How to Get a Wet & Curly Hair Look With Naturally Straight Hair

Transform straight hair into wet and curly hair with your fingers.

Curling irons, hot rollers and perms are not necessary to make straight hair curly. Using your finger, bobby pins and mousse, you can create a wet, curly look without spending a lot of money at the store or a salon. Practice twisting and pinning hair and test different kinds of mousse to perfect the curl size and shape. Debut the new style to friends or coworkers, leaving them asking where you got your hair done.

Things You'll Need

• Volumizing shampoo
• Volumizing conditioner
• Towel
• Wide-toothed comb
• Mousse
• Hair clips
• Bobby pins
• Hair dryer with diffuser
• Hair spray

Instructions

1. Wash hair with volumizing shampoo to promote fullness in the hair. Rinse with cool water to seal in the volumizing ingredients. Follow the shampoo with the volumizing conditioner to get the full effect of the products.

2. Pat hair dry with a towel. Work through tangles with a wide-toothed comb, being careful not to damage ends.

3. Spray a palm-sized dollop of curl-enhancing mousse into the palm of your hand. Rub hands together to evenly disperse the mousse between the two hands. Work the mousse into the hair by grabbing handfuls of hair from the tip and scrunching upward toward the root.

4. Separate hair into sections with a comb and pin the sections up with hair clips. Take one small section of hair from the root and twist it around your index finger, holding the twisted hair in place for a few seconds. Place the index finger onto the head, let the hair fall toward the head and pin the twisted hair with a bobby pin.

5. Continue twisting small sections of hair around the index finger and pinning it until all hair is pinned around the head. Dry hair on low heat with a hair dryer with a diffuser attached to set the style.

6. Remove the bobby pins from dry hair and run your fingers through the curls to style. Spray the curls with hair spray to hold them in place.

Tips & Warnings

• To get larger curls, twist hair around two fingers before pinning it.

• Do not dry hair prior to curling. Hair that is too dry will not hold the style as well as damp hair.

References

• Hair Finder: Free-Style Curls Styling Techniques to Add Curl and Volume
• Hair Boutique: Get Fat Hair: Create Lots of Hot Hair Volume