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- Hi, everyone, welcome to the channel.
Today I'm gonna show you the visual difference between
curls with a flatiron and curls with a curling wand.
Sometimes I really struggle to decide
what kinda curls I want for different looks that I'm doing,
so I'm gonna give you a visual demonstration of both.
On this side of my face, I'm gonna do
curls with my flatiron, straightener,
whatever you wanna call it,
and then on this side I'm gonna do my curls
with a curling wand.
I've already got my Milk and Blush
hair extensions clipped in,
and this is the classic set in their 20-22.
I'm kinda feeling like a change recently.
I'm gonna go for the longer length.
And yeah, fancy a change.
So it's already kind of straightened and nice and sleek,
kind of like a blank canvas,
and I've parted my hair down the centre,
so I'm just gonna split my hair in half.
And I'm gonna clip this section back out of the way,
and I'm gonna be dealing with this section first,
'cause this is the side I'm gonna use my flatiron on.
And I'm just gonna section off my hair so I can
work with it section by section.
I seem to say section a lot in these videos.
Then I've got my flatiron here.
It's already nice and hot.
I've got it on 230.
You don't wanna go above that, really.
That's celsius, not fahrenheit.
And I've already put heat protection on my hair as well.
So I'm just gonna take a small piece here.
I'm going to put my flatiron down towards the ground,
clamp my hair at the top, twist it around once,
and then just pull the hair through.
You can twist it more than once if you want,
depending on what kind of curl you wanna get.
So, with the flatiron, you've kind of got
kind of more of a beachy wave.
It doesn't really take that much length off the bottom,
if you can see, compare it there.
So I'll carry on doing this all over this section,
and then I can show you guys
what the finished look looks like.
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Okay, so this side is all done,
and the golden rule with doing curls
is always let your curls cool completely
before you brush them out.
So while these are cooling,
I'm gonna go on to the other side,
and use the curling wand.
So, I'm gonna be using a 32 millimetre curling wand.
Kind of a standard size when it comes to curling wands,
and that's the size that I always go for.
It would also help if I turned it on as well.
So, I'm gonna section off my hair
the same way I did before.
When I'm curling my hair with my curling wand,
I like to take sections about an inch thick,
and I always curl away from my face.
So I pop the wand behind the hair like this,
and then I wrap the hair around flat,
and try to keep it quite close together as well.
If you want more of a wave,
then you wanna put a little bit of space between the hair.
But we're going for a curl for this look,
so I like to keep it quite close together.
I need to hold that for about 10 seconds,
then you want to drop it into your hand
so it cools a little bit.
I like to kinda scrunch the hair
a little bit as well, just to really hold that bit in.
And you can let it drop slowly,
and you can see you've got a really pretty curl there.
So I'm gonna carry on this process
all over this side of my head,
always curling away from your face,
and always allowing the sections
to cool in your hand slightly before you drop them.
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So I'm all finished up on this side,
and you can see it's looking a bit crazy.
I've got kind of a Shirley Temple, Curly Sue thing going on.
So I'm gonna leave those to cool,
and then I'm gonna brush both sides out
so you can see the finished look.
Now I'm gonna really gently brush out these curls,
and I'm gonna start on the flatiron side,
and I always like to start from the bottom
and work my way up.
That's the best way to kind of brush your extensions,
because they don't get knotted at all.
So you can see, with the flatiron you've kinda got this
beachy, textured vibe going on.
Okay, so now that section's all brushed out,
I'm gonna move on to this side.
And again, brushing from the bottom up.
So you can see there, you've kinda got a bit more,
you know, more Victoria's Secret-esque
look about those curls.
And then you've got the more relaxed,
beachy look on this side.
So there you have it, guys.
Now you have a visual guide
on difference between flatiron curls
and curling wand curls.
I really hope you enjoyed this video,
and let me know in the comments below
which side you prefer, the flatiron or the curling wand.
I love them both.
I think they're such different styles,
so versatile, and you know me, I just love a curl.
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