How To Curl Hair With A Straightener - Short Hair Easy Waves

My most requested video over on Instagram so thought it was long overdue I film it. I've linked all products mentioned below:

TOOLS

Cloud 9 straighteners: https://rstyle.me/cz-n/d5bdc6cgnyf

Wide tooth comb: https://rstyle.me/cz-n/d5bdd4cgnyf

Crocodile clips: https://rstyle.me/cz-n/d5bdfjcgnyf

PRODUCTS USED

Living proof 5 in 1: https://rstyle.me/cz-n/d5bdg8cgnyf

Ouai memory mist: https://rstyle.me/cz-n/d5bdjfcgnyf

Ouai texturising hairspray: https://rstyle.me/cz-n/d5bdijcgnyf

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Hi guys welcome back to my channel today, I'm gon na be showing you how to get these big voluminous textured curls, and I'm going to show you exactly how I get them using a few products, and my straighteners is a really really highly requested video I get So many messages and my Instagram asking for tutorials asking how I get more waves in my hair, so I thought it's about time. I film one. We have now been blessed with a lot of time on our hands. A lot of people are in the house. So what better time to perfect the way you do your hair! So when we come on up the other side of this lockdown life, we can have nice hair as well. So yeah, I'm going to show you exactly how I get this look. So if you want to find out how I get my wavy hair using straighteners on short hair, then stay tuned. So this is the hair that I'm starting out with I washed and blow-dried this last night. Just before I blow dried it as well, I did it use some of this, so this is the living proof. Five in one styling treatment, I'll find them on. I use something like this on. My hair just tends to make it a little bit more manageable, less wild and frizzy and yeah just kind of set. So it's almost like priming your hair before it comes to styling. Yet so yeah do you recommend using this and now here we are so first thing: I'm gon na do is give him/her a little brush just make sure we've got no knots, no tangles, so I've already found my parting in my hair, so my parting is sort Of just off-center, my hair refuses to stay in a dead center parting. It does not like it so once you push your hair through the next I'm going to, I do is to section it the whole sort of secret to being able to get really big volume. In your curls is to have them in layers, so you almost want your curls sat on top of each other. If you think about it. This way, if you were just curling one section of hair from the side of your head, you were only gon na hire. It'S only going to be as big as one curl going all around your head, whereas if you're curling your hair in layers, you've got three or four curls sat on top of each other, so that's going to create volume. So that's what we want to do to section my hair I'll just use these little crocodile clips. These are just cloud knowing pocket our plaits and pretty sure got these when you call Beauty while ago, don't have to use Clips. I personally found it a little bit easier and you can just use bubbles and have crazy ponytails going everywhere, but how I use these first thing, I'm going to do is section off the bottom part of my hair. I do have extensions in as well, so you are going to be able to see some of the tops of my type extensions as I'm doing this. Okay. So now I found the bottom layer, I'm gon na curl. First, I'm gon na take all of the rest of my hair just twist it and bring it forward and then hold it in place with the crocodile clips. So I'm just gon na pop, because this is quite a lot of hair that I'm trying to hold up. I'M gon na pop a couple in so we have this beautiful little fringe. So now I've got this bottom layer ready to go. I'M just gon na spray a bit of why memory mist on it. So this is basically you use this before you styling. So, basically, what it does is. It makes your curls last longer. I use this when I straighten my hair when I curl my hair and I do feel like it makes a difference and even if it doesn't, it protects your hair from heat anyway. So I'll still use it, so um use a bit of this first, so you just want to hold it away from your hair. So now I've got that on. We can start actually waving our hair. So what I've done is I've unplugged, my straighteners just to show you the technique, because I'm going to hold my hair and Australians for quite a long time, while I just show you what I'm doing and then I'll do it with them switched on so don't want To be frazzling, my hair off, while I'm actually showing you how to do this, and so the straighteners are used off from cloud 9. These are the cloud 9 touch, so what you want to do by the way, if you see we're looking at over here, are lights because I've got a mirror just so I can see what I'm doing so. What I usually do is when I've got my layer. I tend to split it down the middle at the back because after the back is really hard to do, particularly if you've got short, hair cuz I find if you've got long hair, you focusing the curls towards the end, the longer pieces of hair. So you can kind of reach around and do them because, when you've got short hair like this, it's a little bit more tricky, I'm just going to take a little clip for now just to clip this little section away. You really don't have to do this. It just really irritates me, so there we go looking, absolutely fabulous. Okay, so just to show you the technique, while the straightens are not plugged in just so I don't burn Frost all my hair, I'm showing you is your intake small section of hair. No more than about the issue down on the sections of hair, too big, otherwise your curls are going to be very heavy and they're just going to drop out so but the same time. You don't want too tiny, because we don't want loads of tiny wispy little curls everywhere, so just one small section of hair. Let'S move this out of the way small section of hair I like to when I'm waving away. From my face, I like to bring the straightness over my head just so that the cord is pointing up. I don't know why I just prefer to hold them that way. I find that the angle of the curl is a lot better, but you can just as easily do it like this. So the cord is at the bottom and move the curl away from you like that, and then what we're going to do is we're going to alternate which side we turn the straightness. So you want some curls to be facing away, and then you want some curls to be facing towards you so just to show you again pop the hair in the straightener, like this turn the straightener away from your head and then slowly pull down and that's it And what you want to do is you want to make sure that you are leaving the ends of your hair out if you've got short hair? The last thing you want is tight little ringlets. So a way to avoid that is to leave about the last inch of hair of the curl. Don'T worry she do get it caught up, though, in a curl