Curl Hair Without Hairspray

Have you ever wondered if you could curl your hair without having to use hairspray? Well, you can! To make your hair look gorgeously wavy without the need of hairspray, all you need are a few products and the time to curl your hair. You can give yourself gorgeous curls and avoid the aerosol cloud at the same time.

Steps

Preparing Your Hair

1. Don't wash your hair for a day or two. You want the oils to build up in your hair before you try to curl it.
   • If your scalp gets too oily, try putting some dry shampoo at your scalp but leaving the rest of your hair alone.
2. Braid your hair the night before you want to curl it. This will give you nice waves that you can build on with your curling iron. This works especially well if your hair is damp when you braid it. Simply rinse your hair (don't shampoo it), lightly dry it with a towel, and then place it in braids.
   • You can put your hair in as many braids as you like. Make sure that however many you do, that it will be comfortable to sleep on.
   • You can also roll your hair up into little buns to get a similar effect. Simply section off your damp hair into about four sections and twist them up into little buns, holding them up with bobby pins. When you take the buns out, your hair will be even curlier than if you braided it, but it will be more uncomfortable to sleep on.
3. Put a heat defense product in your hair. The last thing you want to do is fry your hair, so protect is as much as you can from the extreme heat produced by a curling iron. This will protect your strands from the damage a curling iron can do.
4. Apply a curl boosting product to your hair. This will help to maximize your curls, keeping them soft and not frizzy. Curl booster comes in a gel or spray form. Use whichever type you like.
5. Put a styling mousse or other styling product in your hair. This will help your hair set once it has curled.
   • There are some mousses that are formulated specifically for curls. Choose one of these if you are buying the product specifically for curling your hair. If you already have a mousse you use regularly, try to use that one before buying a brand new product.

Curling Your Hair

1. Section your hair. You don't want to comb or brush your hair out totally if it has some curls from the braids you put in. However, you do want to make sure you can get individual pieces separated into sections to curl. You will want to be able to separate one inch sections all the way around your head with the tip of a comb.
2. Curl your hair normally with your curling iron. Curl each area individually, starting at the section closest to your face.
   • Take a one inch section and, holding your curling iron vertically, clamp onto the end of it. Roll the iron towards your head, stopping far enough away from your head that you don't burn it.
3. Pin each curled section up on your head immediately after curling it. You want to coil the curl up and then pin it so that it keeps that shape. It's important to leave all of these little coils pinned up until they are completely cool. This will help your curls stay.
4. Unpin your hair and style it any way you like. The products you put in before you curled your hair, in combination with the waves from braiding and pinning up all the curls while they cool, should help hold your curls.
   • There are a wide variety of ways you can style your curly hair. Some prefer to have their hair in a simple ponytail with a wispy bit down their face and others just like to let their hair loose down their back. It is entirely up to you!
5. Finished.

Tips

• To curl your hair after you wash it put some curlers in your hair while it's damp. The best way to hold the curls in your hair without hair spray is by purchasing a hair gel that holds curls. TRESemme makes a gel that holds curls in naturally straight, sleek, or wavy hair without using hair spray. Apply the hair gel in your hair before putting the curlers in your damp hair. Leave the curlers in all night and remove them the next day. By morning you'll have curly hair.
• If you choose to use hair spray make sure you don't put too much spray on. You don't want your hair to look greasy. Hold the hair spray away from your face and clothes. Otherwise your clothes will be sticky and you'll get hair spray in your eyes.

Warnings

• Without hairspray it is unlikely that tight curls will stay in for very long, especially if you have hair that is naturally very straight. However, this can create a nice wavy look regardless, so try it and see if you like the look.

Things You'll Need

• Curling iron
• Heat defense spray
• Styling mousse
• Curl boosting product
• Comb
• Bobby pins
• Hair curlers
• Hair gel to hold curls

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Sources and Citations

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