How to Use a 3-Barrel Hair Waver

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Amelia, and I'm going to discuss with you how to use a three barrel waver. This is a three barrel waver. It's basically two barrels of a curling iron with a third one in the center. And what that does is that creates a nice S-wave. What you want to do is first section the hair off, and you can get these at any beauty supply store. Then you're going to want to use some some sort of thermal protectant or curling spray and that's going to help hold that shape in the hair. And grab the hair, and with the three barrel wavers you really want to use a smaller section. You don't want to grab a big old hunk of hair. I wouldn't use a section any wider than about an inch. Actually I wouldn't use a section any wider than about a half inch. And you grab the waver, start at the top of the strand, hold it, and then you bring it down to the beginning of the next wave. So that way you don't get any strange crimps. And you continue all the way down to the very end of the strand. And it's OK if you only have the end of the strand poking out. You just don't want like a little fish hook hanging out. And that's how you create a wave. So you do that around the rest of the head. And that creates a nice S-wave shape. You can comb through it if you like to give it more of a wild crimped or you can even brush through it and give it a nice soft wave look, something very reminiscent of the Nineteen Forties. And that's how you create a wave with a three barrel waver."