How to Make a Mustache Curl
Curled mustaches make a powerful statement that draws attention to your face and may get you many questions. Not a look for the shy, a curled mustache gives you a bold look that requires personality and bravado. Fortunately, the look is not difficult to create or maintain. The most common type of curled mustache is the handlebar, a thick mustache that wings up on either side of the face into a single curl. Other, more flamboyant types of curled mustaches also exist, like one wild style that sports a carefully parted mustache swept into three curls on each side of the face. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Grow and groom your mustache to a sufficient length and thickness for curling. The mustache should be at least an inch-and-a-half long at either end to provide sufficient length for curling; it can be trimmed short over the lip for cleanliness and appearance. If your mustache is thin or sparse, dying it darker can make it appeal fuller, and men's hair regrowth products have also been demonstrated effective for facial hair growth
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Use mustache wax. Apply the wax directly to your mustache, if it comes in a tube, or transfer from fingers to mustache if it comes in a pot. comb it evenly throughout your mustache. Using your fingers, and working from the center outward, twist and curl your mustache ends up and out, gently shaping the ends into a smooth curl of the desired shape. Apply additional wax as needed.
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Use a small-barreled curling iron. If you don't want to maintain the curled look long-term, this can be a good temporary solution, as your mustache won't become trained to curl. Simply heat the curling iron, then, using extreme caution, wrap the end of your mustache around the barrel. Hold in place for a few seconds, then release.
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Tips & Warnings
Over time, as you continue to regularly curl your mustache, it may eventually continue to curl on its own, once it is "trained." If you are lucky enough to achieve this effort-less curl, you may only sporadically have to actually curl your mustache, on a bad mustache day.
Mustache wax is a valuable tool for both thick and thin mustaches. If you have a thick, wiry mustache, you may find it is unruly and tends to go every-which-way without intervention; you may need to work in extra wax on the tips, to gain a precisely curled tip. Similarly, if your mustache is thin or fine, it may sit limply and refuse to have enough body or life to curl without aid.
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