Over the past few years, styling with the effect of wet hair does not lose its popularity. It is functional, does not require special skills and has various options for implementation. Knowing their features, you can easily understand how to make your hair yourself, choosing the most suitable option.
Who is suitable?
Laying with a wet effect is universal. It is suitable for hair of any color, length and structure.
Especially luxurious it looks on dark, red and melirovanny hair. Blondes, on the other hand, need to carefully select the styling products so as not to create a feeling of untidiness.
A wet effect hairstyle is easily done on curly hair as well as on straight hair. It is perfect for those who have made any kind of perm.
Since the hairstyle is variable, it is possible to choose a styling method for any face shape. In this case, the role will be played by the parting position, hair volume, effect intensity, direct or wavy structure.
Laying is summer - both daily, and evening. It fits perfectly in the romantic style. Easy wet effect has no age limit. A pronounced - youth version. From what effect you need to achieve, depends on the choice of packing means.
The choice of styling products
In the period of origin of the fashion for wet styling in the 80s of the last century, gels and varnishes were used to create it. Currently, the list of styling products has become much wider. This made it possible to achieve a large variety in the images obtained. A new wave of popularity in recent years has led to the appearance on the market of a large amount of products marked “for the effect of wet hair.” Specialized cosmetics made it easy to create a hairstyle without gluing strands and give it the necessary shine.
The list of such funds include various products.
Gel
It is indispensable for creating a pronounced wet effect on straight hair without changing the structure. With it, you can create a wavy styling option. The gel often has a sticky consistency. Therefore, it is convenient to apply it on wet strands, well distributed along the length. Another undeniable dignity is the prevention of the fluffiness of hair. For this reason, it is often recommended for styling curly hair.
With the consistency of the gel, manufacturers often experiment with products such as gel cream, gel spray, gel wax. Each of them has its own characteristics. Water-based gels and gels-creams create a lighter effect, and gel-wax is necessary for strong fixation of unruly strands, clarity of lines and brilliance.
Foam
The tool is used to create light, disheveled hairstyles. It is suitable for fine hair. Foam is used before laying with heating devices. For daily use, it is advisable to choose a product of weak and moderate degree of fixation.
Mousse
In composition, it is similar to foam, but has a high concentration of tannins and plasticizers. Due to this, the mousse better captures the hairstyle, is a more suitable means for styling a wet effect, but can make it heavier. It is advisable to use it for a more dense, rigid structure, for oily hair type.
For damaged hair, styling with mousse is not recommended, as it dries them. In addition, it can easily give an undesirable fatty effect, so you need to choose an average degree of fixation and not use a large amount of money.
Varnish
For wet styling, this tool has an average degree of fixation, gives a hairstyle a rich shine and creates volume. Varnish can be used to create curls, and to consolidate the finished result.
On the health of hair, this product can have a negative impact, drying them. Therefore, after washing the head, it is recommended to use an indelible conditioner with dimeticon. He will create a protective film.
Spray
Sprays help to structure curls and create a light shine. They are enriched with beneficial complexes, so they may have a moisturizing or protective properties against external influences. Their function to create easy styling they perform well on curly hair.
Cream
This product has a double action. It allows you to create the necessary styling and nourishes the hair with useful elements. The cream has a light modeling properties, can cope with fluffiness, so it is recommended to create styling on curly hair.
Fluid
Depending on the composition, the fluids can be intended for different types of hair, be universal and have a different degree of fixation. They contain a whole range of beneficial effects for hair and scalp. Having a lighter texture than creams, the fluids are fast absorbing and weightless.
Depending on the chosen styling products, the desired result and the natural structure of the hair, different technologies are used to make hairstyles.
Execution technology
The wet effect can be bright or mild, be present on even or wavy strands. Styling is possible on straight and curly hair. Any of its types can be easily made at home. In this case, for different styling options may be needed:
- a hairdryer with a concentrator nozzle and a diffuser attachment (usually sold with a hairdryer);
- single row comb and brushing;
- styling products.
This minimum is almost everyone who performs laying at home. None of the execution techniques require special skills. It is only important to take into account the structure of the hair. On each type, straight or curly, thin or rigid, different techniques are preferred.
On straight strands
For straight hair, both smooth and wavy styling are acceptable. Here it is necessary to take into account their rigidity. On stiff hair, even light curls are more difficult to hold, especially if the styling products have a low degree of fixation. Namely, this degree is used in the means for the wet effect. Therefore, for this type of more suitable smooth styling, bright or mild.
Work with less rigid hair is more variable. With them, you can create a smooth hairstyle or wavy. The choice of styling products is also expanding.
