Curls for medium hair. Photo of hairstyles with an iron, large and small curls. How to make a beautiful styling

Beautiful curls that add volume can be done on medium hair. Photos of stylish models of hairstyles that can be seen today are striking in their variety.

Ways to create curls on medium hair

The hairdressing fashion industry for creating hairstyles has a lot of tools in its arsenal:

• curlers of various modifications;
• curling irons with a large selection of diameters;
• irons with smooth and corrugated plates;
• hair dryers with diffuser and brushing.

There are also means for fixing light curls and tightly twisted spirals. Modern methods make it possible to create hairstyles with curls quickly. For the base, different types of curls are often used. Materials are available that allow you to make curls with the most gentle hair composition.

Choosing the right curler for hair length and curl size

If the hair is long and heavy, reduce the volume of the curl section. Curlers allow you to increase the volume and create curls.

Types of curlers:

1. Curlers - Velcro suitable for dry hair. They help to add volume at the roots and get a light wave. They will not hold long curls.
2. Hair curlers - boomerangs tightly wound on wet strands. It takes time to dry. The result is a tight, springy curl.
3. Thermo curlers use on dry hair. Due to the high temperature, they allow you to get strong curls of various volumes.
4. Curlers - bobbins have long been intended for various types of perms. Small curls are obtained, which are wrapped around damp hair.

   

5. Hair curlers with clips suitable for any hair. The strands are wound wet, depending on the diameter, curls of different volumes are obtained.

Curling iron technique

Curls for medium to long hair can be created using the curling iron available from many brands. In the photo of the models below, you can see their variety in volume. When choosing a model in catalogs or stores, a prerequisite should be the regulation of the heating temperature.

When exposing your hair to frequent thermal effects, you should purchase a special protection product to cause minimal damage to the curls:

1. Wet hair is treated with foam or hair styling mousse.
2. From roots to ends, the hair is carefully combed, distributing the product along the entire length (preferably with combs made from natural materials).
3. Dry with a medium temperature hairdryer.
4. All hair is divided into 3 zones (temporal and nape), securing for convenience with clips.
5. The thin end of the comb separates a strand no more than 2 cm wide.
6. A curling iron clamp fixes the tip of the curl and wind it tightly onto the curling iron to the desired length.

With the help of a curling iron, you can wind either the ends of the strands, or curl the entire curl along the length.

Wave width depends on the diameter of the curling iron.If large curls are required, remove them from the curling iron, preferably with a ring, without unwinding. Next, fix each with a small clamp, until it cools completely.

Types of fashionable styling with curls for medium hair

A well-done haircut is the guarantee of a beautiful styling. The chosen styling should frame the face beautifully, without violating the harmonious proportions, and, if necessary, removing accents from the flaws in appearance. Hair length slightly below the shoulder line is versatile.

Different styling is available to them:

• the hairline covered with curls returned to fashion. Curls are wound from the crown of the head to the face;
• the central part of the bangs is made as short and smooth as possible in combination with voluminous curls;
• to add volume to formal hairstyles, strands of a contrasting color are added. Curling them into curls creates a highlighting effect.

Curls with an iron for medium hair

With the help of an iron, you can get a light curl or wavy strand:

• unlike a curling iron, an iron creates a curl that is more embossed in shape;
• a good thermal protective agent is needed;
• an iron is carried out smoothly along a strand of hair, from the base, carefully working out the ends of the future curl;
• if the ironing temperature is selected correctly, steam from the hair does not come;
• all hair is divided into 6-8 parts, each with a clip;
• each part is twisted with an iron, alternately changing the direction of winding the curl. The strands at the temple are wound from the face;
• after processing with an iron, help to curl a curl, winding it around a finger in a spiral;
• the curls are fixed by lifting the strands with your hand.

How to iron broken curls

Thermal protection is required when working with a hair straightener. For volume and durability of the hair, you can use the powder for root volume. The hair of the temporal zone is fixed with clamps, and the occipital part is divided into 2 horizontally.

Starting from the bottom:

1. The processed strand is clamped into an iron, rotate it around its axis and slowly pass along the entire length to the ends.
2. The heated curl is twisted into a spiral with a finger.
3. Having twisted all the strands of the lower zone, they return to the first cooled curl.
4. Holding the tip of the spiral curl, and pulling it tightly along the entire length, use your fingers to stretch it from the volume from the bottom up.
5. Separate ribs of the curl are formed by hands, giving an interesting volume.
6. Fix with strong fixation varnish.

