What can you do with long hair yourself?

Hairdressers and stylists all over the world are most fond of working with long hair. The most unusual, unique, charming hairstyles, styling and haircuts are obtained on a rich head of hair. Women with such curls always face the question: what can be done with long hair on their own? Not everyone can afford to visit the salon every day to do styling for work or walk, hair for a celebration. All this can be done quite easily with your own hands, even a fashionable haircut, if you follow the instructions, can turn out no worse than the one that comes out of the hands of an experienced stylist. So, today we offer to consider several options for what you can do with long hair with your own hands.

Tools for creating styling

Many owners of luxurious long curls believe that it is possible to put them only in an expensive beauty salon. It's not like that at all. A little patience, effort and endurance, and you can personally give your hair the necessary shape. In order to style long hair at home, you need to take note of several options: simple, so that the curls look well-groomed daily, and more complex, which you can create yourself for special events. In both cases, the styling must meet all the requirements, this is ease in execution, simplicity in the end.

In order for the experiment with long hair at home to succeed, you need to have a hairdryer and tongs on hand, these tools will help create a ton of styling. Before you start working with hair, you need to be well prepared. We suggest that you consider the necessary devices that you need for styling at home, and after that we will get acquainted with the options for what you can do with long hair yourself.

• a hairdryer equipped with a diffuser and other nozzles;
• in order to create body waves, you need a round brush;
• thin comb;
• align curls and create a corrugation effect, fashionable in 2017, ironing will help;
• small or large curls can be obtained using a curling iron, which may have several nozzles of different diameters;
• various curlers, these are papillots, foam rubber, thermal hair curlers and large ones with Velcro;
• to create styling on long hair, various fixing devices are necessary, these are invisible, hairpins, elastic bands and hairpins;
• of course, without styling hair spray, mousse and fixing wax, no styling will last;
• protects against the negative effects of drying with a hairdryer and high temperatures thermal spray.

Simple rules for perfect styling

So that your curls look amazing every day, and you do not spend a lot of energy to give the desired shape, it is worth following the recommendations of professionals:

1. For girls with sparse, thin hair, deprived of their own volume, styling with the addition of additional volume at the roots would be an ideal solution. It is not recommended to experiment with too small curls, as they turn light curls into a kind of dandelion.
2. Women with heavy and naughty hair will not be able to achieve a good result without ironing.
3. The effect of moisturized hair, as always, is relevant. But, it is worth remembering that such styling is suitable only for those who have curly hair from nature. You should not create this effect if the hair is sparse and straight.
4. When creating any styling, do not apply excessive amounts of foam or varnish.

Do not forget that all manipulations when styling curls should be done on freshly washed hair. When deciding which styling can be done on long hair, check out our options.

Stylish solution for every day

Before going to work or school, few girls have a lot of time. It is necessary to have time to have breakfast, apply makeup, put in order the hair. What can be done with long hair in just ten minutes? It would seem that there is only one option - to collect in the tail, but this is absolutely not so. You can create a beautiful, stylish styling with a hairdryer and a round comb.

Wash your hair first. After that, apply a heat-protective spray to the curls, distribute them on separate strands, each of which is fixed on the crown with hairpins. Next, turn on the hairdryer at minimum power with warm air, dry each strand separately, with the help of a round comb, give the necessary shape. It can be both tips drawn in or out, and light waves. At the end of the procedure, set the hairdryer to cold mode, cool the curls a little. Fix the result with a small amount of hairspray with medium fixation.

Professionals advise to pull them up a little for more volume and airiness of styling when twisting strands on a comb. This is especially acceptable for girls with thin or sparse hair, as a result, an incredible amount will be obtained on the root.

We put curls with an iron

This is the simplest, unusually light, but still the most popular of all variations of styling. As in the previous case, it will take a minimum of time to create it, and the result will last all day. So, wash your hair, apply a thermal protective agent, blow dry your curls a little with a hairdryer. In no case do not start working with an iron if the hair is wet. The fact is that the tool gives out a very high temperature, which can damage even the healthiest and strongest strands.

After drying, divide the hair into strands, fix them on the crown with clips. After that, iron each individually, sprinkle the finished styling with hairspray.

Perfectly straight curls - this is a universal styling. It is suitable for both a romantic date, a gala event, and for a regular walk.

Romantic option

Waves on long hair have never lost their relevance. The romantic style in 2017 is more popular than ever. A tender, feminine girl with beautiful waves on long hair will always be in the spotlight. To create such a styling, it is not necessary to visit the stylist, you can do it yourself using hair curlers.

First of all, again, wash your hair, apply a heat-protective spray, lightly blow dry it with a hairdryer. Next, divide the hair into identical strands, each screw tightly on the heat curlers towards the roots (inward), so that the curls will be neat, even. Keep curlers on your head for 15 to 20 minutes, while heating them with a hairdryer. After the time has passed, the curlers are removed, and the resulting curls are varnished.

In no case do not comb your hair after removing the curlers, this procedure will make romantic curls unattractively fluffy. To even out the styling, distribute the curls evenly, separate them with your fingers, lifting the hair at the roots, spreading along the entire length.

What can be done with long hair, if you want to get romantic curls, but the curlers are not at home? Use regular soft rubber. Tight will not work, as it leaves behind sharp, ugly borders. So, the action plan is as follows:

1. In the evening, just before bedtime, wash your hair, apply fixing mousse on the curls.
2. Comb the hair, collect it on the top of the head in a tight tail.
3. Screw the curls tight around the elastic band, secure the tip with a strong hair clip that will not allow the hair to detach during sleep.
4. In the morning, untwist the tail, spread the resulting curls with your hands, fix with varnish.

