No Heat Hair Straightening Technique

I don't normally post things about how to straighten your hair, but I have been wanting to learn this No Heat Hair Straightening Technique for soooo long that I felt like it was my duty to share my fabulous results with ya'll.

You do not have to watch both videos, but they each have something to offer as far as tips, techniques, and general information goes. I apologize that I could not find any videos that were shorter in length. I tried. Feel free to skip through some of the nonsense parts and go straight to the meat of the videos. You will not be missing much. I used more of the techniques from the first video, but I did have to use clips (actually I used bobby pins), like the second video suggested, to keep things in place.

I wrapped last night before I went to bed. Yesterday was an unusual day for me in that I washed my hair and did NOT wear it curly (Gasp of horror!). Instead I put it up into a french braid so that by the end of the day my hair (of which I have A LOT) was still slightly damp in the center. I proceeded to wrap my hair with it being damp in places.

When I woke up this morning, I took down my hair and found that it had straightened considerably. However, I still had some waves on the left side of my head (I had wrapped my hair going from right to left, so clockwise). Since I happened to have some time where I didn't have anyplace to be, I went ahead and re wrapped it going in the opposite direction, so counter clockwise. I kept it wrapped for a few hours (2-3 hrs not sure) and then took it out. The left side was MUCH straighter this time, although I did have a few kinks from the bobby pins.  I took those few pieces that were kinked and straightened them out with my flat iron. I know, I know...it was not totally heat free, but hey this was my first time. :)

Below are pictures of how it turned out. Try it out yourself and let me know how it turns out. :) P.S. I slept fine. It was no different than wearing my plopping towel to bed.

Short hair headband braid

5 easy braids for wet hair

    Who doesn't need a quick easy way to style their hair?! I love all of these looks! They are great for summer time, when you are bumming around, or you can clean them up and wear them to the office.
     This would also be a perfect hair-do to use after your lunch workout, when you have to head back to work, but don't have time to dry and style your hair.

Milk maid braids for short hair

Updated 5/5/15: A commenter brought to my attention that the previous video I had linked in this post was no longer visible to the public, as it's creator had switched the video to private. I am replacing it with this shorter and very easy to follow tutorial that accomplishes the same objective. It's great for those who have shorter curly hair and want something different to do with it. It worked great on my chin length, short layered curly hair. Hope you enjoy it too. :)

Skip Curl Styling Technique

I personally do not use this technique (although I have in the past), but I really like the finished look. It didn't work as well for me but maybe it will work better for you. Tell me how it turns out for you.

Figure 8 curling with a marcel iron

I know that most of my readers only wear their hair naturally, but I also know some you of like to have a change every now and then. Using this technique on dry second day hair is a fun and interesting way to switch things up a bit. You do not need to have a Marcel iron to accomplished this same look. However, you will have to adapt it slightly to your curling iron. Remember this is an advanced technique, so don't beat yourself up if it takes you a while to figure it out.

Curly Hairstyles Part 6

When I did this style on myself at home, I didn’t use any extensions. I also didn’t curl the top of my hair like he said to do at the beginning. I just kind of followed the basic idea of the style and recreated it in a way that fit my personality.

Curly Hair Styles Part 5

 

I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this look on me, but I was pleasantly surprised with the finished style. This look is very easy to duplicate and didn’t take long to style.  Here is a picture of what it looked like on me.

Curly Hairstyles Part 4

This is a younger looking hairstyle. Although I think it could be pulled off by some older women too.

Curly Hairstyles Part 3

I wasn't really thrilled with the beginning look of this style but I really liked the finished "evening" look.

Curly Hairstyles Part 2

You can substitute gel for the recommended curling cream in this video if you can't find an ingredient approved curling cream.

Curly Hairstyles Part 1

This is the beginning of a series of posts on different techniques I have found to style your curly hair. Most of these videos are better suited for longer hair. I have medium/ shoulder length hair and some of them did work for me. If you have shorter hair you can do variations of these styles with some success. Be Creative. Play around. It's just hair.:) And by all means let me know how these looks turned out for you.

 

 

This is one of my favorite styles. I have worn it for church, date night, or when I am just plain tired of my look. I always get compliments with this look.