Curling Hair Using Tongs.

You will need...

• Curling tongs
• Pin tail comb
• Bobby Pins

During this technical session I learnt how to create a spiral curl and also a roller curl. The spiral curl is more modern and free, this creates a lot of curl but not much volume, for the roller curl this creates lift and volume.

 

Spiral Curl

For my spiral curl I started from the bottom of the hair at the nape of the neck, this is the easiest way to section the hair as you do not have to move curls out of the way. To spiral curl you have to use the tongs vertically, and choose the direction of the curl. To curl away from the face turn the tongs towards you, or to curl away from the face turn the tongs away from you. When curling, if it becomes baggy use your comb to direct the curl back around the barrel. Hold this curl for about 10 seconds, but vary the time depending on the hair. After releasing the curl, secure this to the head with a bobby pin, cooling the curl in this position will set the curl. When curling the hair, make sure you change directions as curling in the same direction will make all the curls merge together. After all the hair has set you need to take out all the pins and run through the curls with your fingers, this will separate them and make them fall naturally.

 

 

 

 

 

 In these pictures I am showing you how I sectioned the hair, how I pinned it and the finished product. I found it very hard to work with tongs and a comb at the same time, It took a lot to get the curls tight and not baggy. I also made the mistake of not moving with my curls, this flattened the curls as I was moving up the dolls head but this does not matter too much as they were still setting it just did not look as neat. I am pleased with the overall result of the hair, at the front you can see some really defined curls, however I forgot to change direction of the curls at the front, and this has merged into one curl and looks unusual compared to the rest of the hair.

 

 Roller Curls

To create roller curls you have to focus on getting the desired lift and volume into the curl, to do this you curl the hair using the wand horizontally, make sure you keep a good tension of the curlers and roll down the hair, keep the hair in position so is just under the sectioning line. Like the spiral curl you keep this on the hair for about 10 seconds. To make sure the curls don't merge together lay the curls in a brickwork formation, this will stop them merging into lines.

 

 

 

 

 

In these pictures I have shown how I have pinned my curls, the formation in which I have laid them and also my finished curls. I found it easier to get these pins in neater when I was doing them horizontally but found it hard to create a brickwork formation in the hair since I was only doing half a head. Some of the curls I have created I was really pleased with however it is blatant that I have not used adequate tension on the wand when doing the curls and this is vital to get the volume that is desired from this curl.

 



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