beautiful bouncy vivacious locks you know the ones that look like you just stepped off the set of a panting commercial except you a have absolutely no idea how to achieve the look even though you've curated a Pinterest board of swimmer oh the hair inspiration and how to's or be put in a ridiculous amount of effort only to have your gorgeous curls fall out leaving you a stick straight hair in just a few hours does this sound like you love one of my favorite ways to inject a bit of sass into a so-so outfit or pick myself up on a day that I'm feeling well a little bit flat is to make over my hair with some big bouncy voluminous curls that lasts until my next shampoo yes that's right gorgeous so unworthy hair that lasts until my next shampoo which is three to four days I know I know you're publishing can do Shelley that's so cursed but you're going quickly that dry shampoo is your new bestie the secret curling your hair with a flat iron here's my secret formula on how to do it the right way step one preparation for the best results start with clean fresh hair I've just shampooed my hair twice and conditioned with my trusty Kerastase which is my favorite shampoo and conditioner and as you can see I now look like a thoroughly drowned rat so now it's on to the products you'll need number one is a detangling spray which is optional and for those girls that have particularly tangly hair - is a tangle teezer or a wet brush to prevent your hair from snagging 3 is a root booster and also an optional product for those girls who like a little extra oomph at the roots 4 is most important of all a heat protectant and 5 is the secret to the longevity of your curls a style extender now onto the tools you'll need first a blow dryer with a concentration nozzle then a flat iron or a hair straightener with a rounded barrel and lastly two clips to section your hair away I love a crocodile clip and a little squeezy clip let's begin by spritzing a little detangler through the lengths of the hair avoiding the scalp area then take your wet brush or tangle teezer and gently brush that product through the lengths of your hair next for a bit of extra ba-ba-boom at the roots apply a volumizing spray or mousse I like this one from Kevin Murphy pug body mask the next product is an absolute must it's a heat protectant I like this one from Kevin Murphy which is called young again it's an infused treatment oil which helps keep the prints down on my hair now it's time for your secret weapon your style extender I love this one from living proof it's called Prime and it's weightless it's weather proofing and it saves time on your blow dryer which is awesome speaking of blow dry that's step two dry time for a reduced freeze and sleeker finish to a blow dry use a dryer with a concentration nozzle that's the piece that directs the air blown from the dryer into a more direct area I like to pick in my blow dryer using my fingers to rake through my hair this is gonna help get out the excess moisture before I then move on to my paddle brush and use that to get a much sleek finish always speed through this process I have just a couple of quick tips for you always use a blow dryer pointing from root to tip this will stop the cuticle from being ruffled up and adding extra frizz to your hair which nobody wants next always keep your blow dryer moving otherwise you could risk frying your hair once my hair is about 95% dry I like to switch back to use my fingers as a comb this will help with added volume and also ensure that there is no moisture left in my hair which you do not want the floor you use a hair straightener now you can have some fun like your fiancee with her beautiful flowing hair oh maybe not brush out any tangles from your Beyonce moves and then you're ready to move on to step three which is style time to keep things super simple we're going to section our hair away so the first section is just going to be from the tips of both ears and I'm going to take the hair from the top of my head and just twist that into a little top knot and secure it with a crocodile clip but you could secure it with any kind of clip that works best for you I'm then gonna take that remaining piece that I've left down and split it into two sections and brush out any knots or tangles using my paddle brush now I'm going to take a one-inch piece of hair from the back of one of those sections to keep things nice and sweet and simple we're going to work from back to front to create this style and we're just going to clip away that excess piece of hair to create this cool little hairstyle which I'm sure you want to recreate now grab your hair straightener with your rounded barrel as I found around a barrel will give those nice big curls as opposed to a flat barrel which we'll put in your hair so cute and then gonna twist my flat iron or straightener away from my face and turn it 360 degrees until the tail of that piece of hair is poking back out away from your face then gently pull your straightener down if you get a little stuck you can wiggle it from side to side otherwise don't put too much pressure on it until you get to the very end grab that piece of hair it can be a little flex just be careful and then I like to twirl the hair to gently shape the curl and then toss it over my shoulder when I'm done so it's super simple three steps of twist twirl a horse now you can move on to the next piece so again take another approximate one-inch section and then just smooth it out before you put your straightener or flat iron over the top and again you're going to twist that flat iron 360 degrees away from your face just make sure that you poke that tail underneath the hair that is attached to your head otherwise it can get a little tangled up so go underneath and you can grab it from behind your ear just like this then gently pull that straightener down the length of your hair if you get a little stuck you can wiggle it along and I like to grab the end to give me a little more traction just be careful if you do this because it can be a little hot gently 12 that piece of hair around your finger to create a curl you want and then toss it over your shoulder and you're ready to jump on to the next piece so it's just that simple twist twirl and toss this style is super easy to achieve and I promise you you can do it it just takes a little bit of practice despite all the factors I seem to be pulling it does not hurt me or it's not so tricky but it does take a tiny bit