Voluminous, shiny curls look gorgeous on any hair length, color, and texture. If you weren't blessed with 'em naturally, there are some super simple ways to get those waves. So how exactly can your curl your hair yourself?
We've rounded up some time-saving tutorials from Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty Lab scientists and hair pros for every need that even beginners can master, including how to curl hair with a curling iron or wand, with a straightener, with rollers, and more.
✔️ Always prep and protect your hair. Before curling with any method involving hot tools, apply a heat-protectant product, dry hair fully, and “brush through it to detangle and align strands, ” says GH Beauty Lab Senior Chemist Sabina Wizemann.
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✔️ Choose the right tool. Larger barrels form looser curls, while smaller ones make them tighter. For ringlets (or hard-to-curl hair), choose 1-inch barrels and smaller. For looser curls and waves, opt for 1.5- to 2-inch barrels.
✔️ Wait for hair to cool before touching it to avoid disrupting the style. When you're finished styling, mist hair with hairspray and only once hair is cool, rake through curls with your fingers to separate.
For control and definition, go for a curling iron with a clamp. A few speedy steps will guarantee shapely, lasting spirals, according to GH Beauty Lab experts:
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Your flat iron can do more than straighten: Bryce Scarlett, celebrity hairstylist for Moroccanoil, tells us how to give it a whirl:
A curling wand, which has no clamp, creates looser curls and waves (tapered versions can form spirals of different sizes). The best method, from Matilde Campos, a celebrity hairstylist in Los Angeles:
Curling hair using rollers has added benefits beyond creating bouncy spirals. Rollers are an easy way to add and retain volume, Campos says. If you're ever in a rush, hot rollers can smooth and define hair quicker than a blow-dry. Here's her technique for different roller types:
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But first, let’s start with the hair products. I sometimes switch up shampoos, but I really like Biolage Color Last since I get highlights and low-lights every 6 weeks (#highmaintence) and it smells great. My hair gets so tangled in the shower, so I can’t even comb through it without using It’s a It’s a 10 leave in conditioner. A couple spritzes is all it takes, so the bottle lasts forever. Then, I use my miracle wet brush to gently comb out my wet hair.
I use this hairdryer and 2-inch round brush to dry my hair. The hair dryer is lightweight, has a lot of power, and dries my hair fast. I like it so much, I usually travel with it, even though it takes up room in the suitcase. The brush gives body, but not curls.
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Then, for the type of loose curl hairstyle I’m showing you today, I’ll either use Biolage foaming styler or Big Sexy root pump just at the roots of my hair for volume. With the foam styler, a large golf ball size in your hand does it and with the root pump, I shake the bottle hard and apply it right to the part at the top, sides, and back of my head.
Morroccan Oil hairspray | Biolage foaming styler | Big Sexy spray & play | Big Sexy root pump It’s a 10 leave in conditioner | wet brush
I use a curling wand that’s seen better days. It’s 1-12/ inches, so it gives looser curls. It goes up to 400 degrees, but I set mine on 300 and that is plenty hot enough. I do use my glove, because after lots of practice, I can curl my hair quickly (10 minutes total, I timed it for you), but if I accidentally touch that hot wand, I will still burn myself. I didn’t use the glove in all the photos below since I was going so slowly.
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Start with your hair dry and put the middle section up in a clip so you can curl the sides and back.
Spray the bottom portion of your hair lightly with Morroccan Oil hairspray. You just need a little to help hold the curl. I didn’t get a photo of that.
Point your wand down and wrap your hair around it, starting with the hair closest to your head. Curl your hair away from your face.
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Release the hair and hold it in your hand for 10 seconds, so you keep the curl while your hair cools down.
Notice on the hair closest to my face, I start the curl a few inches from my head so it’s not too curly around my face.
The next step is the most important- run your fingers through it! You have to pick apart the curls some so they don’t stay tight on your head. Play with it and don’t be afraid to get your hands in there until it looks how you want it to.
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After you have the style you want, don’t forget to set it with hairspray. If I want my curls to loosen up more throughout the day (which I usually do), I spray one final time with Morroccan Oil hairspray. If I want the style to hold more as-is, I use Big Sexy spray & play.
This is the way I wear my hair most of the time, and it looks great and holds well, even when it get’s windblown. I can keep these curls for two days, and sometimes three, but I usually have to wash my hair by then.
And you can also pull it back in a ponytail, leaving a few loose, wavy pieces around your face to soften it up.
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