Hair studio- Practical- week 5 - Pin curls and tight curls...

The aim of this weeks practical was to curl hair using contemporary methods.

Equipment used:

small barrelled curling wand

hair grips

sectioning clips

pin tail comb

Tight curls

Step 1:

Sectioned off the hair ensuring all sectioning is done neatly, from here with you sectioned piece of hair, you begin to wrap it around the want from the ends all the way to the root, you hold the hair like this for around 10 seconds, the heat should be adjusted according to the condition of the hair which you will find out during your consultation. See week 1

Step 2: you slowly begin to release the end and slide the hair off the barrel ensuring it stays curled up

Step 3: Using a grip you now grip one side of the curl to the models head to allow it to cool and set in this tightly curled position, if you don't do this the hair is easily manipulated while hot and you may loose your desired effect

Pin Curls

You follow the first 2 step above, Once you have released the hair you then pin it to the head in a shape the resembles an O this should be easily done as the curling process does most the work for you here. Ensure to layer the pin curls to cover any part of the grips that may be visible.