I have a curling iron, actualy a few. and i want to use the barrel curling iron but everytime i use it it doen't curl my hair, it just leaves a ';fish hook'; on the end of the section of hair. I can't get the other ,smaller,curling irons to work eather. What am I doing wrong? I allow them to heat up enough..and I have straight,long, thin hair..so. whats the problem? How can I make tthe curling iron curl my hair??? Its funny..I have no problem with the spiral curling iron. just all the regular ones.How to use a curling iron? i must be doing it wrong or something.?
The ';fish hook'; look happens when you don't get all of the end of the hair inside the clamp. Start with the curling iron at the top of your section of hair, then pull it down all the way to the end, being sure that the ends of the hair are completely inside the clamp of the curling iron, then roll to the top of your head. After you are done, gently work the clamp release so that you can pull the hair out without having to unroll it. Voilè„¿, curls with no ';fish hooks';!
If the rest of the hair doesn't curl, work mouse into your hair while still wet, and blow dry with a diffuser. Then, when you curl your hair, add a little spritz of hairspray before you let it go.
There is also the possibility that you are trying to put too much hair on the curling iron at one time. This will prevent the heat from getting to the top. Only put about an inch of hair on the curling iron at one time.If you have really long hair like I do, you will need to curl the bottom half of the hair, release, then curl the top half of the hair.How to use a curling iron? i must be doing it wrong or something.?
It could be just the type of hair you have. My cousin had thin straight hair and never could get it to curl. She finally figured out that by spraying it w/ hair spray while it is still wrapped around the curling iron does help some, and by leaving your hair in the iron longer.
HaIrSpRaY...
-after blowdryin ur hair, put into sections to how ur gonna curl
-grab a section ur gonna curl, hairspray it
-then, comb through so the spray spreads.
-grab the curlin iron nd curl
-hairspray lightly to the hair thats bein curled. use a napkin or ur fingers nd spread the hairspray around the hair...careful its hot
-after 10-20 seconds of holdin the curlin iron, unwind the iron nd hairspray again to the curl...
-do this to all sections
-run ur fingers through som of the curls wen ur all done all around to loosein som of them
Try taking really small sections, to much hair will give that look because the hair can't reach the heat to set the style.