For direct styling with a wet effect, gel is the most suitable styling agent. It allows you to create as a strong shine on the hair, and mild.
Bright effect on smooth styling
You can create this hairstyle in minutes. However, it does not imply the volume of the hair roots. It is quite simple.
- At the preparatory stage, you need to wash and dry your head in a convenient way. Should pay attention to the condition of the hair. If they look dim, then from the middle to the ends it is worth putting a caring agent that gives a healthy shine. It can be spray or oil.
- All hair is pulled back and parted. In the presence of bangs, it should also be combed back.
- The gel is applied to the upper part of the head with a brush or hands. The amount of gel should be such as to form a bright gloss on the surface of the hairstyle.
- On the area of application of the gel need to spend a single large-scale comb to create a texture.
- With the help of a hair dryer with a concentrator nozzle at a low blow-off speed, the gel should be slightly dried, directing it from the base to the tips.
The effect on the hairstyle should be visible only from the top to the back of the head, the hair remaining dry and moving along the rest of the length.
Light effect on a smooth hairstyle
This styling takes longer because it implies a volume at the roots of the hair. The main stage has insignificant differences.
- Thermal spray is applied to hair that is well washed and slightly dried with a towel.
- With the help of a hair dryer and brushing, the hair is placed in a straight and voluminous haircut at the roots. Bottom volume should be slightly fixed using styling.
- All hair gently laid back.
- A little gel is applied to the single-row large hairbrush and spreads along the hair from the base to the middle.
The result should be a styling with a very light wet effect.
Creating a wavy hairstyle with the effect of wet hair
This is the most popular way to create hair. He will perform on straight non-rigid hair.
- Clean washed hair should be lightly pressed with a towel.
- Shake the can of mousse thoroughly, turn it over and squeeze the required amount on the palm. It is necessary to squeeze the mousse upside down so that gas does not leave the cylinder. For short hair, the diameter of the extruded ball is about 3 cm, for medium hair - about 5 cm, for long hair - about 7 cm.
- Next, the tool is applied to the comb with large teeth and spread through the hair. It should be noted that the mousse should be applied, departing 1-2 cm from the hair roots.
- To make the curls more spectacular, you need to give them the desired dynamics on wet hair. Springy movements strands need to be squeezed in the palms of the tips along the entire length, as if crumpling them. On medium and long hair, it is better to bow the head down and make movements with both hands from the bottom up.
- The final fixation of the result is carried out with a hairdryer with a diffuser attachment. Each strand is neatly placed in the nozzle bowl and dried at a low or medium blowing speed. Laying is also best done with the head down. Then the hairstyle will gain volume.
- Once all the strands are dry, they need to gently spread on the head with his hands.
The more docile and less rigid hair, the stronger the curls will be. But even with a weak curl hairstyle will look stylish.
On curly curls
Smooth types of hairstyles with a wet effect are not suitable for curly hair due to a number of difficulties that may occur at various stages of styling. And the result is not so impressive. The above styling with the help of mousse is ideal for this type of hair. Hairstyle turns volume, and curls structured. The mousse in such a piling can be replaced with another paving agent, for example, a foam or spray.
Curly hair tends to push, so if this happens when the curls are fixed with a hair dryer, even with a low degree of blowing, it is worth going to cold styling.
The effect of wet hair by cold styling
Styling here can be different, but results may vary.
- Apply a styling agent on a wet hair (spray, gel, mousse, varnish or wax)
- The head is dried naturally. During this period, springy movements need to crush the strands, giving the curls a larger curl. For a uniform result, you can twist the hair into flagella or hair curlers and wait for it to dry out.
- At the last stage, strands must be disassembled into separate curls.
This hairstyle emphasizes the beauty of curly hair and looks natural. But not only the structure determines the choice of styling techniques, but also the length of the hair.
Options for different lengths
On curly hair, wet styling is easily performed, regardless of their length. The result looks about the same. With straight hair things are different.For long hair, smooth hair styles look good with a gel applied only on the upper hair zone.
For a short hairstyle, a smooth hairstyle is created with parting and applying the gel along the entire length. In this embodiment, the hair should be brushed from parting along the line of their growth. Another option is a three-dimensional ruffled styling with a chaotic direction of the strands. In this styling, mousse is used for the volume on the hard hair, and with the help of wax on the tips of the strands, the direction is given.
At medium length for a wet effect, it is better to choose a wavy styling so that the hairstyle looks more natural.
To achieve the best results when styling hair of any length, do not be afraid of experiments. You need to try different styling tools, take into account their features, select the optimal amount of the applied product. Proper styling enlivens the face, sets a special rhythm to the image and raises the mood.
How to make the effect of wet hair, see the video below.