Catch the curl!
There are a few simple tips you need to know if you’re going to use a curling iron to style your hair. Though curling your hair may look like a simple process, you can easily damage your hair if you don’t use the method to suit the needs of your particular hair. After all, you want your hair to be shiny and full of curl, not flat and fried!
Be friends with your hair products. Know the products that serve your hair best and use them wisely with your curling iron. Though you will probably want to spray you hair after you curl it so that it holds curl longer, you really make good use of your hair product if you apply it before you curl your hair. “Dirty” hair combined with the heat of the curling iron increases the amount of curl you get as well as the amount of time the curl lasts.
Keep the curling iron moving. As tempting as it is to allow the curling iron to be in one place for a long period of time, you’re actually doing damage to your hair. Instead, keep the curling iron moving to avoid damaging your hair. This is especially true of chemically treated hair that may have been colored or permed.
You get what you pay for. Not only do you want your curling iron to last, you also want it to work well. Evenly heated irons such as ceramic curling irons do a great job of creating nice, bouncy curls out of even the straightest of locks. They also heat up faster and last longer than the cheaper versions.
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