we can go back and correct that later. So now I'm going to actually plug those trainers in and start curling, my hair there we go so now, they're on so first section of hair, I'm going to come over my head so that the cord is in the air turn towards the back of my head Gently pull down, leave the end out and that's it so, with the next section of hair. This time, I'm going to curl my hair towards my face because, like I said early, we'll want to alternate the direction of the curls grow up. The hair turn the straightness towards our face: pull down nice and gently leave the end. L done, we've got curl, so this curl is actually turning the opposite direction to the first one we did. If you can see just a nice loose curl, then we're going to go in with the next one, and this one is going to face away. We go now. Obviously, when it comes to doing the back, it can feel a bit tricky, be what you're doing all I'll say is do not stress once you've got the technique down, you can't really go wrong and no one really looks at the back of your head anyway. So you'll be absolutely fine. What sighs, when it comes to curling the bottom of your hair at the back, it's quite hard to keep the cord facing up, so I would come in from underneath. You can still turn the straighteners away from your face when you're doing the back ones, but it's just easier than trying to do it with all your hands in the air, so yeah. So this is why it should look like when you've curled the first sort of layer of your hair. Obviously I'll still need to finish off this side, but yeah, so you're just left with a few waves, all going different directions. All looks a bit mad or looks a bit crazy. We'Re going to do this again and again with each layer and we're going to come back and sort of a finesse and style it after, so I'm just going to crack on and finish this side of my hand. Okay, so that's the bottom layer done. I know it looks a little bit mad at the minute, but don't be tempted to brush or spray or do anything to your hair and just yet and we're gon na go through and finish the rat. So yep just leave those curls to set as they are. Don'T brush them just leave them and we're going to carry on. So let's just take out these crocodile clips and then let's get the next section of our hair down for curling. So I tend just to guess to make this so I'll. Just take my finger and just sort of running through where abouts I think will be enough for another layer. So as you can see, I've pulled down about this much of my hair, so there's still a fair chunk left on top. So we have the next section ready to go, so you can obviously see where the hair is wavy underneath and then, where all these straight bits are just sitting on the top of my hair. So we're just going to focus on the straight bits that I've brought down okay, so same again, we're gon na give ourselves our funky fringe back again. Oh, this is a bigger one. This time pop the crocodile clips in let's move that out of the way. So I can actually see what I'm doing pop that one in there and then we go again so the same as last time. The curls that are the closest to your face always want to face away. You don't want curls curling into your face, they're a lot more fluttering when the curls here face away from your face. They just tend to frame your face. A lot nicer. I cannot take myself seriously when I copy this. Let'S just move this round here. Okay, there. We go so same again: I'm gon na just split my hair in half down the back and sort of pull it round, and then we go again the next layer. So I know this seems like a lot of steps of lightness, but trust me this will make your curls last ten times longer when I tend to curl my hair curly after blow-drying, and then I will not curl it again until I wash it again so next Layer, so I do feel it is gon na be the last layer of hair that I do before just letting the rest of my hair down. So for the last time. Let'S just move this out of the way, and then we go again. It'S all sort of coming together. Now you see all the different layers of curls just giving that volume and then we're down to the very last layer at the top of our head and then, when I get just to these fruit, little shorter wispy bits. I'M just gon na leave those outs or save them until the very end, you'll see what I'll do with those in a minute and so that's all of our hair curled. So what I'm gon na do is with these two from little wispy bits. So what you? Don'T want is these to be why too curly? So what I do is I bring those together like this and then all I'm going to do is bring the straightness down the front curl them back. Let go so now. We'Ve got all of our hair curled. What you want to do is you want to run through it with a comb, preferably try and get a wide tooth comb. Don'T try and brush your hair with tangle teezer, because you're gon na ruin what you've done. This is actually GHD comb, carbon anti-static comb. I have no idea where I got this from I just have it I'm pretty sure you can get it you'll be able to get it on cult, beauty, beauty by those sorts of sites, I'm sure but yeah, wide tooth comb and then very very gently you're. Just going to brush through the curls, you want these curls to look a little bit lived in very effortless and then once you've done, that you know get your straightener has been very, very gently very, very quickly run over any curls and you think are a little Bit wild, so this side is not too bad. It just calms. The curls down makes them look a little bit more beachy wavy, okay, so here we are we're left, we're so very cool. Looking waves, I have a bit of volume. So now I want to add a little bit of texture. So thing I like to use the most out of it of texture is the way texturizing hairspray. That'S this one and you can get these again, I'm pretty sure from court Beauty those kind of sites everything I'm used on hair I'll link below anyway, and then what you want to do is you don't just want to spray it all. On top of your head, you want to grab the curls, and almost do I could put a fly effect to this: oh just drop them gently and as you're dropping them spray into them. So I'm sure to give it a good shake. So start like this drop. A few sprite drop a few spray drop spray. There we go, you can see already the difference, it adds so much volume into your hair and just go back in a little bit. This is very, very lightweight this sprays. This won't feel sticky or it has a completely different, feel to hairspray. It'S almost like hair spray and dry shampoo made a baby, and then they had this and that's it really easy voluminous textured waves for short hair using straighteners. So I really hope you like this video. Let me know if you got to see any more tutorials where that's hair makeup. Let me know, thank you. So much for watching and I'll see you next. One bye,

