How To Curl Hair
There are different ways showing you How To Curl Hair. If you wait 24 hours after washing your hair the natural oils in your hair will help the curls to stay in. Use only a small amount of shampoo and no conditioner. Make sure you allow plenty of time to curl your hair as quite often the curls need time to set.
Dampen your hair, if you have really thick hair you will need to make it wetter, but not so that it is dripping. By using water in a spray bottle will give you more control on how much and where you apply more water.
Use a curling product to the ends of the hair only, if you apply it to the roots and near the scalp it will add weight to the hair and pull the curls out faster. There are many ways to curl your hair and it may be a matter of trying different techniques to find the one which is most suitable for you.
To curl your hair using foam rollers decide what size you want the curls to be and select one thin lock of hair. Apply a mousse and roll the lock of hair into the curler tightly from the bottom up. Continue until you have rollers in all parts of the hair you wish to curl. Blows dry the hair and keep the rollers in for as long as possible; take the curlers out carefully and either brush your hair to remove roller marks or tease the locks out with your fingers.
You can put your hair in braids to achieve curls. By braiding your hair while it is slightly damp it will help the hair to curl. Use two or three large thick French braids to get thick curls and braid your hair tightly otherwise you will have more of a wave than a curl. Use smaller braids for tight crimped curls or 'afro' hairstyles. The nice thing about using braids is that you can sleep with them in, simply comb through each curl with your fingers in the morning. Don't use a brush on braided hair as it may go frizzy rather than curly.
One of the more recent ways How To Curl Hair is to use curling irons. Let the curling irons heat up for a few minutes, open the curling iron and clip the iron onto a half inch strand of hair. Slide the iron to the end of the hair and curl the hair in the direction you want the curl in, for example curve it inwards if you want an inward curl and outwards if you want an outwards curl. Curl each strand right up to the root and hold it there for 10 seconds. Slowly start to uncurl the hair and when you reach the end open the curling irons to ease the hair out. Keep repeating this process on all the hair you want curled. Finish by use your fingers to tousle the hair, apply hairspray if desired.