Curls - this is the styling that is appropriate for almost any event: solemn, evening or even official. Nothing paints a woman like light curls, gently framing her face. On the basis of curled hair, you can do many hairstyles, both complex and simple.
One of the most common misconceptions - curls look beautiful only on long hair. This is not so, on the middle and even on a short length, you can create beautiful curls that will adorn their owner. The main thing is to learn to do it right.
There are several ways to make light curls on medium hair: using curling irons, straightening irons, a variety of curlers and papillots. The safest way for hair structure to create light curls - curlers. Let's consider it in more detail.
History of curlers
Curlers are as old as the world. In ancient Egypt, women, and men, curled their hair in clay tubes. Under the rays of the scorching sun, they heated up, and the locks took the form of curls.
Calamists - people doing hairstyles in ancient Greece - wound the hair of noble persons on Kalamis. This is a metal rod that previously had to be heated. It resembles modern thermal curlers. Curly hair was rarely left loose, they were collected in a bun, or, as it is now called, a Greek knot, and decorated with hoops and tiaras.
In the Baroque era, Europe was captured by the fashion for elastic curls. Inventive French women as trendsetters come up with papillots (French papillote). This is paper twisted into a bundle, through which a cord or thread will pass. The strand was wound on a paper tow and fixed at the root with a bundle. Everything ingenious is simple!
Today, papillots are made of foam rubber or soft rubber with a flexible core inside.
Types of Papillots and Curlers
To create curls at home, there are many devices:
- Whooping cough. Wooden or plastic, with elastic for fixing. Whooping cough is commonly used for chemical or biowaving hair. But they can also be laid on, curls are very small and dense.
- Velcro curlers. They do not require a fixture for fixation, as they are held on the hair due to the surface with many small hooks. There are different diameters, the curl is very light, airy. Such curlers are more suitable for creating a basal volume.
- Hair curlers with natural bristles. The case is represented by a thin metal mesh and bristles. Keep on hair without additional fastening.
- Shapers. Modern look papillotok. A soft surface with a wire core allows you to create elastic, but not too steep curls of the required diameter.
- Foam curlers. You can leave it on your hair all night. The next morning, enjoy elastic curls.
- Thermal curlers or electric curlers. The most modern type of curler. They have a soft velor surface, and inside contains wax, which melts during heating on metal pins. They are fixed on the hair using special clips.
- Magic leverage. A new word in the beauty industry. The so-called miracle curlers are very convenient to use on their own, they do not break the ends and allow you to create beautiful light curls on medium hair.
Using any of these devices you can get beautiful curls without harm to the hair.
Curlers suitable for light curling
Light, slightly disheveled curls are in fashion now . How to make light curls on medium hair?
To make the curl light, you need to choose the right type of curler. The lower the strand tension and the larger the diameter, the less steep the curl will turn out.
- Papillots for light waves are most suitable. For example, shapers or boomerangs will do just fine with this task. The larger the diameter, the easier the wave will be.
- Thermal curlers also will not give a dense curl, but the basal volume and air waves are guaranteed to you.
- Velcro hair curlers will create a dizzying volume and a weak wave at the ends.
- Magic leverage will leave tighter curls on the hair, but they are great for medium and short hair.
How to use curlers correctly
How to wind curlers? On all devices, except for thermal hair curlers, you can wind both wet and dried strands.
If the desired result is light waves, then it is better to dry your hair first or leave it slightly unfinished. For a cool curl, wind the curlers on wet hair, it is important then to dry the strands to the end.
After washing the hair, before drying with a hairdryer, apply styling mousse or cream for styling medium fixation on the strands. This will allow the hairstyle to last longer, and also add shine and volume.
The technique of winding curlers
In order to get light curls on medium hair, curlers and papillots are best wound vertically.
After you wash your hair, apply a styling tool and dry the strands, you need to divide the entire mass of hair into zones, in order to make it convenient to do a curl.
First part from ear to ear, and then separate the lower occipital region from the upper. Top with a clip or hairpin.
Next, separate the temporal zones, the parietal part while fixing with a clip. If you do not have a long bang, it is best to immediately lay it with a hairdryer and brush in the position in which it will be laid.
Start wrapping curlers from the lower occipital area, vertically. If the ends of the hair are very profiled or, according to the idea of the haircut, they are of different lengths, then it is better to wrap the ends of the strands with paper for perm. You can buy it in any store with professional cosmetics and equipment for hairdressers. Thanks to her, the ends do not break, and the curl will be neat from roots to ends.
Next, remove the clamp from the upper occipital area and vertically, strand by strand, wind curlers or papillots.
To make the styling look as natural and not deliberate as possible, do not wind all the papillots in one direction, it is better to do it in a checkerboard pattern, twist one strand to the right and the other to the left.
Do the same with your temples. The strands closest to the face are better wound away from the face, this will give the hairstyle lightness.
The parietal zone can be wound horizontally, this will give an excellent basal volume.
If the hair was slightly wet, they should be thoroughly dried with a hairdryer or left to dry naturally. Soft papillots can be left all night.
After removing the papillots, beat the waves with your fingers and fix with a light or medium fixation varnish.
Hair can be left loose, or can be collected in one of the proposed hairstyles.
Pin Up Style
Very feminine and stylish hairstyle in the style of Pin Up girls with American posters of the 40s. The accent in such a hairstyle will be a scarf in peas, a bright silk scarf or a multi-colored bandana, these accessories will give the styling a retro look. Such hairstyles are made with light curls, so you first need to curl your hair.
Make a side part and lay the bangs on one side. At the top, collect the curls in a high tail and gently comb so that the elastic is not visible. Fix with varnish. Tie a scarf or ribbon in a contrasting color above the bangs.
Hairstyle with weave
A variety of braids in fashion is not the first season. This is a great way to refresh hairstyles with light curls on medium hair, give them a more solemn and romantic look.
Divide curled hair into a parting. On the one hand, near the parting, closer to the face, select a lock of medium width. Braid a light braid, fluff it a little with your fingers, apply a little varnish and stab it in the back. You can hide the invisibility under the hair, or you can fix the braid with a bright contrast pin.
In greek style
A great option for a tender and romantic bride.
Comb the curled hair smoothly on the crown, and beat the ends a little and comb. Fix the ends with hairspray, directing the spray from the bottom up. In the face, lower the curls a little. Decorate your head with a beautiful hoop with flowers or stones.
Hollywood
In the best traditions of the golden era of Hollywood. The wave on the hair of medium length is a classic that has no equal.
How to wind curlers for a Hollywood wave? Make sure that all the strands are directed in one direction, this will help to create the desired silhouette.
After removing the papillotki, carefully comb the hair with a brush with sparse teeth strictly from the roots to the ends.
The second rule of the Hollywood wave is parting. The bangs should be combed at the roots, raised and fixed with varnish. The other side must be pierced by an invisibility behind the ear.