Rebecca Giovanini: I’ve tried lots of times, but I’ve never been able to curl my hair with a straightener until watching this video. Plus the final beach wave look is super cute! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

Amy Barker: Thank you for this!! Since I’ve had my hair cut shorter I’ve never been able to do beachy waves! I’ve followed this tutorial and my hair looks amazing!!!! ❤️

Iyzla Mosa: She starts curling her hair at 6:50 Btw LOOVVVEEE this look

Janesie Campos: Just got a hair cut like this and I couldn’t get those lose wave curls but definitely going to try your technique loved the end result

Lisa J: Thank you SO MUCH. This is the video that finally taught me how to do my hair! I have thick hair like you do and I just got a short cut and this was beyond helpful, thank you!!!!!! also you are absolutely gorgeous

Melanie Brown: Hi Alexx, thanks for this tutorial! I found it really easy to follow and helped me a lot. I’ve been looking for a good curling video for ages so thank you!

Rebecca Alfaro: This was so helpful! Recently cut my hair and got a balayage. I was struggling so much but this technique truly is the easiest and best that I found for my hair. Thanks so much

Christin Gillman: The tip with the front pieces is exactly what I need, I can wait to try tomorrow!

Silv: Thank you! Especially your front of hair technique at the end as I never know how to do the bits at the front and also for sharing product info. Great vid x

Alexx Coll: Thank you so much for the views on this! This was my first tutorial style video, I know it’s not perfect and I waffle on lol but I just wanted it to be as in depth as possible so I couldn’t possibly have any follow up questions

Andi Kichinko: Thank you so much for this video! I’ve never been able to get the pieces around my face quite right and your trick for those is perfect!

