How To Wave Short Hair || Curling Iron Vs Flat Iron

Hello welcome back to my channel um. I am really sorry that it took so long to get this video to you guys but, like I explained in the video to come, we've been out of town and like it's just life's better than life. So, thank you for being patient. This is gon na be two ways to wave you're here um, since my hair's short, I guess I could say it's best for short hair, but honestly the techniques you can use on pretty much any length hair may turn out a little differently. Of course, like mine's. Pretty it gets pretty bouncy because it doesn't have a lot of length or a lot of weight to pull it down. Whereas if you have longer hair, it may be a little more collapsed or a little more like less voluminous. So keep that in mind and if you have longer hair, you may also need a bigger curling iron. I use a one and a quarter inch in this first video and you may want to do like one and a half, probably not bigger than that, though, unless you really only want like a little soft wave. I hope you liked it. I had to film it on two different days. Well now. This is a third different day, because I forgot to film of an intro video like usual, so the first portion of the video is using a curling iron for waves. The second portion of the video is using a flat iron for a really fun kind of flippy tousled lived-in wavy. Look, I hope you like it. Okay, thanks so much and subscribe and like if you want that'd, be cool cuz. I only have six subscribers and it'd be nice for more people to watch these videos if they want to so share it with your friends and tag me in your posts. If you end up trying these techniques cuz I'd love to see that without further ado, the video hello, okay, two ways to wave - probably preferably short, hair since, but these techniques can definitely be used on multiple links of her short to long. I'Ve been curling my hair. This way, since it was probably close to like chin length, so really you could use it for any length I am going to so this first part of the video is going to be using my baby lace, one and I think a quarter inch iron. It'S a spring iron, so you all will know how to use that, and my fellow hairstylist probably do know how to use them are cell, but that's not super user friendly. So I'm not gon na use that, for you guys, I have prepped my hair with some of my favorite unite products. So before, when I got out of the shower, I added some new oil just a little pump of that with a little bit of our new booster thickening cream. And then I also sprayed booster spray up at the root to give it a little more volume and lift, and that I believe, is it then I just blow-dried it nothing fancy if you've seen my. If your follow me on Instagram, then you've seen my YouTube video. My Instagram video of how I use how I blow dry in my thickening products and my favorite, and what my favorite thickening products are from unite so anyway, without further ado, I will begin so what I usually do. Cuz, I'm usually trying to do a super, quick kind of like today. I have 10 minutes, so I just just above the ear, I kind of part the hair off and my hair is not very thick. So that's part of why this doesn't take me very long. So keep that in mind. I only need about three rare sections. Well, I'm going to use my seven seconds glossing spray just gon na spray it lightly all over, and then I'm just going to gives it extra shine and a little extra heat protect, which we could all use. You'Re going to start with this section in front of the ear I like to start away from the face, so I'm gon na go about an inch and a half away from the root, clamp it down and then start to turn, but never go all the way Up to the root and just very gently release a little bit of hair at a time, and you also want to keep out the end there. Okay, so see how bouncy that is thanks, and then I take probably about an inch wide and then, depending on how thick your hair is, you know you can go wider this way, so my section is probably about an inch wide in either direction and again you're Gon na start kind of halfway down clamp and then you do not want to go all the way up to the root, and so I'm just releasing a little bit of that tension. And then, as I release it's like you're kind of tugging at the ends. Does that make sense so then I'll go through and I'll pull that one to see so the end stay kind of straight you're, not gon na curl. All the way around that's gon na be the biggest difference between like a wavy look or more modern curly hair. Look versus, like I don't know like a 2001 look: okay, I'm gon na curl forward, so I'm gon na clamp it in the same area they're about an inch and a half away from the root. Let it sit and then, as I pulled down, don't release all the way, just pull that bottom piece: yeah. Okay, that one got a little curly, oh well, alright, and so like. I really can't see the back and I'm just going to clamp it down. Do it one turn another turn as I'm? Releasing it just slightly so the ends are out: it's not all the way up to the root and then pull it down next section, it's a little bit big whoo. Okay! For this one, this gets a little tricky. So, basically, you want a mirror: what you've done on each side. Okay, so you're gon na hold this out. You'Re gon na come underneath and then very gently curl away from the head see mirror. I hope that makes sense so come in and curl away pull and then I think I see okay, here's one and we're gon na curl this section toward hell - oh God, Oh God, thank you. I can't see very well there. We go