Hey, I've had a lot of people write in and ask
how to do flat iron curls.
So this morning I'm going to show this.
This is my daughter's hair.
She showered last night before bed, and it's just air dried.
And she has just a little bit of wave to it.
But I don't particularly love the way it looks.
So I usually either straighten it or flatiron curl it.
So I'm going to show you how to do that.
You just take a section of hair.
This is a one inch flat iron.
And you put it up here and you twist
the flat iron around the hair.
And as you twist, pull down.
And you'll see that it gives a nice little curl to the hair.
You can do a little bit smaller sections, if you want.
So again, apply it to the hair, twist, and then pull downward.
And as you pull, it will curl the hair.
And it gives that nice, soft, fun wave.
So like on her hair, I will just come around it and quickly flat
iron her hair, just the top layer.
And that's all I have to really do,
and it gives it a nice little wave,
with the curl attached to it.
But I don't even bother with the under layers.
Make sure your flat iron is really hot.
That's important, too.
You can see mine's smoking on her hair.
And get that curl.
Come to the front.
Give her a nice wave.
The more you turn it, the tighter you
twist it and the more times, the tighter the curl will be.
So I like mine just sort of loose.
And then I just kind of brush my fingers back
through a few spots, here and there.
And on this side of the head, I'll
reverse the way I turn the curls,
so it comes away from her face again.
And if you get one like that, that just doesn't quite
curl tight enough, just repeat.
Twist it a little tighter.
And it will come out curlier, the second time.
Sometimes I get some that come out way too tight.
And then you can do the same thing,
only just don't turn it quite as much.
I found one.
Wasn't very good again, either.
And then it will just be prettier,
the second time around.
Let's get this spot up here.
Last one.
Run my fingers through it.
You can see that that's just a lot, lot prettier wave
and curl to it.
Actually looks like it was designed
to be slightly curly, instead of just kind
of looking like she just woke up.
And if I find little spots, like if it was sitting like this,
I'll just go in and pull a little section out.
And just curl that one, little piece.
Just so I make sure that there's a little bit of curl,
even everywhere.
And you're done.