Here’s a little tip I picked up from Deidra in the make up and hair tip class at the Breathing Space Retreat that has been a life changer, no heat curls. No really, this is one of my go to styles now. It’s super easy, takes next to no time and gives you natural, beachy looking curls with no curling or straightening iron needed. Seriously, these pics are from the very first time I tried it!!
All you need for no heat curls is an elastic headband and barely damp hair. This is important, if it is too wet, it will never dry. You basically just wrap all your hair around the headband wear it for a few hours until it dries and then pull out and smooth. Easy peasy! I don’t wash my hear everyday, so this lasts a few days for me with some touch ups. I actually like it better the second day when it has relaxed and is loose wavy curls.
Here’s my instagram pics from my first try…
(beware the scary buggin eyes, sorry folks haven’t mastered the phone self-portrait yet.)
Here’s a video tutorial with exactly how to do curl hair without heat. It’s much easier then trying to explain it in writing. It’s kinda long because it has the before and after how-to’s, but I’ll let you in on all the tricks on how to make it work. This tutorial was on my second try. It is truly that easy.
My stylist friend Jami tried wearing it overnight and said it was a mess in the morning. I think the no heat curl key is putting it in barely damp in the morning and taking it out a few hours later after lunchtime. Then, use your favorite products to tame the beast. Also, I have naturally wavy hair, so that may contribute to the working well for me, but Deidra who taught the class has stick straight and it works for her so I think it should be pretty universal.
I hope you try it! I have done it four or five times now which is saying something since the retreat was less than a month ago.
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Your hair looks great!!! I love how it looks on your!
Question, how do you get the back so curly? The front of my hair curls no problem using this method…..the back…..not so much. 🙁 I don’t know what is going wrong, I think the band may be too far down in the back maybe?
Love this and can’t wait to try it!
Brandi-
I find that the back of my hair curls much less than the front as well. Try wrapping the back as tight as you can get it around the headband. In the video you can see that I push the hair toward the front around the headband when I need more space in to wrap so I can get the back completely wrapped too. Also, I pull a bit of the sides back and spray it in place so it covers any less curly part. I hope that helps!
I wish my hair was longer. It looks so cute. I love your hair like that.
WOW – super impressed by this!! Can’t wait to try…
I’ve done this before, but mine never lasts that long: http://craftymommydiva.blogspot.com/2011/06/53rd-fashionable-fridays.html
Yours looks gorgeous!