated by hands - so they will look more voluminous.
- The styling agent is applied.
Such a hairstyle is well suited for both an ordinary walk and a special occasion.
Add volume
Performing hair styling with an iron, you can achieve additional volume even for thin hair. You can do this as follows:
- To twist locks of hair on fingers.
- Fix each of them with invisibility.
- Then the resulting strands are tightly compressed with an iron.
- The strands open and a fixative is applied. If somewhere styling turned ugly, this can be fixed with forceps.
Short hair styling
Many hairstyles look beneficial if the hair is curled inward. For example, if a girl wears a square, her hair with edges laid inside will look good. You can do this as follows:
- First, the ends of the hair are wrapped so that the forceps are in a perpendicular position with respect to the curled strand.
- The rectifier slowly turns outward or inward - depending on what result you need to get.
- Manipulation is repeated with the rest of the strands.
This hair styling with an iron and on medium hair will look great. The rules for its implementation are the same as for short hair, the appearance of the tips plays the main role in creating the image. Wrapped inward, they look more natural, and by twisting the strands outward, you can create an original hairstyle.
Surfer Curls
Hair styling with an iron (photo is attached below) is a great way to create different images - both smooth hairstyles and curls. One of the most popular hairstyles is also “surfer”, or “beach” curls. You can make them as follows:
- Divide hair into thin strands.
- Each of the strands is twisted so that it looks like a tourniquet.
- For each curled curl you need to go ironing.
- Over the entire length of the hair at the exit, spirals should be obtained.
- Fixing agent is applied.
Broken curls
Another version of the hairstyle with the help of ironing, which looks youthful fresh and stylish. In addition, such a hairstyle helps to add volume to the hair, which is an additional bonus for rare and thin hair.
A distinctive feature of such curls is that they have a zigzag shape. Large curls will look good on long hair, and on short hair, medium-sized curls will be more appropriate.
To perform this installation, you must:
- To process hair with mousse.
- Put each of the strands in foil, and then fold them into a square, folding it in the form of a zigzag.
- The future curl is pressed with forceps.
- The foil is removed, if desired, fixing agents, for example, varnish, can be applied to the strands.
Using tongs for long hair
How to perform styling with an iron on long hair? The algorithm for creating a hairstyle is quite simple:
- First you need to wash and dry the hair.
- Then treat the hair with a thermal protective agent.
- The iron warms up to 180-200 degrees.
- Hair is divided into strands.
- Each of them is processed using forceps. The movements should be slow and continuous.
- If desired, a little fixing agent can be applied to the hair.
Expert Advice
For those who would like to perform hair styling with an iron, the following tips of stylists may be useful:
- Do not interrupt the movement of the iron during straightening - because otherwise, creases or ugly transverse lines may appear on the hair.
- If in the process of winding or straightening some strand turned out to be not entirely successful - do not despair. You can go to other areas, and then, when the curl cools down, return to it again.
- In the process of working on the occipital part, it is useful to use two mirrors. By placing them opposite each other, it will be possible to observe the rear view of the hair.
- It is not recommended to apply oil products to the hair before styling - this way you can spoil both the hair itself and the tongs. After the straightening procedure, it is useful to apply a care product with added oils to the hair. This will protect the ends of the hair from drying out. But at the same time, it is better not to go too far with a caring agent - because if there is too much of it, then the hairstyle can go bad.
From the variety of hairstyles, every lady will be able to choose the best image for herself. And after several workouts, styling will not take much time.