This is a beauty tip for all you ladies out there. This morning I was having trouble with my hair, as we all do at times. I was using a curling iron but it just didn't seem to be holding the curl. Well, we were staying in a hotel room overnite and right by my plugin was a small dryer on the wall. I got a nifty idea.
My hair is uncurlable! I cannot curl it with a curling iron at all, and its not that I'm bad, its my hair it just won't hold the curls, does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
The answer to hard to curl hair is to get a body perm. I also have the same problem.
I was going to submit a question on this myself. My hair won't curl either. It won't even hold a curl with a permanent. I was wondering if those curling shampoos and sprays work.
There are two types of perms, acid and alkaline. An alkaline perm will curl anyone's hair because it's a stronger perm which produces a tight curl. Whereas an acid perm is used when the client is looking for body and a looser curl.
Have you ever noticed gray haired older women with perms where the curl is very tight. The hair is wound on small sized perm rods in circumference and an alkaline solution is applied.
I'm a licensed cosmetologist and I learned about perms when I was enrolled in beauty school years ago.
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the perms that you find in your local drug store are not like the perms that are made for the professional stylists. There is a big, big difference.
I'm not familiar with the curling shampoos and the sprays that you mentioned.
What you could do is try some syling gel or mousse after you've given yourself a shampoo. While your hair is still damp, rub the styling gel or mousse through your hair and let it dry. Then try curling your hair with the curling iron. The styling gel will definitely give your hair some body so it will curl.
I have good luck curling my hair with electric rollers. When my hair seems really unmanageable, I leave the cream rinse off that drags down my fine textured hair and then it curls better too.
I also have thin limp hair. Perms do not last long. So I quit paying for them at the salon for them just to relax in a couple of weeks. The only perms that will last in my hair are the Lilt perms and I have to get my Mom to put them in at home. The salons will not use them because they are so harsh. Since my my mom cannot use her hands much anymore, I just curl my hair with a curling iron and spritz it with hairspray as I am waiting for the iron to set the curl.
Hi, I also have hair that won't curl. If I get a perm at a hair salon it will not hold. I make sure that they will reperm it for free before I get the perm. I tell them that I have very hard to curl hair, so they use small rods. I go back after 2 days to show them that the perm did not hold. They get upset, and make an appointment to reperm my hair. Then it will hold a little bit of curl. You should only do this if you have healthy hair, because having 2 perms is hard on the hair. Sometimes, I perm my hair at home. This also takes 2 perms to have any curl in my hair. I have not found any gels, mousses, or hairsprays that will hold curls in my hair. Loretta
If you add moisture or steam with the curl, then wait until hair is dry, curl will hold better. Also better to try style gel when hair is damp, that will add to your curl potential. There are hot rollers with steam, or I have a curled barrel "styler" that is like a low-powered blow dryer.
I have a hard time curling my hair with a curling iron. My hair isn't that thick or anything, and I can curl my hair over night in roller things. I just need a good tip to curl my hair and make it stay for the day.
By Shelby B.
My sister is a former hair stylist, and when I would complain to her about that, she always told me to use mousse in my hair before using the curling iron. It does eventually make the curling iron really messy.
I have really think straight hair and I use a flat iron to curl my hair. The curls stay for all day and then some! My har is still even curly the next day after sleeping on them.
I had the same issue! A beautician told me about "thermal spray". It is made to protect your hair when applying any kind of styling heat (curling iron, flat iron, etc). Many different companies make it, but it is available at WalMart! The best $5 I have spent in years! Of course I still use some hair spray with it, but just follow the directions. Tip: All of the "thermal sprays" have an odd trigger-like nozzle on them. Hope this helps!
I have attempted the flat iron trick previously, without success :(
My hair has a hard time holding a curl as well, but I have been able to make it happen a few different ways.
The first way, and the least time consuming, is to use a straightener - I have one that's about 1.5" wide. I let it heat up, grab a section of hair about 1" x 1" (doesn't have to be perfect), clamp the straightener about 3" from my scalp, then roll the straightener half a turn towards my head, so the hair is folded around one side of the straightener. I pull the straightener through gently (don't clamp too tight but you want both plates touching the hair) and kind of slowly, giving an extra twist at the very end. It works like curling a ribbon on a present.
The second way is to use a curling iron, and after each section is curled, while it's still hot, I roll the hair around a velcro roller. I get all of my hair curled and up in the rollers to cool, then go about the rest of my business - makeup, lotion, perfume, get dressed, etc. My hair is the last thing I worry about from that point on. Once I'm done and everything else is taken care of and ready, I take the rollers out and lightly spray the curls with hair spray. Alternatively, and I've found this way doesn't work quite as well but it could be faster - use a straightener to heat your hair up and then roll the hot hair on the rollers, section by section.
The last way, and I love the curls I get from this except that they don't start high enough and I don't get the volume at the roots that I like, is to twist your hair while drying it. I section my hair into 4 sections, two on each side, twist the sections away from my face, and keep twirling it while I blow dry my hair. This gives big loose waves on the bottom half of your hair that look beautiful and stay all day, provided you dry your hair thoroughly while twirling each section.
A friend told me to pin up the curls with bobby pins after curling them with the iron. So after every curl you roll it up and pin it the spray it with a little of your favorite hairspray. After you've completed every curl give your whole head another spray and let it dry about 10 minutes. Then take the bobby pins out and finger comb them a little. The key is not to use too much hair spray or your curls will look unnatural. Another tip would be to curl the top of your head first then down to the bottom layers. I did this for graduation and my hair was still curly the next day after sleeping in it.
When you wrap your hair in the curling iron is the curling iron on? Or off?
By Alex from TX
It has to be on to curl your hair and it has to be hot. I use a kitchen mitt to keep it from burning my fingers - I always touch the thing by accident - every time! I lay it down on a heating pad between curls since I have to lay it down to gather the hair for the next curl! Good luck!
Do you have your curler on when you take the blow dryer to it or just wrap your hair around it?
By M.F
No just wrap it around the curling iron while drying. Turning on the straightner could damage your hair and make it brittle when using it in wet hair. I suggest you don't use it.
This is for anyone that still puts curlers in their hair. When I was working years ago, I hated sleeping on curlers and I found out this works perfectly.
If you are looking for a thrifty, no heat, alternative to rollers or a curling iron this tip may just be for you. It is certainly a great temporary fix. You just need bobby pins and some recycled TP or paper towel tubes from your crafting stash. You will be pleased and surprised by the resulting bouncy curls.
I use a straightener to curl my hair. You basically do the same thing, but instead of wrapping your hair around the object, you straighten it and then you just curl it.