When I was younger, all I wanted was to have curly hair and with the magic of my Mam’s friend who did home perms, I got the curly hair I was so desperate for. Looking back, it doesn’t look as cool as I thought it did at the time:
Now fast forward 25 years and Miss Frugal is also a big fan of curly hair although not so much a home perm fan after seeing the photo of my disaster! Not that I’d let her have one anyway – there are much simpler ways to get curly hair these days!
She often sleeps with plaits in her hair when she’s washed it on a night which gives her wavy hair when she wakes up in the morning – she’s learned that the chunkier the plait, the bigger the wave she’ll get in the morning. But sleeping with plaits in your hair isn’t very comfortable if I recall correctly from my between- perm stages.
So, in her quest for curly hair without the headache she’s discovered (by way of YouTube) a new way to get curly hair which is super quick, super easy and doesn’t require any special skills – all you need are bobbles and a pair of hair straighteners.
- Make sure your hair is completely dry, brushed and tangle free.
- Plait your hair, remembering that the smaller the plait, the better the results will be.
- Spray a little heat protection spray on each plait and starting at the bottom, work your way up the plait in sections making sure that each section is held between the straighteners plates for 5-10 seconds.
- Leave for a few seconds and then take out the plait – you have curly hair!
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Shower a little warmth insurance splash on every plait and beginning at the base, work you're far up the plait in segments verifying that every segment is held between the straighteners plates for some seconds.
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Thats a really good idea, my 14 year old daughter is going to give it a go. Your daughter has beautuful hair and my, does’nt she look just like as a teenager.
Oh that looks gorgeous! I always like my daughter's wavy hair when we've left the plaits in a bit too long!!
I like this – I wonder if doing this would actually calm down my little girls hair as it is so curly. Miss F has beautiful hair – I would love to have that colour too!
Some great tips, I haven't plaited my hair in years, so I might give it a go x
Great tips! I've always plaited my hair for some curls, now it's shorter though, I can't do that! I too had that curly perm in my teens – what was I thinking!! x
When I was a child my nan used to roll my hair up in rag curlers every night and I slept in them. I do my daughter's hair in plaits overnight sometimes. Sadly I have no straighters like that to do it quickly.
Some good tips my hair is natural curly I always straighten mine oppp lol .x
Great tip, thank you! I wanted to desperately have a curly hair in my childhood too. And did my first perm in HS, with the same results, lol
Great idea! Ive done the sleeping with plaits in before and nope definitely not comfy lol!! Will be sharing this with my sister in law who has a little girl who wants curly hair lol! x
This works great doesn't it?! I often wash the girls hair before bed, plait it overnight and hey presto! waves in the morning!
She looks beautiful and as she is and as a curly haired girl I craved straight hair and even ironed it with brown paper on it and a real iron!
I always wanted curly hair too and looking back at the pics I wonder why i ever did it. The natural wave looks gorgeous though on your daughter
That is very clever. Wish I had long hair to do this kind of thing with.
Yes, the grass is always greener and I've tried several ways to get curly hair! Not tried this one though, good tip thanks! x
Great idea! I think we always want the opposite to what nature gave us! x