Each girl with straight curls dreams of becoming the owner of charming curls at least for a day. Of course, you can consult a hairdresser and curl hair in a salon, you can use curlers or curling irons. But what if the house does not have special devices for this? Then the most ordinary pencil will come to the rescue.
Preparatory stage
You can make small and attractive curls yourself. And for this it is not at all necessary to have special devices. It is quite possible to wind curls on the most ordinary pencil. The main thing is to properly prepare the strands for the process itself and to know some secrets. With the help of a regular pencil and hair straightener, you can easily make attractive curls yourself. As a result, the hairstyle will be the same as if you were doing it in a beauty salon.
Before starting the process itself, be sure to wash the strands and dry them slightly with a towel. Before starting the procedure, the hair must be slightly moist, so they do not need to be completely dried. And it is strongly not recommended to dry your hair with a hairdryer.
Next, you need to divide all the strands into thin and identical ones, this will help you get small curls in the end. In that case, if you want to achieve a different result and want to get more voluminous and not so elastic curls, then you should divide your hair into wider locks.
If you want the result to please you as long as possible, then before wrapping the strands on a pencil, it is best to process the curls with foam for fixation. You can also use mousse or special wax for styling.
Basic Rules
Creating curly hair at home is easy.So, after the curls are prepared, take a regular pencil and wind one strand. For your convenience, it is recommended to hold the pencil at an angle. It is not necessary to wind the selected strand right down to the roots; literally 1.5-2 centimeters should be left. Thus, curls will look as natural as possible.
As soon as you finish wrapping the strand, it must be fixed with varnish. After you can use the iron. The styling device should be heated to the desired temperature.
Owners of thin hair should remember that the temperature should not exceed 200 degrees.
In addition, to protect curls, you can previously use a special tool that protects the strands from the possible harm of high temperatures.
Owners of thicker curls can well be ironed to a higher temperature. Next, hold the curl wound on a pencil with a heated device and hold for 2 minutes. After you can begin to fix the next strand. After all the strands are wound, you can slightly adjust the hairstyle with your hands and fix the effect with varnish. If there is a need to comb the resulting curls, then it is best to use a comb with rare cloves. As a result, you get beautiful curls that will look as natural as possible.
The above method will allow you to easily make attractive and smooth curls at home. In that case, if you want a smaller curl like African curls, then a regular pencil will help in this matter.
To make afro-curls, strands need to be prepared. They must be clean and moist.
It is important to divide the hair into very thin strands, and keep the pencil strictly at an angle of 180 degrees.
Gently wrap a strand around it. It is better to start with the temporal region. Dry each strand wound with a hairdryer for 2-3 minutes, and then proceed to the next. As a result, you will get small and elastic curls that will delight you more than one day.
Tips & Tricks
In the end, we have some useful recommendations, which will be useful to anyone who wants to create curls at home with a pencil.
- Before the procedure, do not wash your hair using various balms. As a result, the strands will be too smooth, it will be difficult to wind them.
- In order for afro-curls to please you within 2-3 days, be sure to pre-treat each strand with mousse. And after twisting, fix the hairstyle.
- After such a home curl, try not to use a comb, otherwise some curls may become weaker, and the hairstyle will look messy. It is best to straighten the strands with your hands, combing them with your fingers.
- If you are the owner of thin and weak hair, then do not use too much varnish for fixing. This will make the curls heavier, and the resulting effect will not last long.
- Owners of hard and thick hair may well use the strongest fixation varnish. In addition, each strand with the help of ironing will need to be processed for a longer time to achieve the desired result. The strand wound on a pencil will need to be held for 3-4 minutes, no less.
The technique for creating curls with a pencil is shown in the following video.
