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Voluminous curls at home - how to create the perfect hairstyle

Trying on different images, a woman is looking for ways to create interesting and even luxurious hairstyles. These include voluminous curls, which visually make the hair thicker and more voluminous. How to make voluminous curls at home, at what length will they look good and what stylers should you use for this?

What are they?

These are curls created in different ways with additional volume in the root area. Such curls are made for medium hair, long and even very short.

As a rule, to maintain such hairstyles, you need strong hold stylers that hold their shape well: mousses, gels, varnishes.

Features of styling for hair of different lengths

Such curls look most advantageous on long and medium-length hair. For such strands you can use different curling methods.

Attention! Owners of short haircuts who plan to create voluminous curls at home should take into account that large-diameter curlers are used for additional volume; curls will only be visible when using small curlers, curling irons, and straighteners.

How to make

Styling with a curling iron

To obtain large curls using a curling iron, you need to choose a styler with a diameter of at least 32 mm. If you need to create a lot of small curls, then take a smaller curling iron.

Method No. 1

To create voluminous curls for long hair, you will need:

  • curling iron over 32 mm;
  • thermal protection;
  • comb for creating a backcomb. A regular massage brush will do;
  • dry shampoo;

How to do:

  1. