| Styling your hair is fun but it can be damaging for | | | | them one portion at a time. Holding up the hair using |
| your hair. Most women these days own at least one | | | | a clipper will make your work faster. Use a round |
| curling iron. This is to help them achieve a different | | | | brush to smoothen and separate the strands as you |
| style at their convenience. This is also a cash saving | | | | dry it. |
| device. Instead of going to the salon, you can do it | | | | 4. Once it is dry, comb the hair using a wide |
| by yourself at home. | | | | toothcomb. Gently free it of the tangles. If you used |
| A drawback in owning a curling iron is that we tend | | | | a conditioner, the tangles will go right off. Apply |
| to use it on a daily basis. This is all right if we have an | | | | curling wax and group your hair in sections again. |
| ionic curling iron designed for daily use. However, not | | | | Leave the part you wish to work on free. Before |
| most of us do. In order to achieve a smooth finish, | | | | curling it with your ionic curling iron, apply a heat |
| we have to prepare our hair for curling properly. | | | | protection spray to prevent it from getting burn. |
| Here are simple steps to prepare your hair before | | | | 5. When curling, use smaller sections at a time. This |
| curling. | | | | way, hair curls faster. The curling wax cuts the curling |
| 1. Shampoo and condition your hair. Shampooing your | | | | time. Do not leave the iron on your hair for more |
| hair prior to any styling is essential to eliminate | | | | than eight second. They should not be difficult |
| unknown residues from your hair. You should also | | | | because of the wax and the kind of iron you are |
| remember to condition it. Conditioning is essential | | | | using. |
| because it easily frees your hair of the tangles; thus, | | | | Do not comb your hair right after you are done with |
| making your hair more manageable. It is also | | | | the curling process. This will put your efforts to |
| important because it can add protection to your hair | | | | waste. If you want to ease the curls a bit, use your |
| as you apply heat to style it. Heat is one of the | | | | hand to free them. |
| major causes of hair damage. Nevertheless, reshaping | | | | In order to achieve natural looking curls, one has to |
| your hair requires heat. | | | | prepare her hair correctly. It starts with cleaning and |
| 2. Remove the excess water from your hair using a | | | | conditioning the hair. After that, apply a protective |
| towel. You can air-dry it for a while. After that, apply | | | | product to prevent the heat from damaging the hair. |
| a protective product on your hair. Distribute it well | | | | Completely dry the hair with a blow dryer and |
| from roots to tips. This will protect your hair from | | | | remove any tangles while doing so. Apply a curling |
| the heat. | | | | wax and group your hair into smaller sections. Work |
| 3. Blow-dry the hair thoroughly. Blow-drying it by | | | | on it a section at a time. Apply protective spray |
| section will help achieve the desired results. Work on | | | | before curling it with the iron. |