How to make light waves in your hair. Step by step with a photo at home

Those wishing to experiment on how to make light waves on their own hair can independently create delicious new hairstyles using various means.

2 ways to make light waves with an iron

It is possible to create wavy curls with an iron using different methods. First you need to comb gently dry and cleanly washed hair.

Soft waves

Actions:

1. Distribute the heat protection agent on the hair. Use a comb with a tip to separate the hair in 3 straight partings from the forehead to the back. Make 3 partings from left to right on the head. Secure all but one section with hairpins.
2. Pinch 1 strand between the plates of the iron, twisting up to the skin - wait 30 seconds. The loose curl does not need to be touched.
3. Continue twisting the rest of the strands. By its initial thickness, the volume of the wave can be adjusted.

Romantic waves

Actions:

1. Use a comb to separate the hair into a lower and upper section.
2. First, in the upper section, divided into thin, about 1 cm in diameter, wrap the strands with your finger in a circle, fix with hairpins.
3. Follow the same process for the bottom section. Press each bun with tongs of an iron heated to 200 degrees vertically. Without releasing the clamp, you need to wait 20 seconds.
4. After the performed procedure with all hair, you must wait 10 minutes and remove the hairpins.

To fix the resulting curls, you need to spray them with varnish.

Light waves with harnesses

It is possible to make light waves on the hair by twisting the strands into bundles:

• wash your hair and comb gently;
• divide wet hair into 3 or 4 parts;
• gently twist each into a tourniquet;
• fix the hair in a bun with hairpins.

The hairstyle will be ready after drying... You won't have to wait very long if the bundles are not too thick.

Wave with curlers

How well-groomed the curls look if you make light waves on your hair with curlers.

Performance:

1. It is required to select the required size of the curler. Using small and medium curlers - you get curls. For beautiful waves, take large curlers.
2. Dry your hair with a towel after shampooing without balm. Spread the styling agent evenly on them.
3. Divide hair with a comb into 4 or 5 sections and fix separately. Take one at a time and divide them into strands.

   

4. You need to take curlers, possibly hot and wind up, starting from the back of the head. Continue going to the crown, then the temples and finally the hairline.
5. Dry the curled strands with a hairdryer. It is required to keep the curlers to obtain denser waves for at least 1 or 2 hours, preferably a little longer. Then remove the curlers and use your fingers to separate the waves.
6. Fix your hair with varnish.

Beautiful wave with brush and hair dryer

A suitable method for those with manageable hair. Well suited for women of medium or long length.

How to do:

• cleanly wash your hair, comb and divide your hair into small strands;
• wind them on brushing;
• dry all twisted strands with a hairdryer;
• remove curls from the brush.
• sprinkle the resulting waves with varnish.

The use of a diffuser is possible. Blot well washed hair with a towel, dry the curls one by one, using a hairdryer with a diffuser attachment.

How to make waves with wet wipes?

A very simple method resembles how our great-grandmothers made curls using rags.

Do this:

1. Stretch a damp cloth into a tourniquet.
2. Comb the clean, damp curls and divide into suitable parts.
3. Wind the strands in the center of the stretched napkin and tie the ends with a knot.
4. After drying, you need to unwind the "curlers" and make out the waves with your fingers.
5. Fix the waves with varnish.

Making waves with braids

How to make light waves on your hair using a gentle method, if not by braiding tight braids.

This requires:

• apply mousse to wet and clean curls and comb gently;
• braid in 1 or 2 braids - it depends on how large the waves will be received;
• untwist braids in the morning - there will be beautiful waves.

Those wishing to make a bundle will have even better waves. To get a faster result, apply an iron.

Curls with foil

To create waves with this method, you need to purchase foil. It is cut into long rectangles. Wrap small pieces of cotton wool inside the foil to obtain beautiful voluminous strands.

The procedure for creating curls:

• wind the strands onto curlers made of foil. The thickness of the curls depends directly on the thickness of the twisted strand;
• fix the strips of foil with hairpins at the roots of the hair, making sure not to unwind;
• repeat the same steps with all hair;
• tie a scarf around your head and you can go to bed;
• remove homemade curlers in the morning and give your hair a beautiful shape;

For a long-term holding of curls, you need to fix the hairstyle with varnish.

Waves with iron and foil

The metal foil enhances and prolongs the ironing effect. Waves look great and last quite a long time.

The process of their creation:

1. Cut the foil into rectangles of suitable size.
2. Comb and divide into 10 strands.
3. It is easy to twist each one, twist it in a ring and wrap it in a foil rectangle - bend it in half, put a ring of hair on its half, and cover the other. Bend the foil around the edges to keep everything in place.
4. Warm up all hair rings with an iron for 2 minutes.
5. After the foil has completely cooled, leave for a couple of minutes.
6. Remove everything from the strands and straighten the curls with your fingers.
7. Fix the hairstyle with varnish.