When creating broken curls, it is important to emphasize the ribbing of the strands. Broken curls can be either at the ends or along the entire length of the strand.

Curls with a curling iron for medium hair

A classic hairstyle for creating curls, but it still requires maximum hair protection:

• hair is divided into zones and begins to curl from the bottom;
• before wrapping, you can lightly varnish;
• to create spirals, the curling iron is held vertically;
• soft curls are obtained by winding the strands on a horizontally located curling iron. They are removed with a ring, without untwisting until they cool completely;
• the hair should warm up, no more than 15 seconds.

Hollywood curls at home

For Hollywood curls, a wave in strands of the same width is characteristic.

They are done like this:

1. A horizontal parting is made from the temple. All strands will be wound parallel to it.
2. With a curling iron, a strand of hair is clamped at the base, and wound around it in a spiral, holding the ends with your fingers.
3. After 10-15 seconds. the curl is removed in the palm of your hand, without unwinding, carefully releasing the curling iron lock.
4. The cooled curl is combed with a comb with rare teeth.
5. The crest of the curl wave is covered with a strong fixation varnish. To give more relief, stylists fix the transitions between them with small clips or lift them with a comb when fixing.
6. The hair is lightly combed or parsed by hand.

The strands need to be made as airy as possible, then they will keep the shape of the curl longer. You can move them to one side.

Careless curls

Curls for medium hair, the photos of which are presented below in different versions, are suitable for everyday styling or for a celebration.A characteristic feature of careless curls is their lightness. Natural style is very popular in Europe. The hairstyle looks like a light wind is playing with the hair.

To quickly create such a hairstyle, heat the curling iron to the desired temperature and cover each strand with varnish or spray:

• a strand at the temple is always wound from the face, and all the following alternate, changing the direction of the winding;
• for additional volume at the roots, comb a little curl;
• after curling, the strand is not combed, it is allowed to cool;
• take apart each curled curl with your fingers;
• when fixing the hairstyle with varnish or spray with sea salt, the hair is squeezed in the hand, giving the wrap a carelessness.

Styling voluminous curls

Curls for medium hair, photos of which can be seen below, always attract attention.

To create them, in addition to a large diameter curling iron, you will need an iron with a corrugated plate:

1. The hair is carefully combed out and divided horizontally into parts, fixing with clips.
2. Strands up to 2 cm wide. Additional root volume is preliminarily given with an iron. Next, the strand at the base is neatly combed.
3. Screw it onto a large diameter curling iron from the face.
4. Each curl is removed with a spiral and varnished.
5. As soon as the lower part is wound, it is important to disassemble each curl with your hands, fixing it with varnish. For a beautiful selection of the relief, a little wax is taken on the fingers.
6. Gradually divide the remaining hair horizontally into parts, winding it from the face and fixing, lay each tier on top.
7. In the volumetric styling of curls, the raised parietal part is important. At the top of the head, the bouffant at the base is done very carefully. Fixing the disassembled curl with a strong fixation varnish, lift it up with one hand, increasing the volume.

Large curls for medium hair

Curls of medium length are heavy enough and so that they lie long and beautifully, each is treated with products with a strong fixation of the styling.

Large curls help create:

1. Curlers - the size of the curl depends on the diameter. Velcro and velvet are not suitable for such styling. They will loosen the hair and disrupt the structure of the strand. It is better if the boomerang curlers of a large size have a porous structure.
2. Large diameter curling iron - to create spiral curls, a large diameter curling iron is held vertically, to obtain soft and curly horizontally.
3. Hair dryers with brush attachment - a curl of the required width is wound on a brush and a hair dryer is turned on at medium temperature. As soon as the curl is dry, it is cooled with cool air and carefully removed without combing.

Light curls

Light curls can be created using a curling iron on dry hair. They should be pretreated with a thermal protection agent.

They do it like this:

• wound on a curling iron of medium diameter;
• fixed with varnish of medium protection;
• hammer in with your fingers and disassemble individual strands with your hands, without combing.

Hairstyle with side curls

Curls for medium hair, the photos of which are presented below, do not go out of fashion. Girls with such an original hairstyle can be seen at most fashion stylist shows. Brides often do styling, as it adds tenderness and romance to the image.

