A How-To on Curling Your Hair With a Curling Wand

People are always asking me how I curl my hair, what I use, and how I get it to hold it's shape. For this reason, today I will be teaching you how-to curl your hair using a Conair Curling Wand.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Your regular hair brush
• A curling wand (brand doesn't really matter, as long as it's a wand)
• Something to hold your hair back with
• Dry hair
• Any heat protect product for your hair (optional)
• Hairspray (optional)

Step one: Getting started

Plug your curling wand up and set the heat to the highest setting. Make sure you sit the curling wand down somewhere safe because it gets really hot (I use my sink).

Begin brushing your hair out thoroughly to insure that there are no knots anywhere. At this point you have an option, you can either spray heat protect in your hair or not. Most people will tell you that you need to because the heat can damage your hair, but in this tutorial I will not be using heat protect. However, if you would like to then all you would need to do is spray it in after you finish brushing your hair. Once your hair is smooth and knot free you can part it into two layers. The number of layers you have generally depends on how much hair you have; I have thick hair that's easy to curl so I only use two. Also, if you have thin hair then parting your hair in more layers would give your hair a more "full" effect.

Once you have the designated amount of hair parted, you'll want to pull it up and out of the way of the hair being curled first. Use a hair clip or band to keep the hair up.

Start with natural hair

Part your hair into layers

Step two: Curling the sides

Hold your hand a good distance away from the wand to make sure it's hot. To begin curling your hair, take a small section of hair from either side of your head and wrap it around the wand. It's usually easier to start in the front and work your way back as you go, but whatever is easiest for you to do should be fine. When doing this you'll want to make sure that you're curling your hair away from your face. Doing so will make your face look more open rather than closed off.

When you get done curling one of the sides you should start on the opposite side, leaving the back of your head for last.

Curl the first layer

Step three: Curling the back

Curling the back of your hair will be difficult at first but,  as the saying goes, with practice comes perfection. If you lean back and turn your head to the left you should be able to see the straight hairs you missed. You can curl them one of two ways, you can grab small sections while leaning to the side and curl them like the others, or you can stand in a regular position and run your fingers down your hair to find out where they are. You should avoid trying to curl large sections because they usually flatten the fastest and won't hold as well as the smaller curls.

When you have finished curling the first layer of your hair you can either move onto step four, or decide to use hairspray. On a regular basis when I curl my hair the bottom hairs lose curl EXTREMELY fast so I'm only going to spray my bottom layer of hair. Again, this is optional and you don't necessarily need to spray your hair at all.

Step four: Curling the second layer

As I said before, I only needed to part my hair into two layers so my second layer of hair will be the last one I curl. Don't freak out if you have more than two layers because you will curl each layer of hair generally the same way.

Let the next layer of hair to be curled down and run your fingers through it delicately to loosen any knots. After this process you can revert back to steps 2-5.

Step five: Dealing with bangs

Almost everyone in today's society has the whole side-bang look, and I am one of those people. A lot of people curl their bangs, or braid them, or pull them back, or just leave them the way they are.  Most of the time, I leave mine the way they are because it's a lot easier than trying to fix them because it can mess up your curls. However, everyone is different and you may do whatever you want to your hair.


Step six: Finishing touches

Now that your hair is beautiful and full of curls, I'll give you a styling tip. You know how sometimes your hair still looks lifeless even after you curl it, or you have thin hair and it just doesn't look good? Here is a very easy thing that you can try to make your hair look thick and full.

What you'll want to do is lean your head completely over and make sure all of your hair is flipped over. Now, put both of your hands at the nape of your neck and place your finger tips a few inches from your hairline on the back of your neck. From here all you need to do is kind of shake your hair around with your hands. By doing this, you're separating the curls a little and making them spread out around your head. Be sure not to do this to the frontal hair line of your head because it will mess up the curls. Flip your head back over and situate the curls the way you like them. You may spray hairspray or you can go without it. After doing this last process you are done! Congratulations on curling your hair successfully!

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                                            -Taylor