How to: Curls and Crimping

Curling

Equipment:
-Curling wand
-Tail comb
-Brush
-Hair pins
-Hair clips

Curling wand used.

Step by Step:
1. Section off the top section of the hair so that a small section is ready at the bottom to curl; this depends on the thickness of the hair.
(The smaller the sections, the tighter the curls.)
2. Take a small, square section and wrap the end of the hair in the barrel and role up towards the scalp.
(Make sure all the sections are running along a straight line. Keep the tong perpendicular and facing up. Make sure you go as close to the root as possible.)
3. One the tong has heated the curl, roll the tong out once and then wiggle the tong whilst pushing up the hair with a tail comb.
4. Add a pin to the curl to hold it in place.
5. Continue these steps on the rest of the head, making sure to curl in alternate directions.
6. Once you've reached the top of the head, make sure you lift the hair at the root and have the tong horizontal to give the hair some body.
7. Once you have curled and pinned the whole hair, wait for the curls to cool down, then remove the pins.
8. Style as desired.

Hair before curling.

Pin curls.

Curls after pins taken out.

Curls after breaking up with fingers.

I was very happy with my hair curling technique as I really like the full bodied end result. Next time I would make sure that all my sections were in perfect straight lines and I would also pin the curls down closer to the root so that the top doesn't straighten out with the weight of the hair pin. I wasn't able to curl the whole half head in the time so I also need to work on my timing and practice so I can't achieve the look more quickly. 

Crimping/Frizzing

Equipment:

-Crimper

-Tail comb

-Hair pins

-Hair crips

-Brush

Crimper used.

Step by step:

1. Section off the top of the hair, leaving a thin section that is the same width as the crimper at the bottom. 

2. Lift the hair at the roots and place the crimper as close to the root as possible without burning the head. 

(For the practice head we were using, 180 was recommended. Change heat depending of health of hair and hair thickness.)

3. Clamp down the hair and hold for 5 - 10 seconds, then release and move down the section of hair until reaching the ends.

4. When you have reached the top of the head, make sure to lift the hair upwards before clamping to give the most lift. 

5. Once all the hair is crimped, start brushing out the crimps to make the hair go frizzy and style how desired. 

Hair before crimping.

Hair straight after crimping.

Hair after crimps have been brushed out.

I am really happy with how my crimping turned out. There is so much more volume in the hair and it feels so much more manageable to mould into shapes. Next time I will make sure to really get as close to the root as possible to give the most volume.