- Hey guys, welcome to the channel.
For today's video I'm gonna be trying out
some heatless curling techniques for you guys.
Now I'm all about giving my hair a rest
from styling tools.
I use them way too often, so I thought
I'd try some new techniques and share them
with you guys.
I'm completely new to these curling techniques,
so I'm trying them on camera and we'll see
the outcome together.
So basically like a heatless curls tested, and a video
for you guys, so let's get straight into it.
So in most heatless curling videos I've seen on YouTube,
they use water to dampen the hair, so I've got
a spray bottle filled with water here,
but I thought I'd try it water and without
and see what the best technique was,
so on this side I'm gonna be dampening the hair
and on this time, I'm just leaving it dry.
The first heatless technique I'm using
are foam rollers.
Now I'm actually no stranger to these.
I used to use these all time when I was younger.
In fact, I remember using these once
and I had hair probably a little bit shorter
than what it is now, and I put foam curlers in,
I woke up in the morning and I had a bob.
I was like Shirley Temple.
So I have faith in these.
So I'm just gonna dampen the hair,
then I'm gonna put the roller behind my hair
and twist it around.
Now you do exactly the same thing on the other side,
but I'm gonna leave this side dry.
Okay, first heatless curls are in.
The second technique I'm using is twisting my hair
into mini buns.
Now I've seen a lot of videos on YouTube to get like
that Instagram body look doing this,
and the results I saw were really, really good.
So I'm going to see if I'm can create the same thing.
I'm just gonna dampen the hair again,
twist the hair around, twist that into a bun.
Then I'm just gonna tie that with a hair elastic.
The next technique I'm gonna use is using foil,
and this is one of the curling techniques that I thought,
would you really go to that much trouble
to curl your hair with foil, but I'm gonna give it a go.
I may eat my words.
So I'm going to grab a piece of foil.
Like that and I'm gonna fold that in half, kind of make
a U shape like that.
Grab a piece of hair and dampen it.
And then from what I've seen on tutorials I've been watching
you kind of do a figure eight with the hair
around the foil.
So let's see.
Okay, I think I've got it.
I thought this was gonna be more fiddly.
And again, same thing on the other side
but I'm gonna use dry hair.
Now that I've put my hair in this foil,
I can see how that would give you a really nice curl,
so fingers crossed that works and I eat my words.
The next technique is using socks.
Now this one seems a bit weird to me.
Again, would you really go to the trouble,
but I can see how it would work with damp hair
because the socks would soak up the moisture, I guess?
But I don't, we'll give it a go.
I'm just gonna wrap the hair around the sock
and tie the ends.
Oh, that was very simple.
Okay, and same thing on the other side.
Next technique is using bobby pins and then basically
just using your fingers as a roller.
So I'm gonna take a section of hair,
dampen it, usual drill.
I'm guessing the size of the curl is determined
by how many fingers you use, so I'm gonna use two,
and just wrap my hair around.
Roll that towards my head, and pin that in place.
And the last technique I'm gonna try is using
paper towels.
Now this is kind of a modern version of what people
used to do years and years ago when they didn't
have curling tongs or rollers or anything like that,
and they'd tie their hair up in rags and go to sleep.
So I have faith in this one.
Again, I think this would work well with damp hair
because the paper towel would soak up the moisture.
So let's give it a go.
Start at the bottom and then I'm going
to twist it up.
And then I'm just gonna tie the ends together.
I guess if the paper towel isn't big enough
for you to tie you can just tie it with a hair tie.
That's in a nice little knot there.
I guess this is a good one as well
because if you're travelling and so you forget
your curling tongs or something like that,
then you're always gonna find paper towels.
So this could potentially be a good one
if you're in a sticky spot.
So all of my heatless curls are in
and I'm looking a little bit crazy.
Now most heatless curl tutorials on YouTube I've seen
require the curls are left overnight,
but to be honest, I don't think I could sleep like this,
so I'm gonna leave them for a good few hours
and report back to you guys then.
I'm gonna take the curls out and we're gonna see
what worked best.
So guys, I'm back, it's been about five hours
and obviously this side is dry now.
This side hasn't changed because it wasn't wet
to being with, but it's time for the big reveal,
so let's see what curls turned out the best.