of practice to get it right and you'll find by the time you've done your full head hair you're on track and here is what we've done with the first side complete and now we'll jump over to the next side so it's exactly the same technique just brush through both ends and then clip away the excess always starting from the back and work your way to the front and then just twist that flat iron away from your face grab the tail from underneath your ear and gently pull that flat iron down the length of your hair 12 echo and toss it over your shoulder again he's a little close-up of the left side and I'm going to twist that straight through away from my face and pull that tail from underneath my er until it's pointing away from my face and then I'm going to gently pull that straight in a dental length of my hair once again I'm going to catch that piece of hair twirl it around my finger and toss it over my shoulder and we're done with our first section as you can see it's full bouncy and voluminous looks a little tight right now but we'll come to that at the end so it's now time to take your next section down and I like to take it from about halfway up flat forward now if you have thinner or finer hair you might find that you can take larger sections I generally have to do about four or five sections with my hair cuz it's quite thick again just brush through everything before you begin straightening because you don't want any tangles or knots and then you'll just continue with those pieces starting from the back that are approximately one inch each now if you seen his team coming off my hair or like looks like smoke it's not smoke it's just the product is burning off my hair which is why you need a heat protectant when you're especially when you're working with a flat iron because these little gadgets are pretty darn hot and I know with mine which is the THD you cannot control the actual heat so I would recommend if you do have a straightener that you can control the heat just dial it back a bit it doesn't need to be on the highest heat unless you have particularly coarse really curly hair and that you're trying to smooth out now I'm going to skip ahead a little bit here and show you the back section or the top of the back section which makes you need to be a little bit of a contortionist to get there so excuse that weird pose here but it's exactly the same process so you want to smooth that air out and then twist the straightener away from your face gently pull it down the lengths of your head 12 that piece of hair around your can get gently and then just toss it away we're almost done so I just have two more sections to go I like to take a side which could possibly be my part I like to part on the side of my head and then take that little like the hockey section and clip that away and then I generally only have like two or three pieces on each side of this particular section because I did that little back piece on its own and I just leave those front pieces out I don't clip them away because I find they don't seem to really get in the way but if they do for you just again clip them up so that they're not getting in the way of you twisting that flat iron or straightener around just another quick tip or a little warning about those pieces of hair that are around the hairline of your face they can be a little more delicate than the rest of the hair in your head so move that straightener quite quickly through those sections they will curl nicely like the rest of your hair but they just don't need as much heat because they are a little more delicate otherwise if you take too much time you'll end up with loads of frizz ease that you just can't get rid of and this yay we've made it to our final section of care so again taking pieces from the back and I just like to twist that front section out of the way that again as I said before if it'd be easier for you to clip that out of the way and then just twist that flat iron away from your face and grab those curls now as you can see I've had to go back because I had a piece that fell out do I often make mistakes with business you know there's no perfect way of doing this and I think that's the beauty of the style is that each time you do it it is going to look a little different just make sure that you don't go over the same piece of hair twice if it didn't work out before you leave that piece of hair to cool do the rest of the section and then come back and recall that piece and when done with a curling now this may look a little too Shirley Temple asked for you which it totally is to me so I like to shake my curls out you can actually take a petal brush to your hair and lightly brush over your hair or you can just think a toss it and break those those curls apart using your fingers now if you have fine hair or hair that's hard to curl imal harder to hold a curl I would not recommend brushing your curls out in fact I'd recommend letting your curls completely cool before then tossing them or finger combing them just never use a brush on them and especially if you are heading out to an event I would totally leave them whether you have thick hair or fine hair to cool before you play with them at all this will help ensure the longevity of your curls once you're happy with how your curls look you could then apply a hairspray if you'd like just make sure that you apply it from underneath rather than over the top to hold sections up and spray under otherwise your curls could be weighted down and especially if your hair doesn't hold a curl well I'm you don't want to add that extra weight to the top of the curl and that is it I hope you enjoyed this tutorial hop on over to from Shelly with love comm for more post styling tips to ensure the longevity of your curls for the next three to four days I have an article right on the front page if you like this tutorial please leave a thumbs up on YouTube and if you have any questions please leave them in the comment section below do you dream of a stress-free deliciously relaxing morning routine that makes you want to bounce out of bed if yes then join me for mera mera a free five day class where we'll talk about style and beauty nourishment movement and mindfulness it's all about sparkling both inside and out when you look in the mirror I'll leave a link in the description bar below as to where you can pick up your free morning makeover routine ebook as always thank you so 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