Thursday, September 8, 2011

It's always the hair.

In light of yesterday's post (thank you to those who defended their own views), today is about the fun side of hair.

You know me, I'm constantly battling my own locks.  Over the weekend, I read this post on Joy's Hope (great blog, btw) and was quite intrigued by the "no heat curls."  After reading, I promptly jumped in the shower to wash my hair.

My hair is crazy, so I had to take a leap of faith when deciding how to actually attempt the process.  I decided having 100% dry hair, but un-straightened was the best approach.  (When I straighten my hair, it acts like straight hair and refuses to hold a curl... unless, of course, it rains.)

I watched the video a few times to make sure that I wasn't going to mess up.  It's much easier than the "sock bun" method, in my opinion (and works a LOT better too).  So I twisted my hair around the headband as outlined.


Unlike, the video, I did not sleep on it.  My hair, as previously mentioned, is crazy.  I kept it in my hair for a little over an hour.  (I loved having my hair tightly off my neck and shoulders and face while I did some reading for class.)

I took out the headband and voilĂ !


This was only after an hour, and I loved how it smoothed my hair out without using a flat iron AND it had tons of body.  I'm tempted to try experiment with the process (e.g. sleep on it, straighten my hair first, use hair spray, etc.).

Has anyone else given it a whirl?

xoxo

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12 comments :

  1. Ahhhh my hair is the same way. Must. TRY. PS you're so beautiful! (not trying to be creepy haha)

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  2. you look stunning. adore this post. i've got a new outfit post. would love to know what you think. thanks love. xoxo

    www.fashboulevard.blogspot.com

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  3. Carly, I love it! You should make this your new go-to hairstyle... it looks so great!

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  4. I have tried this several times. My hair DOES NOT hold a curl but when I leave my hair like this overnight, it is the curliest I have ever seen! Only problem is I have thin hair that tends to look oily if i don't wash it every morning. I'm not one of those people that can go two days without washing their hair :(

    http://pearlspinkandsouthern.blogspot.com

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  5. I saw this on Pinterest. My hair is too short to do it, but when it grows out I'll definitely do it! My sister does it all the time and her hair turns out REALLY curly.

    Your hair looks so cute like that!

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  6. I am definitely going to try this!

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  7. Any opinions on what the best type of headband to use for this is or does it not really matter as long as it's one of the elastic ones?

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  8. I tried this last night too! I Love the way my hair looks!

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  9. That looks great! I have the same hair type as you, and I'm wondering how you got more of a wave than the girl in the video. I have pin curls everyday and I would love that smooth wave you got out of it.

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  10. I tried this last night and am probably going to do it every night from now on! So easy to get up and go in the morning!

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  11. I love this look! I definitely am going to try it.

    xo lamb loves

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  12. Could you describe how to do this? The video now has a rental fee (???) and my hair misbehaves all the time too

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