Quick and Easy Hair Styles (straightening and curling)

When your bad hair days outnumber your good ones, it may be time for some modification in your hair style. Yet, before you go under the scissors, take some time to sharpen up your style knowledge with a few hair styling tips.

Curly hair gives you one big styling advantage over straight hair; volume. Whether your hair is naturally curly or permed, curls give a lot of volume to the hair. Curly hairstyles are enviable for both volume and beauty. Naturally curly hair can definitely be a godsend if you have the right haircut that suits both with the curliness and your face. When naturally curly hair is cut into a fashionable haircut, you will see lovely flips, waves and twirls around the head, all without the slightest effort. In fact, many who have curly hair walk out of the house to get into the car without a comb so much as touching their head.

Here is a method to curl your hair via straightening that can be done with in minutes.

Step 1: Place the Hair

Holding the iron at the end, place your hair over the section and wrap your hair around the bottom plate. Then, gently close the plates, lightly gripping the hair.

Step 2: Move and Rotate outwards

As you glide the iron downwards, rotate it outwards.

Step 3: Create Bigger Curls

For bigger curls, take larger sections of hair and use the same rotating motion.

Step 4: Start Lower Down

Don’t start too close to the ends, because this will create too much volume near the top of your head, and the curls won’t be soft and bouncy.

Step 5: Use Rounded Plates

You should use an iron with a rounded, beveled plate design specially for making curls.
If your hair iron doesn’t have rounded plates, it will create irregular dents in your hair.
With rounded plates you get smooth, flowing curls.

Step 6: Try Again

If you don’t get the curl right on the first try, let the section you were working on cool down for a few minutes before you try again.
Move on to the next section of hair while you are waiting. The back of the head is the hard but remember practice makes perfection.

Step 7: Repeat the Process

I continue this process, moving throughout each section of my hair. It takes a while to get the hang of it, even more if you’re using flat iron, but with a little practice, you will attain those perfect curls.