So I'm gonna start off with the first curl
I put in with the foam rollers, and this is the side
that was damp.
Wow, okay.
That's quite a curl.
Kind of an irregular curl, I guess if you're going
for a kind of vintage look, then this would be ideal.
It's kind of like a finger wave, like a 20s finger wave.
I think the only thing I would say is that it's taken
a lot of length off, like my hair's normally down here.
So that might be something to consider.
And this is the side that didn't have water sprayed on it.
So that one's a little bit looser.
But it's still that kind of vintage curled look.
So curl number two were the mini buns,
so I'll just take those out.
This should give a really tight curl.
Break it up a little bit.
Ooh, I really like that curl.
Ignore my own hair there, I think that's kind of the mark
from the elastic, but apart from that,
that looks like a really natural kind of beachy curl.
Let's try the side that wasn't damp.
I'd say the side that didn't have water sprayed on it
has turned out slightly better, I'm not sure why that is
but I guess it's one less step to do,
and yeah, I'm really pleased with that one.
Looks really natural, really bouncy.
Next step, we have the foil curl.
Wow, that has turned out really well.
So yeah, I'm eating my words on the whole foil thing.
That looks really cool.
Again, like kind of vintage finger wave look about it.
I'm really impressed with that.
I guess if you did that all over your hair,
you'd get a really, really cool kind of finger wave effect.
Let's try it on this side.
Again, I think that's held up really well.
I think I prefer the curl that was damp to begin with.
Thumbs up for that one.
And next we have the socks.
Start to untie.
So with this one we've got a bigger wave,
I did accidentally leave out the end,
so yeah, that's kind of, I guess if you wanted
a kind of looser wave effect, the socks would work
really well.
Let's try it on this side.
So this side that doesn't have water, you get
an even looser curl.
I think that's really, really pretty.
So thumbs up for the socks as well.
I think you don't really need the water with that,
you just get a really, really nice, soft, natural wave.
And next we have the paper towels, which I'm assuming
is gonna give a similar effect to the socks.
But we'll see.
Oh, maybe not, got a really fancy curl with that one,
kind of like a ringlet.
Yeah, quite a tight curl with that one.
Try the other side.
So again I think the water has made a big difference
in that you get a tighter curl with the water
and then more of a looser wave if you leave out
that step, see that, kind of a bouncy, voluminous curl.
And the very last curl is the one that I rolled
and pinned up with bobby pins.
I really, really like that.
That's a really structured, bouncy wave,
well, wave when you brush it out.
Really, really like that one.
And try one without water.
Okay, so that one didn't work.
If you're gonna use bobby pins, I recommend
using the water, 'cause that just,
that hasn't worked.
But at least we tried and we know that if you're going
to roll your hair up and bobby pin it for a curl,
you need a little bit of water.
Okay, so still looking pretty crazy.
I think, my general consensus for these heatless curls
is that it's knowing what's good for your hair type,
so having a play around and seeing what works for you.
I would say that the side that I've added water to
has gone quite frizzy, so if your hair
tends to be on the frizzier side, maybe avoid doing that,
maybe just put the heatless curls in without dampening
the hair at all and just leave them a little bit longer,
maybe pop some hairspray in there.
I think probably my favourite, the curls that I just
bobby pinned up with water, so this one here.
This one's held pretty well, and then I like the socks
as well, I think that's a really, really good technique
to use if you're kind of in a jam
and you haven't got a styling tool.
Maybe just add some hairspray to kind of hold the curl
a bit more because you can see, I've brushed that out
and it's pretty much gone, but if you want
just a more voluminous, bouncy look, then that's a good one
to go for.
I think curling techniques that I wouldn't use again
is the bobby pin technique without any water
because as you can see that's just completely straight now.
Also twisting my hair into little buns.
It did leave a kink in my hair, as you can see,
but I'm pretty sure if you played around
and used maybe really tiny scrunchies or invisi-bobbles
or something like that it could work.
So yeah, this is the final outcome, guys.
I really, really hope you enjoyed this video
and I hope you have a go at some of these heatless
curling techniques.
Let me know in the comments below what your favourite
technique was and if you have any new ones for me,
then pop those in the comments as well,
'cause I'd love to try some more.
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