The trouble with curls, however, is that more often than not they tend to drop and fall flat after a few hours. Even those with naturally curly hair can have trouble keeping their ringlets in shape and their look frizz free. But there are ways that you can ensure that your curly look lasts. Just use these curl keeping hair secrets!
If you’re creating your curls using hair rollers or a curling iron then make sure your hair has not been freshly washed. Curls will form and hold better in day old hair as your hair will not be soft and slippery.
If you have washed your locks, or you know that you’ll need extra grip to get your curls to stay, spray some dry shampoo through your hair strands for texture.
For curled locks with staying power, always curl your hair in sections and apply a setting lotion or your preferred hair styling product to each section just before wrapping your locks around your curling tong.
Avoid drenching any finished curls with too much hairspray. Just a light spritz of a strong hold product is enough to keep your curls in place without making them crunchy or so overloaded with product that they lose their shape.
If you have to wash your hair before curling, or if your hair has a natural curl that you want to enhance, then wash your hair with a shampoo that is made especially for curly hair and use a spray in conditioner instead of a wash out conditioner to avoid making your hair too soft to curl.
Always make sure you’ve removed any excess water from your hair and never try to curl hair that is wet. Your hair needs to be dry to get the best finished result, and any moisture left in your hair will cause your hair to frizz and your curls to drop.
Add a travel size bottle of hairspray to your handbag so that you can touch up your curls and keep your style looking great when out of the house.
Curls that have been created with a large curling iron in large sections of hair tend to drop much more quickly than tighter, smaller curls. So if you want a curly look that lasts, separate your hair into small sections and create tighter, smaller curls.
Avoid touching, combing or brushing your curls once you’re happy with the way they look and your hairstyle is in place. Excessive fiddling with your curls will cause them to drop faster.
With these curl keeping hair secrets you should be able to create and keep any curly hairstyle. Our final secret is to style your curls into a half up half down hairstyle, updo or a side-style so that if your curls do fall flat, your hair will still look great!
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