Curling

Using forceps, you can get no less attractive curls, the size of which will depend on the diameter of the tool. Divide the hair into the same strands, wind it on the curling iron in the direction from the face, holding from 5 to 10 seconds. To make the curls natural, hold the tongs vertically, and twist the strands in a spiral. You can create curls along the entire length, or just from the tips to the middle. At the end of the procedure, separate the strands with your hands, fix them with varnish.

Fashionable negligence

To create one you will need a diffuser - a nozzle for a hairdryer. Wash your hair, treat it with thermal protective agent and fixing foam, divide it into strands, twist into flagella. Each flagellum must be placed in the diffuser in turn, distributed between the cloves. After the procedure, the curls do not comb, since they lose their slight negligence, but are distributed by the fingers, fixed with varnish.

For special occasions - hair bow

It happens that you need to do a hairstyle, but you don’t have time, and you can’t leave your curls loose, or they give you a lot of inconvenience. We offer you to learn how to make special hairstyles. So, you can make a hairstyle, turning long hair into a bow. To do this, you need to smooth the hair with mousse or varnish, collect it in a high tail, divide it into three equal parts. Pin the middle strands on the crown, form the sides of the bow from the sides, connecting the ends in the center with a hairpin. After that, wrap the middle strands around this connection several times, hide the tip inside, fasten, again, with a hairpin that will not be visible. Spread all the ends of the bow, fix it with invisibles, use a strong fixation varnish to fix the result.

Rock era style

What can be done with long hair if the girl is bright and creative? We offer such an option as styling in the style of the 80s. To do this, wash your hair, dry the curls with a hairdryer. Divide the entire head of hair in half from top to bottom. Combine the upper part, the one in the area above the forehead, with a comb with frequent teeth. You need to do this carefully, all the hairs that are knocked out and sticking out, process with wax. Turn the remaining lower part of the hair into waves using a curling iron. Spread the hairstyle with your hands, spray with varnish.

Is it possible to make chemistry on long hair?

This procedure should only be carried out in a salon. Perm does harm to the hair, it should not be done if the curls are thin, rare or discolored. Chemistry is what can be done with long black hair, which is strong, thick by nature. If you want to perform this procedure, but your hair is fair-haired or your hair is very thin, then before waving the master must perform medical procedures, for example, keratin prosthetics.

It is worth remembering that curls cannot be the same along the entire length. They will stretch at the roots under their own weight, and the ends will be more curly. It is necessary to consistently perform wellness procedures, these are masks that can be done at home. Hair damaged by chemistry often begins to split, looks scruffy, so you need to go through a lamination procedure or treat the ends with hot scissors.

We suggest talking about what hairstyles can be done on long hair without resorting to the help of salon stylists.

Fast and stylish tails

These are the most common hairstyles among women with long hair. Few people know, but ordinary tails can be made original by adding a “twist” to them.

1. A tail rope is completed in just a couple of minutes. To do this, you need to collect the hair high on the top, secure with an elastic band. Hair is divided into two equal parts, which are twisted together in a spiral. After that, the tip is well combed and fixed with an invisible rubber band. You can create such a cord from bundles into which the strands are first twisted, and only then twisted together.
2. The stepped tail looks very original. To create one, collect high hair, fix it with an elastic band. After this, comb the strands, divide the length into several parts, securing each step with elastic bands, which can be either plain or colored. At the end, adjust each section, give the necessary roundness and volume.
3. The ideal alternative to the everyday tail is the one made the other way around. Gather the hair in a low tail, secure with an elastic band just below its base. Then immediately make a hole over the elastic in the hair, twist the tail into a tourniquet and throw inward through it. Fix the resulting hairstyle with an elastic band.

A tail is an ideal variant of what can be done with long hair, each owner of a chic head of hair knows 100 different methods. We will not paint them all, let's move on to the following types of hairstyles. So, what hairstyles can be done on long hair from braids? Let's get a look.

Scythe from the forehead

This is a fairly simple but beautiful hairstyle. Start braiding the pigtail directly from your forehead, moving sideways. Tighten to the end of the length, fasten with invisible silicone rubber, leave the braid to hang freely with all the hair.

There is a second hairstyle option, for this you will need to weave two such braids on both sides of the forehead, fasten them together behind, so that they become a kind of frame for all the remaining hair.

Shell

This versatile hairstyle can be created in just five minutes. To do this, it is necessary to collect the hair in a tight tail, lowering the gum 5-7 centimeters from the head. Curl your hair with a tourniquet, wind it towards the roots, as if it were a thread on a spool. The gum that formed the tail should be hidden in this shell. Fix the hair with decorated hairpins or invisible, varnish.

What can be done with long hair? Length-saving haircut

Owners of luxurious curls often think about changing their image. Short hairstyles are fashionable, elegant, but not every girl decides to say goodbye to long hair. As a rule, the same haircut bothers, but in order to change it, there is no need to shorten all the curls. The ideal option is a cascade, which turns out to be more attractive over a long length than on an average. This haircut remains at the peak of popularity for many years, there are many variations, it is without a bang and with it, it can be straight or oblique. The cascade can be smooth and asymmetric, in any case, emphasize your advantages. Ask the stylist what can be done with long hair, what kind of cascade is right for your appearance, and stick to his recommendations. As a rule, this haircut is created very easily, but skill is needed. When doing a cascade for the first time, trust a professional, see how he creates it, then you can repeat the same thing yourself.

So, we have described the most popular methods of what can be done with long hair. Photos of hairstyles and styling are presented in this article. Experiment with your hair, creating new hairstyles every day.