Conscience Colmon: Great tutorial. I've been watching a whole bunch of different ones both with straighteners and curling irons. The only thing different with this one that I learned from another video was to start curling back sections first that way you can move those curls to the back and see what's left in the front.

Silvia Carrasco: Wow! I love your hair and your curls. You explain so well and your techniques to curl hair are awesome. Thank you! I will try this.

The.Mortgage. Whisperer: Best tutorial for short hair beachy waves!!! My hair came out amazing!! Thanks girl ♥️ Love from

Amy Peach: Literally best video ever. Made it look so simple. Going to try this at the weekend thank you xxx

Meng Yu: This is the best demonstration ever. Just got the same cut yesterday and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks!

Where’s Da Beef?!: Super cute and fun! Amazing tutorial

S Hatfield: Thank you for this. Absolute game changer. Just followed your techniques and tips and WOW. Love it x

Taynara Salino: Podia ter legenda em português mas adorei o vídeo! Vou tentar fazer também

3heels4home: Thank you!!! I have done this so many times before but not for at least 6 years! Watching your video gave me the confidence to do it again and I loved it!

Rakshaky Paskaran: Omg u helped me so much, I always used to struggle curling my hair with a straightener but now I think I have the hang of it, thank u soooo much❤️❤️

Jewel: Wow! Really helpful tips and it looks beautiful! Thank you

Curious Kitteh: Thank you, a lot of unique tips in here. Both for volume and for understated curls, cool vid!

Ashley Birdwell: I've been searching for this video forEVER! Gorgeous! Thank you!

Emily Severeid-Geiss: I’ve never been able to get my hair to look like this. I followed this to a T and my hair is amazing!! Thank you!!! I feel so beautiful and on trend!!! Much appreciated!!! :)

Anna Smith: I love how you show the technique with the iron off before you start curling, makes it easier to get a grip on

Elena Fowler: Omg thank you so so much for this video!! Finally got the wavy volumed hair i've been after!!

Angelina Pecoraro: Awesome tutorial! Thank you!

Jacqueline Hernandez: I loved this video! Definitely trying this out!!!❤️❤️❤️

Charlotte V. Warner: Thank you very helpful. If possible it might help some viewers to add a time stamp of where the technique is applied and in motion. For example 6:46.

Bluegrass Beauty: You hair is Gorgeous. Good job taking perfect care of it. And also knowing how to style it with minimal damage! Thanks so much.

Love, Shai: Love this look and my hair is exactly this length so it was perfect for me!!!

kelly jackson: Love this look. It never works on my hair as it's very thin and naturally very straight. It's difficult to get it to do anything different

Eating With Kim: I’ve only started using flat iron recently. Your video helped me understand the method so much !

Christy Kay: Absolutely love this video your hair is gorgeous can’t wait to try!!

Meredith Hammett: Just chopped 14 inches off my hair. And my favorite curling iron with a clip (clamp) my cat knocked off my bathroom counter. So im left with my clipless wand and my flat iron. I absolutely hate using my wand on my shorter hair. This was super helpful!!! subbed!

Heather Marie Johnson: Absolutely BEST wavy tutorial I've seen!!

Mollie Green: Wow these curls are gorgeous!! Xx

Mary Dean: My curls have never looked this good. A tutorial that actually works — thank you! I will say though that if you have shorter pieces in the front, the quick bang flick could make it look frizzy. Absolutely love this look

Katya Diaz: Loooove this! Can’t wait to try it out today. Btw, you are stunning!!

Lovesgaming1231: OMG, it's so beautiful i gonna try this LOVE IT:)

Alissa Lynn: Gorgeous waves! Just found your channel and subscribed xoxo

melanie williams: Thankyou for this ..I did it step by step watching and listening to you doing my hair very happy thanks

Darcie Batty: I used your hair cut and style for a reference when getting mine done and I’m in love

Amanda Lynn: Super helpful! Thank you!

Amanda Kirby: Omg ive never been able to do this until watching you. Your so clear and make it simple

Aiden McDonnell: Brilliant explanation..fantastic!!! Thanks

Izabela Komisarska: Very helpful - thanks❣️

abbyreilly: Love this style ♥️

Unknown 101: tysm!! i really needed this ❤ i was really struggling with my short hair

Katarina Löfberg: This was really helpfull, thank you!

