If you curl your hair...

[noodleskooze]

regularly, what do you use to hold the curl? I got a Hot Tools gold barrel based on great reviews, but my curls fall so quickly! Is my hair just too long, or is there a product I should know about?

[wannabe]

i always sprayed it before and after i curled each section.

[walterismydog]

Bumble & Bumble Styling Lotion.

HAIR MAGIC.

[bigang]

I use a flat iron to curl my hair. When I use a curling iron, my hair falls by lunch. When I use a flat iron, the curls last a couple of days.

[walterismydog]

May 1, 2013 13:43:02 GMT -5 swizz said:

May 1, 2013 13:42:10 GMT -5 walterismydog said:

Bumble & Bumble Styling Lotion.

HAIR MAGIC.

Do you use this before you curl, or like hairspray?

I use it on dry hair before curling it. You can also use it while wet. 

Another good one is Aveda Confixor Liquid Gel. You put that on wet, then dry your hair, then curl. 

[Deleted]

I just use hairspray and a curling iron. My hair holds curl well though.

[KKD]

I use bumble & bumble curl conscious defining cream on damp hair, then hair spray once dried and curled. Like nic, I also hold each curl for 10 seconds. I've tried spraying each layer of curls, but like emily, it actually seems to work better when I only spray the top layer. Granted, I actually prefer when my curls fall/loosen a bit, but once settled the style lasts all day.

I have a friend who swears by hairspraying her hair while it's on the curling iron, but she admitted to destroying multiple curling irons that way.

[noodleskooze]

May 1, 2013 13:38:17 GMT -5 @astrid said:

Is your hair fine? What is its texture? How straight is it? All these things affect my response.

It's thick and long. It's pretty straight if it air dries.

I think it's just too heavy, but I'm not sure how to change that.

[noodleskooze]

I love the look of using a flat iron, and I know that works best, but I've never been able to get the hang of it!

[copperboom]

May 1, 2013 13:42:53 GMT -5 bigang said:

I use a flat iron to curl my hair. When I use a curling iron, my hair falls by lunch. When I use a flat iron, the curls last a couple of days.

Same for me. I use Loreal Elnett hairspray. 

[pantsparty]

Flat iron has been the only thing that works for me.

[noodleskooze]

May 1, 2013 16:01:16 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Caruso steam rollers.

I've seen people recommend these too. Are they hard to roll and/or keep in if your hair has layers? How many do you use? There's several options on Amazon.

[Kore]

I use a hot tools curling iron, and spray the curls with Elnett hair spray before I finger comb through them.

ETA this is totally not useful, because my hair tends to hold curl pretty well. It does help, however, to have a style that takes weight off of the ends of your hair.

[Deleted]

Caruso steam rollers

[Kore]

May 1, 2013 16:24:00 GMT -5 loonylunalovegood said:

Someone explain to me in simple terms how to curl your hair with a flat iron. I can get the ends to curl, but nothing like frkls' dsd. Halp.

This tutorial helped me figure it out.

thefixationfiles.weebly.com/1/post/2012/05/file-under-hair-flat-iron-curls-how-to.html

[pooh8402]

if I want loose waves, then I use a 1" or 1 1/4" size barrel. use a smaller barrel than you think you need since the curls do loosen up. I spray after with Loreal Elnett spray, never before. I also set my curls after... any blog I've read that is written by a hair pro said that a good set is the key to long lasting curls.

similar to this, and I use these types of clips...



or this (this is closer to how I do it, with the curls sticking off my head)...



it doesn't have to be a tight, neat set. I just wrap the warm curl around 2 of my fingers and clip to my head. then I go about the rest of my routine--makeup, coffee, etc. about 15-20 minutes later, I take it down. I feel like I need to take a picture the next time I do this, since I've had to describe it a few times.

here is a pic of my hair done with a 1 1/4" barrel iron and a set. this is probably 30 minutes after I took the curls down.

[AHappierHour]

Here's a you tube video on how to curl with a flat iron. It's super simple and fast

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alv-j9cxTkA&sns=em

[studytime45]

CURL WITH A FLAT IRON. It will last until you wash it, seriously.

Examples of me (flat iron - i don't have any recent pictures, but these were amateur attempts. It looks a lot better when I do it now) :






Curling iron (in both of these pictures, the curls fell out within hours, even with product): 

[noodleskooze]

Lucy Honeychurch
@bettyhomewrecker

DUDES. I found this at my mom's house today. It's on!

[walterismydog]

Caruso Steam Rollers are the BEST. best best best best.

Lucy, you changed my whole life with those things however long ago you first recommended them.

[noodleskooze]

Eta: forgot the picture!

[walterismydog]

May 2, 2013 16:05:44 GMT -5 noodleskooze said:

Eta: forgot the picture!

Those are the ones I have. They use salt. I like them a lot better than my newer set (which broke on me after a year). 

[noodleskooze]

Nevermind... Just opened the box, and the foam is crumbling off the rollers. No telling how old these are.

Amazon it is!