coffinhert
September 28th, 2011, 07:47 PM
I've spent a lot of time trying to find damage-free ways to make my hair curl -- into loose spirals -- and hold the shape. Pin curls seems to be the way to go. The curls make wide spirals which become more defined towards the ends and it looks very natural/easy. The curl holds for multiple days. And unlike other curl methods I've tried, this somehow gives my hair super extra body from even from the top of my head. My hair often lays very flat and this method is the best thing I've found for body.
Method: Conditioner wash hair, let air dry halfway. Spritz with rose water if it dries out too much. I use a 2 oz squirt bottle to roll the curls up, it's the widest diameter I can get my hair around. The wider the diameter of the curl, the looser the curls are once dry. I like the looser curls better than the tight ones. To make the curl, I smooth the section with a boar bristle brush, straight out instead of down. I curl from the horizontal, not from downward. Loop the end of the hair around the bottle then roll it inwards so the end is inside the rest of the roll. Then very carefully slide it off the side of the bottle, wrap a little more until it's flat against your head, and pin in place with bobbies. There are tons of tutorials on youtube,google,ehow,etc. I have a side part and I make one curl for the top part of my head that includes the flat laydown of the sidepart. The rest of my head is 4-6 curls, depending. It takes 2-3 bobby pins per curls to hold them in place. I would recommend plastic-coated, loose-hold bobby pins, not tight ones. It looks a lot like this linky (http://www.jennyevelynphoto.com/blog/http://www.jennyevelynphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/logo41-810x810.jpg). I go to sleep and take it all out in the morning. I finger curl and shape throughout the day to keep the curls in ringlet formation. If I need to put my hair up, I finger curl it all together into a cinnabon. Then I can take it down later and it's still bodacious and curly.
Interested to hear anyone else's experience or pictures of pin curls you've done!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9362&pictureid=121803
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9362&pictureid=121804
My hair dried loose, NOT in pin curls, for comparison (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9362&pictureid=121805)
Method: Conditioner wash hair, let air dry halfway. Spritz with rose water if it dries out too much. I use a 2 oz squirt bottle to roll the curls up, it's the widest diameter I can get my hair around. The wider the diameter of the curl, the looser the curls are once dry. I like the looser curls better than the tight ones. To make the curl, I smooth the section with a boar bristle brush, straight out instead of down. I curl from the horizontal, not from downward. Loop the end of the hair around the bottle then roll it inwards so the end is inside the rest of the roll. Then very carefully slide it off the side of the bottle, wrap a little more until it's flat against your head, and pin in place with bobbies. There are tons of tutorials on youtube,google,ehow,etc. I have a side part and I make one curl for the top part of my head that includes the flat laydown of the sidepart. The rest of my head is 4-6 curls, depending. It takes 2-3 bobby pins per curls to hold them in place. I would recommend plastic-coated, loose-hold bobby pins, not tight ones. It looks a lot like this linky (http://www.jennyevelynphoto.com/blog/http://www.jennyevelynphoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/logo41-810x810.jpg). I go to sleep and take it all out in the morning. I finger curl and shape throughout the day to keep the curls in ringlet formation. If I need to put my hair up, I finger curl it all together into a cinnabon. Then I can take it down later and it's still bodacious and curly.
Interested to hear anyone else's experience or pictures of pin curls you've done!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9362&pictureid=121803
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9362&pictureid=121804
My hair dried loose, NOT in pin curls, for comparison (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9362&pictureid=121805)