Rizza Phillips: This was a great video! Thanks for sharing. Does the Ouai texturizing spray leave your hair feeling dirty?

Beauty with Neringa: Very beautiful natural waves!

jolanar kadi: Thank you for uploading this video♥️ It helped me aloooot

Josefine Öijer: gonna try this, hopefully I'll get it!

JULIA MONCRIEFF: Love it! I have a cloud. What temp do you use for this style? TY X

Free_Spicy_Tamashii: How do y’all make this look so easy?!! Like it’s taking me 15 million try’s to get half of a curl with or without straightener ;-;

Miranda: These looks gorgeous. How long do they usually take you?

Karen A Fredette: The BEST wave tutorial I have watched !!

Big Brain: Am I the only one who can’t curl my hair?! Any tips/advice?

Allyson Thornley: I'm not sure if I heard you but what temperature do you have the straightener on?

Laura Smith: Beautiful! ❤️

Sylwia Skokowska: Thank you for this ♥♥♥

Adella O'connor: Hey Alex this is such a fab tutorial, I came across your channel by accident!! Just had my hair blond and short. Also I’m a fellow West Midlands Gal it’s so lovely to hear someone local!!! Xoxo

Iaintlistening: Most helpful video. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. Greetings from Germany :)

Parisian Desi: The way you explained in detail made.all the diffrence

Lu: Thank you for this. Also just purchased both recommended items off Cult Beauty❤️

s070x: My hair would never curl so easly

Carla Martínez: Would normal hairspray get the work done instead of texturising hairspray? It’s the one I’ve got right now... Great video, girl!!

Millan Olsson: Yeeees, finally! Makeup tutorial with your favorites next please!

Every Haircolor: Love the sun kissed highlights !

Mariah Wilson: Omg this is so Easy thank u

Kayla Claugherty: What straightener are you using? Beautiful curls!

Southward Squad: Lovely video x

Kay O: Ah that's interesting , pointing down with the flat iron rather than up. I'm going to try. Thank you

Chelsey Rogerson: Thanks for this video!

Parisian Desi: Best hair tutorial ever

Duckieee86: Thank you so much x

Sa T: Love it! I love your haircut

Kelsey Weiler: What temperature do you keep your straightener?

Emaada: Skip to 6:52 to get straight to the bit where she curls her hair x

Erin Hiley: How do you refresh your curls and make your hair fresh over the next couple days?

Samina Naz: Her way of doing is so easy

Raechel J: I only curl my hair for pictures & doesn’t look as bad then if i went out. i suck at no matter how hard i try.

ShellTay32: I will be trying this out with all my at home time that I now have. I have hair extensions but since all but essentials business are closed where I am they are all coming out. So, I have suddenly shorter hair and I was looking for a new style to try. Because even staying at home, sometimes you just still want to look cute. So, thank you for the perfect timing of this demo. xoxo

Michelle UK: Wow, your hair is absolutely beautiful ❤️ what do you ask for please colourwise and cut? Thank you x x

megan harvey: How do you get such healthy looking hair

Jeremy Manapul: Love ur make up can u do a makeup tutorial

Sunxhalo Roblox: "so you can have nice hair" me: *dyes bleaches and damages my hair so much to the point that i cant straighten or curl it*

Kimberly Idk: Omg lol for me my left is easy to do but right is hard haha like my left one comes out so good and my left one comes out so bad

Moon Luna: like this kinda videos, it really helpful

RedFoxie: You look like a glam version of Phoebe from the tv show Friends ahahah <3 You are gorgeous !

Ash Stalford: You’re class

Kerry McEwan: Do you do your clip in extensions yourself? And or where do you get them from please? X

Chloe and Kyle: Nice video and channel! challenge: can you make a video where you styling a boy hair ( spike or mohawk ? ) with hair gel thank you :)

Ruana G: LOL. I was like omg your brave for showing us the way you hold it but it wasn't even on lol

ellie martin: Will it work with hair that’s a little bit longer xx

Lisa Moskaluk: How wide are the plates of your flat iron?

Sabia Khatun: You remind me of Lauren Pope from Towie. It's the face & hair that gives it away. Xx

Manisha Boro 543: Is it just me or do y'll also think she kinda looks like Phoebe from Friends?

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