Curling, Crimping and Frizzing techniques

Items used:

Curling tongs

Paddle brush

Sectioning comb

Hair grips

Hairspray

Using different hair tongs can create different looks when curling the hair. There are various techniques of how to curl hair too. We started off with curling using a barrel tong. To make the hair look more Elizabethian curling ontop of the curl with create more of a spiral curl which was more popular in the era. It is important to firstly section the hair to make everything neat and even. One the hair is sectioned use a 2-3 inch piece of hair to curl, get the heated barrel tong and place onto the end of the hair. Twissle the hair up and round the barrel to create a ringlet curl. Hold for a few moments (10/12 seconds) and release the hair by pressing the tong release leaver. The hair should long springy and like a barrel curl at this point. Optionally use a small grip to wrap the hair to secure it in place until the whole look is complete to give a more structured effect so that the curl does not drop. 

Items used:

Crimpers

Paddle brush

Sectioning comb

Hair grips

Hairspray

To crimp the hair use sections again to really make everything neat. This step is most important for crimping I have found as the larger the section, the worse the crimp will look. The sections have to be around 2 inches across (nothing too thick for the crimper) but the thickness should be nothing over 0.5cm otherwise it will be too thick. The crimpers should be preheated, the ones we've used go up to 230 degrees, it depends on how damaged your clients hair is to what temperature to use. If the persons hair is extremely damaged crimping isn't advised but I'd use a lower heat of 100 degrees to not cause any breakage of the hair. Place the crimpers with the small section of hair in at the top of the root, its most effective when the crimp starts from the very top. Press the crimpers down onto the hair for around  3-5 seconds and move on downwards and continue pressing the crimpers down on the hair. I love the way crimping looks and its something that is very long lasting.

Items used:

Hair pins and grips

Straighteners

Sectioning comb

Paddle brush

To frizz the hair you could simply brush out your crimp or you could try another technique. Today I've used a large pin to frizz the hair. This time you have to use even smaller sections to place into the pins. I've started at the front of the hair line to create a front frizz. Firstly use square small sections along the head. start with the wide shaped grip to place on the hair with the top of the grip securing the hair. Start to move the piece of hair out and in between the grip in a zig zag motion almost like knitting! You will then get to the bottom and need to secure the end with a kirby grip. This is what the hair will look like at this point:

You will then press heated straighteners over the grip and hair downwards until you get to the end. This will het up the grips as well as the hair so do not touch this piece of hair until its cooled down. 

Remove all the grips and you'll have this similar effect. You can then style the hair however you'd like to. You could brush this out to create a very frizzy look. 

This is my outcome placing the frizz on top of padding.