Sara Hair: Curling Hair

Curling

This post is only about how to get tight curls for Elizabethan inspired looks.

But as I looked at my pictures after class I realized that my curls weren't tight enough. But I worked on that^^

For curling you need:

sectioning clips
brush
barrel tong
pin tail comb
kirby gribs

Start off by brushing the hair and make sure there are no knots. Wherever you start curling remember to have clean sections and the sections should be the same size. If you start curling at the back of the head,start in middle of the hairline. Get the hair neat and tidy into the barrel tong and hold it for about 12 seconds.If the person has damaged hair try to only hold it for 7 seconds and then check the result. Remember to curl in a side angle.Afterwards take a kirby gribs and put it into the curl to let it cool down and set. That's how you can make sure the curl keeps nice and tight. For the next section curl the opposite direction. For example if you start rolling it down to the left side, for the next section you have to roll it down to the right side. As I mentioned Elizabethan curls were very tight, so never ever brush them out! When you curl the front hair, roll down the tong straight first and then roll it in an angled/spiral movement. That adds some texture to the hair.Also when curling the front hair try to get as close to the scalp as possible.

As you can see in the first to pictures I secured the curls with kirby gribs to let them cool down. But you can also see that the curls are quite big and I should do smaller ones for the next time.