Heat free waves for shoulder length hair?

[cdonald2]

The title says it all. I'm trying to find a heat and damage free look for my hair for Valentine's Day this year.... Here are some of the styles I am interested in... Any ideas how to get hair to look like this?http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/webkit-fake-url://758b70cb-84bc-4a6a-83f4-eb98da56cc5f/imagejpeg


http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/webkit-fake-url://8e2ba487-2234-475a-a35b-5b5dbe6d357d/imagepng

[cdonald2]

gah, guess my links didnt work. let me try again

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a4/21/10/a421105aa02f0264ffe1c779d66595da.jpg

also, im totally cool with teasing. i never get knots from it or anything, all i need to do is brush through with my fingers and its flat again. :3

[Sarahlabyrinth]

I can't see your photos, but have you tried rag curls? You can see tutorials on Youtube.

[Fericera]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsGuWokn47A

The girl in this video has longer hair, but you could probably modify it for your length by simply wrapping as far as you can and proceeding as she shows. There's a chance it might not work, but I figured I'd share it anyway because the waves look like the ones you were wanting.

[cdonald2]

I did my hair in braids like that last night :) going to take them out in a few hours to see how it went.

[cdonald2]

ok, it ended up a disaster. i may end up having to use heat after all.... i guess thats okay., one day wont hurt.

[maryalana]

I used to use the headband method. It's really easy and I found, for my hair at least, it worked really well.

http://youtu.be/BLeSKaPaUOA

Good luck!

[Robot Ninja]

You could try snake waves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMH2llkrXE. If you use thicker strips of cloth, you will get bigger waves.

[yogagirl]

Hmm those are pretty large curls, that seems to be trickier to achieve than smaller ones. I second the rag curls suggestion. Another option to try might be sock bun waves.

If you are ok with smaller curls you could try rope braid curls ( http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=128996 ). That doesn't really produce the same look though.

[cdonald2]

I used to use the headband method. It's really easy and I found, for my hair at least, it worked really well.

http://youtu.be/BLeSKaPaUOA

Good luck!

i'll give it a shot tonight. hopefully i can find a headband around the house.... if not, i suppose i can always tie a stocking around my head lol

[LeMimi13]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsGuWokn47A

The girl in this video has longer hair, but you could probably modify it for your length by simply wrapping as far as you can and proceeding as she shows. There's a chance it might not work, but I figured I'd share it anyway because the waves look like the ones you were wanting.
I tried this (my hair is naturally very wavy though) but made a bun out of the "twist brais" that I got. It actually lookdd likr a very sleek, sophosticated bun, qnd it made my waves look awesome!

[cdonald2]

i tried it... nothing seems to work :/ guess im sticking with velcro rollers and touching up with a curling iron...

[browneyedsusan]

I was going to suggest pin curls, but they give a different look than what you're after. :) --40's retro--