Corrugation for short hair: how it looks and how to do it right?

Hairstyles with corrugated strands always look beautiful and unbanal. They are not like ordinary curls, while creating additional volume and hold their shape well. They can be made in the cabin, or can be done at home. The method is simple and effective.

Corrugations are waves that are made on the hair with a special ironing. Waves can be both small and large, their size depends on the nozzle.

You can make corrugated strands on absolutely any length of hair, including short ones. If you want to briefly change the look of your hairstyle, corrugation can be an ideal way to do this.

For soft hair, fine corrugation is better, and with coarse hair you can structure and organize hard thick strands.

Corrugation looks good on any shade of hair - and light, and dark, and red, and the most exotic.

You can do corrugation on her loose hair, or you can collect already curled locks in bunches, fasten them with invisible hair, and lay them under a hoop.

If you have a haircut with a straight bang, it can only be corrugated if you plan to put it under the rim or put it back. Otherwise, it must be laid as usual. If the bangs are oblique, it can be laid with tongs along with the rest of the strands.

In order to make a corrugation, special ironing tongs will be required. They are almost the same as those designed to straighten the strands, but their nozzles are grooved. Often such nozzles are sold complete with straighteners.

There are tongs that are protected from overheating. This means that in case of strong heating, the device will turn itself off.

Using forceps is easy, the vast majority of models are equipped with convenient handles that exclude the possibility of accidental burns.

You will also need:

• thermal protection agent (it is better to choose one that does not make the hair sticky, remains invisible);
• styling mousse or foamif your hair does not hold a hairstyle without doping or needs an artificially created volume (in this case, you need to dry your hair with the selected styling, and only then proceed to crimping).

To create a hairstyle with corrugation of hair, you need to follow a number of rules.

• Any electric tool causes harm to the hair, so before you start curling, you should apply thermal protection to the strands. It can be a spray, mousse or other remedy. It will help minimize the harm done.
• Hair must be dry. If tongs are treated with wet strands, they can be burned and damaged.
• Hairstyle “corrugation” is created step by step, one by one strands. Keep the forceps clamped in one place strands need no more than 6-7 seconds. It is better to choose forceps with a wide "step" to capture more hair at once.
• Corrugation on straight hair do right away, but curly need to be straightened first.
• In no case should you do this styling daily. Allowed maximum is 1-2 times a week. And it is better to style your hair with an iron no more than once a month.

A hairstyle with a corrugation has a number of advantages.

• Long term socks. If the curls wound on the curling iron can lose their original appearance by lunchtime, especially without additional fixation, the corrugated locks will remain in their original form until the evening.
• The hairstyle looks more voluminous, especially if a small nozzle is used.
• Unusual appearance in contrast to the usual curls.
• The ability to easily create a hairstyle at home.

There are also disadvantages, and quite serious.

• It takes quite a while to create such a hairstyle. The longer the strands (and the more they need to be ironed), the longer it will take.
• Thermal effects on the hair, and the need not to overexpose the iron on the strands.

Stacking with different wave sizes looks interesting:

• this adds volume to the hairstyle;
• makes it much more natural.

A large corrugation is most capricious, most often it is performed on long hair, but on an elongated bean it can look good.

The best option for short hair is a medium head with which small waves are obtained.

To lay the corrugation you need a lot of patience, and if you do it quickly, it will look careless and resemble a washcloth.

If you have stiff hair, be sure to wash it with a softening balm before styling. Then dry with styling that tames your hair. Otherwise, you can get "afro" on your head, which was not planned at all.

There is a service Boost up which is declared as "Basal volume 24 hours a day." However, in essence, the procedure is a corrugation chemistry at the roots. As a result, a pile is formed in the root zone, which very spoils the hair. It is impossible to comb it by virtue of a previously done chemical treatment. If the composition is overexposed, part of the hair falls off, breaking right after the procedure. And besides, growing up, Boost up looks very deplorable.

More gentle for hair is the procedure "Ecovolume", based on the same principle of basal corrugation, however, the locks in this method are fixed with corrugated stylers, after which they are treated with a special composition.

However, there is the possibility of creating a basal volume using an iron-corrugation (although the effect will last a maximum of 24 hours). The upper part of the hair must be separated from the bottom and fastened with a clip or a hairpin. Corrugate the lower part carefully, one by one, only in the basal zone. If the hair is very thick, you can divide them with horizontal partings into 3 parts and make a corrugation at the roots on the lower and middle parts. After that, you need to dissolve and comb the upper part of the hair, making sure that the desired volume is obtained.

If you plan to collect strands in a lush knot, then you can create a basal volume on all hair under the upper layer. In this case, even a “babette” or “shell” will turn out.

It is not difficult to create a hairstyle on short hair with the help of a corrugation, but you need to do everything very carefully so that the “nest” does not work out. That is why you need to stop in time so as not to give the hair too much volume.

First you need to wash, dry and comb your hair thoroughly. Next, apply a thermal protection agent. Make a side part so that there is more hair on one side.

“Afro” styling looks very interesting, but only on condition that it goes to your type of face. The hair structure should be fairly rigid so that the afro does not hang, but keeps its shape. You need to do it with the help of small corrugation, using mousse for fixation and thermal protection.

On how to make a voluminous hairstyle with a corrugation for short hair, see the video below.