How to make retro waves?

How to make light waves, popular about 100 years ago on hair, that can beautify fashionistas:

1. Separate the hair neatly after combing with a side parting, separate the strands from the back.
2. Divide the greater part horizontally into 5, the smaller part into 3 sections or more.
3. Lubricate the upper part well with gel and distribute evenly with a comb.
4. It is required to lay the strands in waves and fix all the bends with clamps.
5. Continue the process until all the strands are laid.
6. Lubricate the back strands wound on curlers with gel.
7. After the gel has dried, you need to remove the clips and curlers.

Creating light waves with rags

First you need to make your own curlers:

1. Cut unsuitable tights into strips about 4 cm wide, stretch over the edges. Cut paper thick sheets into rectangles, wrap pieces of nylon around.
2. Wash and towel dry hair well. There is no need to apply a hair dryer - let them be wet. Divide them into strands.
3. Place the bobbin under the strand in the area above the middle. Screw them on, tie the edges of the cloth.
4. Tie a scarf. To create wide waves, take thick curls for winding. It is advisable to wait 3-5 hours for the result. After that, you need to remove the rags. Spread the curls with your fingers.
5. Fix the hairstyle with varnish.

Beautiful curls with a bandage

How to make light waves on your hair for the fair sex without damaging them, and get elegant curls:

1. Comb through clean hair, distribute the mousse and put on a bandage, leaving where the waves will begin.
2. Strands of the same thickness from the face are twisted around the bandage. With the part of the previous one, you need to connect the next one. The process continues, twisting all the strands to the back of the head.
3. Do the same with the rest. At the end of the process, curls are twisted at the back of the head.
4. You need to wait a few hours or go to bed. Before going to bed, tie your head with a scarf or bandana.
5. After removing the bandage, you will get beautiful curls.
6. Spray the waves with nail polish to secure the hair.

How to make waves with a beam?

This is considered the fastest way:

1. Gather clean, damp hair into a ponytail.
2. Twist into a tight tourniquet.
3. Fasten the coiled hair with hairpins.
4. After an incident from 6 to 8 hours, unwind the tourniquet by pulling out the pin.
5. Use your hands to correct the waves.
6. Fix the hairstyle with varnish.

Creating waves with a curling iron

Wonderful waves are obtained when using a curling iron, they last until the next shampooing.

Creation procedure:

1. Comb dry curls, apply heat protection agent and wait for it to dry.
2. Turn on the device at the required power: for thin hair - mode 1 and 2, thick 3 and 4.3.
3. Start winding the lower strands first. Collect the top strands with a hair clip and secure.
4. After heating the curling iron, clamp the strand with it closer to the scalp. Wait 5 to 10 seconds and release.
5. Clamp the strand again with the device closer to the ends. All curls are wound in the same way. Fix the hair with your hands.
6. Fixing with varnish will fix the waves for a long time.

Cold wave

You can create a hairstyle called a cold wave using the hot method using a curling iron:

1. Turn on the device at medium power.
2. Separate a clean, dry strand, about 4 cm thick, and wind it along the length of the spoiler.
3. Wait 1 minute and gently remove the curl. Secure it with invisibility.

The wave will be dense and elastic if, immediately after removing the curl from the curling iron, you give the curl time to cool down, and only then straighten it.

Beach wave

The hairstyle should look slightly sloppy, therefore it does not require strong curling of the strands.

It is advised to do the beach wave some time after taking a shower and applying a hair dryer.

How to do:

1. Make a composition of warm water, 1 tbsp. l. sea ​​salt, 1 tbsp. l. gel. Spray your hair with a spray - you get light waves with the effect of wet strands. Suitable for owners of hard curls that hold the styling tightly.
2. Spread the heat-protecting agent on the hair, let it dry and wind the strands with a round curling iron.
3. After that, it is easy to straighten the hair and sprinkle with varnish.

Long hair is curled not from the roots, but closer to the ends.

Choosing means for styling

After choosing the appropriate method, how to make beautiful light waves on the hair, choose a styling product.

You can purchase a suitable one from those on the market:

• aerosol gel - distributed on dry curls. Appreciated for excellent fixation, increased volume and comfortable combing;
• foam - creates volume and fixes the hair well. Suitable for those with fine hair. On wet strands, it is distributed with a comb;
• mousse is suitable for different types of hair. Apply to wet as well as dry strands. The duration of keeping the hairstyle directly depends on the amount of the agent applied to it, do not exaggerate, otherwise the curls will look unkempt;
• varnish perfectly captures the generated waves. Apply it from a distance of 30 cm so that it does not stick the curls together.

When applied with a good styling product, styling will last for a long time.

Video on how to make light waves on your hair

Curls with an iron at home:

Light waves without using a curling iron, iron or curlers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86b2esFLYX4