oops wrong way there. Okay, I feel like there's an easier way to do that, but whatever basically, I alternate forward backwards forward backwards. I do two away from the face and then I go toward the face away toward oh wait. That makes sense. Okay - and I think we have one more back here, so we're going to clamp that twist that - and you know it doesn't have to be perfect back here. You guys, because, especially if your hair is not very layered in the back, your hair is gon na fall on top of the back and you're. Not really gon na be able to see this first layer, so don't get too stressed out so bring that down. Take about half of it down so for this section, I'm going to start I'm gon na curl, this first section toward the face and then back toward back toward toward back okay, okay, okay, so here we go and you always want to keep the same angle. You know don't go all the way to the root, keep the ends out: blah blah blah blah all that chest, pull it out. Oh okay, and then this one same we're gon na go backwards. You know, and I'm just on the cusp, probably of being able to use like a one and a half inch iron, because my hair, you know now that all the layers have pretty much grown out. It'S probably long enough to be able to do that, but I and I have tried it a couple times, but I just can't get it to where or last more than I don't know like a day a day and a half because it starts like flipping out And stuff, so if you have more of a lob length where it's like, it's touching your collarbone or even really touching your shoulders, you can probably get away with using a bigger iron and then you'll have an even more wavy effect as opposed to like you know, Curled garbage truck the limo vibe, don't remember if I'm supposed to go forward on that one. Oh well, oh well, and I totally forgot to use my glossing spray on that section. You guys I should not be tutorial. Izing, I'm gon na take this front section here. Okay, now this is kind of the tricky part. So most people don't really like it super curly around their face, so I'm gon na start even lower like a little more than halfway down curl it, and then I'm not really gon na curl. It anymore. I'M gon na start releasing it and then I'm gon na pull okay, so it's just like a little curl just a little and then what I'm gon na do. I'M gon na kind of start splitting things vertically and I'm gon na go backwards again. Cuz. I like the front to go away from the face and I'm not gon na hold it as long. I'M not gon na go all the way through the ends, because I, like it a little more lived-in. I guess is what you could say so like this one. You know I'm gon na go and then pull it out. Okay, so same thing, this front section, you're, gon na, come in about halfway and start bringing it out and pull see all right, tada, so you're, just gon na wait for it to cool ever so slightly. Like a couple minutes, um I'll spritz it one last time with my glossing spray and then I will probably comb it out. I don't know maybe I'll toss a little we'll see. Did I get that? Yes, okay, so I'm gon na add a little expanded dust into like my root area. Is it a little bit more pizzazz? You know I just love pizzazz that might have been a lot mmm. I think I'm running low right little running low, okay and now I'm gon na take a little bit of my second day cream, but just a little bit don't needle off right through the ends, scrunch it in and then very lightly down, the top just to get Rid of those flyaways, then, if you want you can kind of flip it around play with the part, but I've been liking, it till the middle. It'S just easy, you know, doesn't get in my way, but there we go super easy. What does that? Take ten minutes? Oh so part two of my waving video, I am going to use my flat iron. This is my unite iron, which I just got. I don't know a few months ago, but I love it, and this is a really it's a fun technique. It'S definitely, I would say a little bit advanced. I don't know I wouldn't, maybe not. I don't know for some people like it took me a minute to kind of get the hang of it, because I'm gon na do two different motions with with the flat iron. So there's gon na be kind of like an actual waving technique like um. Sorry, I'm like having trouble a almost like a crimp, but not a crimp like a wave and then there's gon na be like a curl wave. So I'll show you what I usually do and I find myself going back to this technique quite a bit because for some reason I don't know if it's, because this maybe gets hot more hot than or hotter than my curling iron, it seems like I can wear My hair longer before it needs to be washed when I do it this way. I don't know why, so anyway, um okay, I have it on like the lowest setting, because my hair is fine and it's colored. So if you hear a super thicker course or you also need to like smooth it while you're curling, I would maybe go up a notch like right now I have it on 390. It goes up to 450, it's so hot um, but if you have like coarser hair, I would maybe go to 420, but probably not more than that, because you don't want to fry your hair. I'M gon na do the same sectioning that I did with that. I showed you just before this and then this so I'm gon na just do it and you can watch it because what I'm gon na do is I'm gon na clamp the hair down again about half an inch away from the scalp and I'm going to rotate It back and forth like this, like full wrist action and I try to make sure the end flips out stead of under cuz. It looks kind of funny when it's under, but you know it's no big deal cuz. It'S all gon na like be messy