Every girl with straight curls dreams of becoming the owner of charming curls for at least a day. Of course, you can refer to a specialist in hairdressing and curl the hair in the salon, you can use curlers or curling. But what if the house does not have special devices for this? Then the ordinary pencil comes to the rescue.
Preparatory stage
It is quite possible to make small and attractive curls on your own. And for this it is not necessary to have special devices. It is possible to twist the curls on the most ordinary pencil. The main thing is to properly prepare the strands for the process itself and know some secrets. With the help of the usual pencil and hair straightener, you can easily make attractive curls on your own. As a result, the hair will turn out the same as if you did it in a beauty salon.
Before proceeding to the process itself, be sure to wash the strands and slightly dry them with a towel. Before starting the procedure, the hair must be slightly damp, so they do not need to be completely dried. And it is absolutely not recommended to dry hair with a hair dryer.
Next, you need to divide all strands into thin and identical, it will help you in the end to get small curls. In the event that you want to achieve a different result and want to get more voluminous and not so elastic curls, then you should divide the hair into wider strands.
If you want the result to please you as long as possible, then before twisting the strands on a pencil, it is best to process the locks with foam for fixation. You can also use mousse or special styling wax.
Fundamental rules
Creating curly hair at home is easy. So, after the curls are prepared, we take an ordinary pencil and wind one strand. To make it easier for you, it is recommended to hold the pencil at an angle. It is not necessary to wind the chosen strand right down to the roots, you should leave literally 1.5-2 centimeters. Thus, the curls will look as natural as possible.
As soon as you finish winding a lock, you need to fix it with varnish. After you can use the iron. The styler should be heated to the desired temperature.
Owners of fine hair should remember that the temperature should not exceed 200 degrees.
In addition, to protect curls, you can pre-use a special tool that will protect the strands from the possible harm of high temperatures.
Owners of thicker curls can easily warm up the iron to a higher temperature. Next, hold the curl wrapped around the pencil with a heated device and hold it for 2 minutes. After you can start to fix the next strand. After all the strands are wound, you can slightly straighten the hair with your hands and fix the effect with lacquer. If there is a need to comb the resulting curls, it is best to use a comb with rare teeth. You will end up with 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 the event that you want a smaller perm 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 wet.
It is important to divide the hair into very thin strands, and keep the pencil strictly at an angle of 180 degrees.
Wind the strand gently. Start better with the temporal region. Dry each twisted strand with a hair dryer for 2-3 minutes, and then proceed to the next. The result will be small and elastic curls that will please you more than one day.
Tips and tricks
Finally, we have some helpful recommendations. which will be useful to anyone who wants to create curls at home with a pencil.
- Before the procedure is not worth washing your hair, using a variety of balms. As a result, the strands will be too smooth, it will be difficult to wind them.
- In order to afrokudri pleased you within 2-3 days, be sure to pre-treat each strand of mousse. And after winding fix hair.
- After such a homemade curl, try not to use a comb, otherwise some of the curls may become weaker, and the hair will look sloppy. 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 lacquer to fix. This weights the curls, and the resulting effect does not last long.
- Owners of hard and thick hair may well use the varnish of the strongest fixation. In addition, each strand with the ironing will need to be processed for a longer time in order to achieve the desired result. Strand wound on a pencil will need to keep 3-4 minutes, no less.
The technique of creating curls using a pencil is shown in the following video.
