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You want an updo
for the prom – or for a wedding - but your hair is long and thick. This
type of hair is a challenge for even experienced hairdresser. Creating
pretty curls and making them stay in place for the entire evening or for
the day isn’t easy. They have a tendency to slip out.
Using this method should do the trick. You will have that elegant updo for
your special day.
- Start with using shampoo and conditioner that helps
to build body in your hair.
- Use firm hold mouse or spray gel on your hair to
increase body and make your hair less slippery and easier to work with.
- Blow dry your hair. Avoid using a flat iron or
straightening iron unless your hair is very frizzy in texture. Often
hair that is straightened with a flat iron will refuse to curl later.
- You will use a curling iron to put spiral curls in
all of your hair. Use a curling iron that will give you the size curls
that you want. You may have to experiment to see how your hair will
curl.
- To create a curl, take a one inch section of hair
and wind it around the iron. Start at the root of the hair and curl that
area first, moving up the hair strand until you work the ends in.
- Continue curling one inch sections until all of
your hair is curled. Be patient. Be careful not to make your sections
too large. They will result in droopy curls.
Hint:
Spraying your
hair lightly with hair spray before curling will help hold the curls and
make your hair more manageable.
Start pinning the curls:
- Begin in the back. Wind small strands of hair into
curls. Create a narrow cluster of curls at the center back. Pin them
firmly into place using your favorite method.
- After that is finished, pick up pieces of hair that
are about two inches away from the curls you created in the center. Pull
the hair strand back to the cluster and trap it in a bobby pin ( on the
hair strand only) Flip the bobby pin over. This will form a sort of fold
in the hair strand.
- Slide the bobby pin firmly into the hair next to
the original cluster, allowing the ends of the curl to hang down. Repeat
this process with five of six strands on each side of the cluster.
- Now to deal with the ends. Form a curl or coil with
the end and pin it into place with a bobby pin. Spray it lightly with
hair spray. Continue until all the hair is formed into curls and secured
in place.
- Rearrange the curls until you are pleased with the
appearance, then spray the entire style with hair spray.
Copyright 2011 by Lynne Chapman. All rights reserved
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