It is decorated with rhinestones and small flowers:

1. Wet hair is treated with a styling spray.
2. Roll the entire volume of hair on medium-sized curlers. The curl is removed with a ring, without unwinding, and fixed with a small clamp.
3. The fixed curls are varnished.
4. Starting from the bottom of the curls, dissolve without untwisting. At the same time, fixing with additional varnish to fix the curl.
5. Having dissolved and fixing each curl, the hair is divided into 2 parts.
6. The first to begin to lay the part on which the entire hairstyle will be fixed. The hair from the crown is transferred to this side.
7. Each strand is beautifully laid, and the strands of the lower occipital part are raised and additionally fixed from the side with invisible ones, increasing the volume of curls.
8. At the opposite temple, several strands are combed and a loose French braid is woven, picking up and fixing the hair on the smooth side. Its end is fixed with a mini elastic band to match the hair color, adding a strand of the main hairstyle to it. To hide the elastic, the tail is turned inside out.
9. The hairstyle is fixed with varnish.

Curly hair bun

An elegant bun is suitable for a special occasion if you add a few curled strands to it. Brides decorate it with flowers.

They do it like this:

1. The hair is combed out well, and the ponytail is tied at the highest point of the crown. The elastic should be additionally fixed with an invisible one.
2. For a beautiful volume over the elastic, you can put on a roller that matches the color of your hair.
3. The hair is spread and evenly covered with the roller. For convenience and a beautiful shape, you can use an additional elastic band, which is put on over the roller and fixed under it.
4. The roller is securely fixed.
5. The remaining ends of the hair are curled with a curling iron, and evenly laid around the bundle, fixing with invisible hairpins and small hairpins.

Ways to curl your hair for a long time

Curling should give the hair a stiffness that will hold the curl. Since ancient times, hair has been treated with a special composition for these purposes. The chemical composition changes, but the principle of action remains.

It remains only to choose the most suitable long-term method for hair:

• perm;
• biowave;
• carving.

Perm

There are several types of perm, but it must be remembered that each of them destroys the hair structure:

1. Acid perm - suitable for coarse and heavy hair that is difficult to keep its shape and cannot be styled. Lasts up to 6 months.
2. Alkaline perm - less aggressive than acidic. Does not damage the scalp. Lasts 3 months.
3. Amino acid perm - the most gentle perm. Lasts 2 months.
4. Neutral - light acid curling, in which the acid is neutralized directly in the hair. Suitable for colored hair.

Hair biowaving

The name of the perm implies that it contains biologically active components. Unlike perm, the composition does not include ammonia and theoglucolic acid derivatives. The result is beautiful light waves and root volume.

Biowaving is not the ultimate hairstyle. Styling products are an important part of maintaining a beautiful result.

They are selected according to the type of hair:

• sprays;
• gels;
• mousses.

These products help to create a beautiful texture of the hairstyle and keep the waves. It is better not to dry your hair with a hairdryer, but let it dry on its own. In this case, after processing wet curls with a texturizing spray, the effect will be more natural. Hair grows back with a gentle transition.

The result lasts up to 6 months. depending on the structure of the hair and the quality of the applied composition.

Carving

A new direction in the hairdressing fashion industry is carving. It got its name from the modified curlers - carvers. Translated from English into Russian, carving is a long-term styling.

In progress:

1. Hair is washed with shampoo with deep hair cleansing.
2. They are wound according to the perm method.
3. Stand for 15-20 minutes. (depending on hair thickness and length).
4. Wash off.
5. A balm is applied to the entire length of the hair to maintain the result and nourish the curls.

The final result will depend on the condition of the hair and the composition that is chosen for curling the strands. Long-term styling is also done with bobbins and vertical curlers. Depending on the desired curl. Hair after carving is light, voluminous, does not require daily shampooing, and keep styling for a long time. The technique is suitable for medium to long hair.

Stylist tips for creating curls, hair care after thermal damage

Exposing hair to heat, creating curls for medium-length hair, it is important to take full care of their restoration.In the photo offered by stylists, the curls of the models are always in excellent condition.

Advice:

1. When choosing shampoos and conditioners, you need to buy professional products for a particular type of perm. They contain ingredients for gentle care of damaged hair. There are no additives aggressively acting on curls.
2. Hair is washed no earlier than 2 days after curling.
3. After rinsing, do not rub wet hair with a towel. Naturally dried curls will retain their structure longer.
4. For combing curls, wood or bone combs are suitable.

Curls in hairstyles bring lightness. Medium length hair allows you to do such styling quickly and independently. They are suitable for any type of face. In the photos presented, you can see the variety of options and choose the right curling method.

Article design: Oksana Grivina

Video on how to make curls on your hair

Curls for long and medium hair: