in this tutorial I'm sharing how to achieve heatless curls the easy way
and will be speeding up the air dry process to create no heat curls without sleeping on
uncomfortable curlers or weird Contraptions overnight one of the best ways to save on
drying time with heatless curls is by stretching it first so I'll show you
the African Beauty secret I used to smooth up my natural curls without heat [Music]
for the sake of saving time I'm starting on hair that was stretched about a week beforehand
on freshly shampooed deep conditioned and towel dried hair I applied a little bit of aloe water
to rehydrate my hair I sealed the aloe water in with a dime-sized amount of herbal hair oil for
my entire head and to freeze my hair into the shape of the stretch style I topped everything
off with flaxseed gel commonly used in Algeria the kardoune is a cotton ribbon used to stretch
and smooth wavy to curly hair and at this point my hair was already stretched with it but I'll
show you how I used it for demonstration purposes I split my hair into two pigtails smoothed it down
with my tangle teaser plus the products I showed before secured it in place with a soft hair tie
the only difference between the first time I used it and what I'm showing you now is that
my hair was damp this technique does not work on dry hair after the top is secured tie the ribbon
at the top of the ponytail to hold it in place I then wrapped the ribbon around my slightly damp
curls all the way down to the end and wrapped it back up to the top to tie it in place I tend to
sleep on my back so split my hair in half to do this style was the best option for me but if you
are a side sleeper or have low density hair you'll be able to do this with one ponytail in the back
versus the two I'm showing you make sure to do a bow to easily unravel it when the time comes
to take the ribbon off it's essential that your curls aren't soaking wet when you're doing this
or else it will take forever and a day to dry so starting early in the morning works best
then sleeping with it overnight to ensure it's 100% dry before taking it out
to create the curls I'll be using jumbo flexi rods AKA heatless curlers the bigger rods are
great for curling longer hair and larger sections due to its size versus using smaller rods which
take a lot longer to install to make this process as easy as possible we're going to
pre-separate our hair section Clips come in really handy if you have very long hair you
can keep the sections you aren't working on out of the way I parted my hair by splitting
one section towards the front for my side part two on each side towards the front and for the
back I did a zigzag part which helps parting to be less noticeable when you take the curls out
of the rods two sections in the back half three sections on the front half and five sections total
to make installation easier you'll want to put the flexi rods starting from the
back and working your way to the front the styler I'm using is this honey spiked mousse
that has a very soft hold and using about one pump of mousse to fully saturate my hair next
you'll want to smooth that through and then detangle it with a tangle teaser it's very
important that this is nice and smooth before we put it onto the rod
grab a flexi rod and place it onto the root you're going to wrap the hair around the
flexi rod as if it's a curling wand and as you wrap your hair around the rod put some
space between the hair don't wrap the hair on top of itself that will not only give you
a much different curl but it'll also take a lot longer to dry at the roots bend the
rod the opposite direction you wrapped it to lock it in place and the ends and
I wrapped my hair towards my face so the top portion will be bent away from my face
[Music] if you have super rebellious ends that don't want to mold itself to the curling Rod
add some extra mousse on them to help it stick to the rod as you're picking up here to wrap
around the rod do your best not to grab super large sections putting too much hair on the rod
it can slow down the air drying process and when you wrap your curls wrap it in the direction you
would like it to fall when it dries for those of you who may be curious this can't be done at wet
hair fresh out of the shower but it takes way longer to dry you'll need to wait at least five
to eight hours before it completely dries and our main objective here is to not sleep on the
rollers I honestly prefer drying my hair with a hooded Bonnet attachment but I couldn't find
one large enough to fit over these rollers I was pretty much forced to make this heatless [Music]
to keep these curls heatless but speed of the drying process I'll be using a large fan turn
the fan on to its high speed and wait for it to dry to get the best results out of using the fan
readjust the positioning of your head to ensure the air reaches every single curl [Music]
[Music] I was very tired of having these flexi rods in at this point so I went ahead and took
them out when my hair was about 80% dry I am wrapping my hair around three fingers
the same way I did with the rods and Bobby pinning it through the center to keep it in
place and you'll want to repeat this for each Rod you take out especially if it's still damp
the trick to maintaining the curling Rod shape is to pin curl your hair this way
you could comfortably sleep while allowing the heatless curls to dry and still set in
place I mess with the curls in some sections a lot to check if they were dry and some of
them started curling in a really weird way as soon as you gently roll the curl out of the
rod wrap it into a pin curl this will help to prevent them from getting frizzy or misshapen
and once all the pin curls are in I wrapped it in a satin scarf and went to bed [Music]
the next morning it's finally time to see what these curls are looking like using a couple
drops of oil I'm going to gently unravel each pin curl and at this point your hair should be
100 dry if it isn't wait until they are to take them out and you could go back in with a fan if
necessary I'm gonna separate the curls wherever I see they want to naturally separate meaning if
I spot a gap when I stretch the curl out that is where I will separate the curls so once the curl
is separated I curl it back into the original Direction it was curled to maintain definition
to loosen the curls from The Roots I am gently massaging my scalp and for a Finishing Touch I'm
styling my edges with some flaxseed gel because I use mousse to style these curls my hair dried
with a very soft hold so it won't last as long as when I use flaxseed gel but the style lasted me
about a week subscribe like and share for more content like this and I'll see you next time
I got requests to create a video on how I revert back to healthy curls after straightening and
since I've been straightening My Curls more frequently I figured now would be a good time
as any to share how I get my curls back with my straight to curly hair routine everything from
what I use to remove buildup wash and semi curls would be covered from start to finish it's been
three weeks since my curls have felt a drop of water so you can imagine that the buildup
definitely needs to be dressed first the way I like to begin that process is with hair oiling and
the oil I'm using is my own DIY herbal hair growth recipe it's been infused with ayurvedic herbs and
a unique blend of oils that help to both penetrate and create a protective coating around the hair