Preserve curls
With these tricks your curls will survive any party!
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Despite hours of styling, your hairstyle falls apart again? We’ll show you the best tricks on how to preserve your curls.
1. Don’t wash your hair on the same day
Avoid washing your hair on the same day. Shampoo and conditioner make your mane nice and shiny, but they also make it more difficult to style. Those contained therein Care substances wrap around the individual hair fibers and weigh them down. This makes it impossible to style the hair with a curling iron.
2. Use styling products
To preserve your curls, you should have one Work mousse into hair. This makes the lengths more manageable and the mane can be shaped into the desired shape with a curling iron.
Important: To prevent hair damage, don’t forget to use heat protection! The heat protection spray can be sprayed directly onto dry hair. If you don’t want to use so many products, you can also use a mousse with integrated heat protection.
Be careful with hairspray: After styling (!), the fine spray mist should only be used on completely dry hair and in a well-dosed manner. Otherwise the lengths will be additionally weighed down and the curls will immediately hang out again. That’s how it works: It is best to distribute the hairspray from below at a distance of 20 centimeters. This keeps the look nice and fluffy and the curls last longer.
Alternatively, you can too Use hair wax or a special curling cream. To do this, rub a small amount into the palms of your hands and knead it into your curls. The curl cream maintains the natural elasticity.
3. Use the right tools
No matter whether you have glamor curls or beach waves – there is the right device for every hair structure and curl.
- Curling iron: Large curls are best achieved with a curling iron. If you have short hair, you can use a regular curling iron. For medium to long hair, wide or tapered curling irons called iconic curling irons are best.
- Hot roller: You have at least shoulder-length hair and like it uncomplicated. Then you should use hot rollers. Extra tip: Use large hot rollers for volume and small hot rollers for curly curls.
- Papillotes: With papillotes you can conjure up trendy curly hairstyles in medium-length hair without the influence of heat and therefore in a particularly gentle way – without straining the hair. You can also save a lot of time styling in the morning, as papillotes usually stay in your hair overnight.
- Straightener: Do you only style curls with a curling iron? Incorrect! The straightener also creates a casual wave structure. Important: Separate individual strands from the main hair and spray them with a heat protection product. Hairspray provides the necessary hold.
4. The perfect technology
For curls with a curling iron or straightener Divide hair into individual sections and twist up strands by strands. Then curl it with your finger, clip it onto the top of your head and let it cool down well. Only then are the brackets released.
When using hot rollers, you should make sure that the hair is well cooled down are. This is the only way the strand can take on a shape and keep the curl for a long time. Very important: Before curling, spray each section with a heat protection spray.
Extra tip: Wrap the already curled sections in aluminum foil and clamp them in a straightening iron for a few seconds. Be sure to let the strands cool down thoroughly before opening, so the curls will last a particularly long time.
5. The right haircut
Especially with long and thick hair, curls fall out very quickly. No panic! Of course, you shouldn’t have your mane cut off right away. But a few steps provide more ease. You see: Even with the right haircut, your curls last much longer.
Here you can find even more hairstyles for curls. And have you actually heard of plopping, a method that allows you to define your curls even more?