How to Curl Short Hair Properly

Short hair can make you look attractive and mature with curls since it can change your appearance. Curling short hair properly can allow you to maintain your style longer if you take care it. Curl short hair properly with the right hair tools to gain the perfect curl.

• Use a small to medium curling iron to curl short hair. Section the hair and use scrunchies to keep the hair in place. Take a small section of hair no bigger than the barrel of the curling iron and wrap it around. Leave it around the barrel for 30 seconds to get a tight curl. Curl all of your hair. Use your fingers to finger comb the curls out to the desired style that you want. Use a holding spray onto your curls to maintain the style.


• Purchase hot curlers from the beauty supply store. Choose small hot curlers in order for them to stay put in your hair. Heat up the hot curlers for a few minutes before using. Section your hair and place a scrunchie in your hair to keep the other hair from getting in your way. Take a section of hair the same width as the roller and roll the hair starting from the ends. Roll the hair all the way up to the root. Secure in place with duck clips or the clip that comes with the hot curlers. Let the curlers stay in hair until they cool to allow the curl to set. Take the rollers out slowly to avoid messing up the curl. Rake your fingers gently through the curls to create a style. Spray your curls with a styling spray to hold it into place.


• Visit the beauty supply store for a small metal round brush to use to curl your short hair. Take an inch of hair and wrap it around the brush. Take your blow dryer and put it on a high setting. Hold the brush in one hand with the dryer in the other. Roll the brush around the hair while directing the heat from the blow dryer on the hair. Keep turning the brush until you get a curl. Spray it with a holding spray to allow it to hold while you work on other sections of your hair.