How to Do Liberty Spikes With Curly Hair

Spikes like these are easy to make, even with curly hair.

Having curly hair doesn't have to prevent you from having the hair style you want. Using the right tools and products and having some patience can make styling liberty spikes in your hair easy. This style requires hair that is three to six inches long, but can be made with longer hair. To make styling your hair into liberty spikes easier, you will require using a hair straightener to make your hair straight.

Things You'll Need

• Hair straightener
• Blow dryer
• Strong hair gel or Elmer's glue
• Hair spray

Instructions

1. 

   If your hair is prone to drying out, use a leave-in conditioner.

   Straighten your hair using the hair straightener. Your hair does not have to be perfectly straight, but should be relatively free of curls. Your hair will be longer straightened than curly.

2. Gather a small amount of hair in your hand. The longer your hair is, the wider the base of the spike will need to be. Pull your hair out and apply gel or glue to the roots. Holding the hair straight, use the blow dryer to dry the gel. When the base of the spike can stand on its own, apply gel to the ends. Use the blow dryer to dry the tip of the hair.

3. Repeat Step 2 with the remaining parts of your hair.

4. Spray hair spray all over your hair to secure the hair style. Blow-dry your hair to dry the hair spray.

5. To remove the hair product in the shower, massage shampoo into the roots and through the tips of your hair. It may take more than one shampoo to remove all of the gel from your hair.

Tips & Warnings

• Unflavored gelatin dissolved in water can also be used as a gel.

• If the process dries out your hair, use a deep conditioner or leave-in conditioner to reduce damage to your hair.

• Using a hair straightener can damage your hair.

• If using glue, only use non-toxic water soluble glue. Glue that does not dissolve in water will leave your hair a mess when you try to remove the glue.

References

• HairCrazy: Spiking
• Rotten Eggs: Liberty Spikes, Mohawks