Broken curls: what is it and how to do it?

The ability to effectively style hair needs to be studied, like any art. It is important to understand how the curls are formed correctly, which hairstyle is appropriate for the upcoming celebration or for everyday exit. Suitable styling for any occasion - broken curls, a trend that has not been losing its leading position for a long time.

Curls twisted in a "zigzag" shape are made on hair of any length. Minimum - grown to 7 cm or more. "Curls-zigzags" visually are not very similar to all other types of curls. Their main difference from classical curls is a curved corner. But the bending does not necessarily need to be done pronouncedly pointed. You can choose for yourself options for curl: from clear and sharp to smooth and wavy in shape.

Large curls look great with medium length and long locks. Small curls are good on haircuts, and small ones are a win-win option as a universal styling.

All professional masters offer an expensive wave of waves with "creases", but some effective recommendations will allow you to perform it at home and save. Basic Rules:

• You need to wrap zigzag only on clean hair;
• so that the curls are better fixed, it is advisable to first apply mousse or foam to the strands;
• if thermal devices are used during styling, hair treatment with a thermal protection agent is mandatory;
• only dry hair is wrapped with tongs or an iron;
• curls are combed if necessary with a rare-tooth comb.

This is the most basic and affordable option for many styling. Wet hair should be divided into a certain number of thick strands, given how thick the curls are supposed. The smaller the pigtail in width, the clearer the zigzag and the voluminous hairstyle will come out. It is necessary to braid tight braids and fasten with elastic bands at the ends. Do not dissolve until the hair is completely dry. You can hold pigtails all night.

Special device Glam Zig Palm Zigzag Style Iron - a professional invention for creating uniform creases on the hair. But its value exceeds 200 at. e. and buy it really only in online trading stores. Therefore, alternative devices are most often used: double, single, with a rectangular and triangular section.

Curls should be wound on a double curling iron as follows. Separate the individual strands on the hair. Pin the part of them that you have to work with later with a hairpin. Laying starts at the nape of the neck. The strand needs to be captured and, stepping back a little from the basal zone, begin to wind the “eight” curling on 2 parts. So do with all the curls. At the end, the laying is fixed with varnish.

Using a single curling iron create broken strands like standard waves. But in this embodiment, the curls wind not onto the heating rod itself, but directly onto the clamp. If triangular or rectangular tongs are used, then winding is done traditionally: a curl is wound in the direction from the root border, the strand is heated whole and evenly.

To implement this method in reality, you need a corrugation nozzle. Ideal styling is obtained on medium and long hair. They need to be divided into strands of the same thickness. Then take the iron and hold the thin strand closer to the head. Press hair for 7-10 seconds. Shift the iron a little lower on the strands and repeat the done manipulations again. Continue to wind over all hair.

Using foil and “ironing” is not suitable for short hair. The installation process will require careful study and preparation. It is necessary to cut a sheet of foil with equal rectangles in length as wound strands, and the width is twice as wide as the strand. Each rectangle needs to be folded. The algorithm of action is this.

• Arrange a piece of foil vertically, directing the folded edges towards each other. Press them, making corners. As a result, a long "pocket" should form.
• Divide the hair into parts and start wrapping. To do this, take the first prepared strand and put it in a foil pocket. The curl should be carefully combed along the length and evenly located in the foil rectangle.
• A strand wrapped in foil is bent like an accordion from the root zone. The width of the bent sides affects the size of the created curl. It is important to control that all bends on the "accordion" are identical.
• Having reached the tip, the curl does not straighten, but is pressed for 7-8 seconds with an iron.
• Right in the foil, the accordion straightens to the state in which a future zigzag is desired.
• The heating of the remaining strands continues as described. The foil can be removed if the strand has completely cooled down.

For them, you need a knitting needle, on which a thin strand is wound in the direction from the head and warms up with an “iron”. The strand is removed from the knitting needle when the rod has completely cooled down.

This is another budget method to create beautiful “broken” curls.

• Cut cardboard into squares along the width of the expected curl.
• Separate a narrow strand and wind it from the ends onto a cardboard.The strand should be wet. Fix the tip with an elastic band.
• Then do the same with the remaining strands.
• It remains to wait until the strands are dry. To give the process acceleration, you can dry them with a hairdryer.
• Carefully untwist strands and spray varnish.

This method requires special curlers-clips of a triangular design. Thanks to them, the effect of a corrugation and a spiral is created. Actually, these are not really “triangular” curls, but an excellent option for a replacement. The waving is done as on a classic curler. If you use spirals, then the wrapping begins with the roots. And when laying with clips, it is allowed to distribute them arbitrarily.

You can twist the entire strand or certain sections (for example, in the root zone). Wrap hair should be wet. Therefore, you need to wait for their complete drying in the curlers. If time is running out, you can dry the locks with a hairdryer. Remove the stylers carefully and spray the curls with varnish.

Many owners of hair of more than average length faced the fact that wet hair, which had been in a bun for a long time, acquired a natural waviness when blooming. Such natural curls persisted for a long time. Making stylish curls with a broken structure can even be so simple. But you need to make some adjustments to the process. Before spinning a snail-bundle of wet hair, they need to be lightly treated with medium fixation mousse, and then blow-dry the hair dryer.

If you want to show off with large and smooth broken curls, the beam must be done on the back of the head. After the hair has dried and opened, body waves with smooth lines and deliberate negligence will be obtained. And for greater splendor and small curls, you will need to twist an even number of locks (from 6 to 10). Small bundles twist before reaching the root zone.

With this styling, broken curls will have a very pronounced structure. Fixing with varnish is the final stage in creating dense curls. Broken waves for short hair will be successful with an average diameter of a turn, because like small curls and corrugation there is a risk of turning your head into a “fluffy ball”. For short hair, large zigzags are good.

The installation process consists of the following steps. Lightly dried hair is separated by strands. Each is treated entirely with a styling agent. Then the position is taken: slightly bending the head forward or to the side, holding the hair dryer with the diffuser mounted, observing a right angle relative to the head. So that each of the locks is wound on the spikes of the nozzle.

Varnish for such styling is needed to consolidate the result for a long period. Without the means of fixation, the curls will gradually straighten, and all the efforts spent on their creation will be in vain. With varnish is not worth overdoing. If a lot of the product is on the hair, the curls will become inactive and will look unnatural. After all, previously they were already processed with mousse or foam. Excessive weighting will deprive hair of airiness, then you will have to wash it the next day. After all, dust adheres very well to the sticky layer of varnish.

When creating spectacular broken curls, the main thing is practice. Do not try without experience to create an unusual hairstyle immediately before a significant event. The result may not please. It is better to pre-train, choosing the most suitable option for the length of the hair.

• Laying "Corkscrew".

• Curls on a double curling iron.

• Corrugation.

• Laying on the “foil”.

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