together. So here we go, okay, see hmm and then I also pull it just because my hair is so fine that it does bounce up really easily, and I don't want it too big we're not trying to go for like 80 style here. Okay! So now this one I'm going to curl away from the face, so it's like you're using a curling iron, you're, gon na clamp it in and then twist and just keep twisting see then sometimes with these ones. I go back over the ends. I usually go back over the ends like toward when I'm all finished, oh, that one's very bouncy - hmm, I don't know about that. Okay, that's better, and then I just alternate all the way around okay. You know you can just you practice it once or twice, and then you realize more about it and oopsie lift that guy out and you can make it more intense by really twisting and twisting and twisting I would say if you had longer hair, you could get Away with really, you know, flicking the wrist back and forth, but since my hair short and again we're not going for an 80s style here and for this I'm going to start. You know in the front - and I'm gon na now use the curling method away from my face for these front sections: okay, whoo buddy - and this is also nice, because you can, I usually do it to a middle part so that I can flip-flop it from side To side and this technique looks really pretty flip-flopped from side to side mmm. I don't like the end on that one, but it still is like it's a little fluffy. Okay, that's ringlet! That'S better! Okay! Okay! So this piece right here all crimped wave - these pieces are a little bit longer, so you can kind of get away with more crimpy action. Okay. Now, if you don't really want to try like a little crimpy wave thing, you can totally just do your whole head. Regular, just you know, twisty waves. This is just how I've really been liking it because it gives it a little more like kind of undone texture, which I love and because I already showed you guys how to do a more uniform wave with the curling iron. So it's basically the same. You know concept, it's just you have to make sure you've got the right action going with your flat iron. It'S actually kind of tricky. It took me a while to figure it out. Don'T do this before you're going out or something like that. Try like practice this on you know a Sunday morning or something this front piece we're gon na curl away from the face similar to what we did with the curling iron. I'M gon na start a little further down and I'm not gon na go all the way to the ends. I'M gon na kind of pull it out. So maybe like one twist one and a half - maybe let's see - let's see - apparently I like to sing while I'm doing these videos see it actually looks really similar to the curling iron, okay and then pull that down. I can't wait to get my hair done by the way I'm getting it done on Monday, which might be before I even post this video, oh man, I'm really sorry that it's like taking so long to get this done. But, oh that was a good one. A good one, a good one, but it's just you know - we've been out of town like we went camping last weekend, we're gon na be in Tahoe this weekend. So it's just it's all good stuff, I'm happy to do the things I'm do it. Of course, I get to see one of my longest, most wonderful friends ever this weekend in Tahoe for her baby shower and I'm very very excited about it. Okay, I'm doing some real tricky guys. I really want this to match this side. I remember what I said about the curling iron that it has to match angles, so I'm going in left-handed pray just hope for the best guys. Oh no! Oh no! Oh wasn't too bad, not too bad, not too bad, but it's tricky that part's really tricky. I wish I had advice on how to do it, but literally you just have to practice. Okay and this one's gon na go back also, okay, that did not work out. Take it. Okay, we're gon na, try it again, I'm gon na just let it cool, so it doesn't fly off. Okay! Okay, here we go, there's probably a little bit too much hair, but oh well: okay, oopsie! Okay! There we go! That'S better! That'S definitely better! Okay, let's see, are there any other pieces back here? No, don't think so. So I'm gon na just crimpy this little guy and kind of go in, get the ends and let it cool. Oh, I am going to use. What am I gon na use. Leave some texturizing spray, so texturizer one, my faves and glossing spray. Of course, I'm gon na hit it with glossing spray. First, give it a little shine, hit it with some texturizing spray and then just kind of I have no idea mm-hmm what the back looks like. Hopefully it's all right and then you know I love me some expanded us anything that plumps it up more I mean especially when you have you know not a lot of hair, see. Oh it's so good. It'S so good! Happy fun, big hair! Thank you for watching this by the way cuz like clearly I'm kind of a weirdo, so just mute it. Maybe if you don't want to listen to me, talk cuz, I get it. Okay, there we go. It'S not like crazy different, it's really not, but it definitely gives it a little more texture, a little more flip. You know it's not it's more. You can see more like waves rather than curls. I hope that makes sense, and I hope you try it if you try either of these, especially this one. Since you know, like I said it's a little bit advanced um a little bit tricky. Let me know comment on this video or you can find me on Instagram and tag me. I would love to see that I think that'd be fun so um anyway. That'S it two ways to wave uh. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up. Please subscribe: if you want to see more love, you guys