How to Do Spiral Curls With Ethnic Hair

Spiral curls are a beautiful hairstyle on people with ethnic hair. As a functional hairstyle, spiral curls are easy to create and manage for longer wear. This multi-faceted hairstyle is perfect for the workplace, formal wear and casual wear. Styling your own hair saves money and time.

Things You'll Need

• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Leave-in conditioner
• 1 oz. hair oil
• Blow dryer with diffuser
• Brush
• Hot comb or flat iron
• Curling iron
• Ponytail holder

Instructions

Clean Hair

1. Pour shampoo into your hands and work onto the fingertips. Clean scalp using your fingertips while gently working shampoo throughout hair. Move fingers through hair in a raking motion to avoid tangles.

2. Rinse out shampoo thoroughly. Continue raking fingers through hair. Wash hair with shampoo one time.

3. Add conditioner to hair until hair feels like seaweed. Part hair into four or more sections depending on thickness of hair with two sections each in the front and back.

4. Comb hair with a wide tooth comb to remove hidden tangles. Add more conditioner to each section, making sure each section is saturated.

5. Leave conditioner on hair for five minutes. Rinse thoroughly using the raking motion with fingers. Dry hair with towel.

Prepping for Protection

1. Run fingers through hair to ensure entire head is towel dried. Blot out excess water with towel.

2. Spray or pour your favorite leave-in conditioner into the hair from roots to ends. Continue using the raking motion with your fingers.

3. Pour 1 ounce of your favorite hair oil into the palms of your hair and massage into the scalp. Work oil onto the ends of hair.

Blow Drying

1. Add the diffuser to the blow dryer to protect your hair from heat damage. Turn dryer heat to the lowest setting.

2. Turn hair dryer down with diffuser facing hair with one hand and hair brush with the other hand.

3. Dry hair from roots to ends with both brush and hair dryer. Brush hair down toward ends and follow with the hair dryer.

4. Repeat Step 3 until hair is fully dry. Test dryness by feeling on the scalp for dampness or wet hair.

Going For Straight

1. Heat hot comb on a gas stove or ceramic plate (if included). Cool down on a damp or dry cloth.

2. Work hot comb through sections of hair that were not completely straightened with the hair dryer.

3. Run comb through sections of hair in a fast-paced motion without stopping.

Perfect Spirals

1. Pre-heat curling iron to the lowest possible setting. Settings may be higher depending on thickness of hair.

2. Gather hair into a loose ponytail at top of head with ponytail holder. Part a section of hair with the wide tooth comb starting from the nape of neck.

3. Catch ends of hair with curling iron. Spiral hair around curling iron up to the roots.

4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until hair is finished or you've reached the desired amount of spiral curls.

5. Run fingers through hair to loosen the tightness of the spirals.

Tips & Warnings

• Use products free of ingredients ending in -cone that produce temporary results and leave hair permanently dry and brittle. Add more oil for extra thin or long hair. Wrap hair loosely in a satin scarf at night.

• Do not pile hair on top of head while shampooing; hair will still contain shampoo and be a tangled mess. Straighten and curl hair in quick sweeps; overexposure to heat can burn and damage hair.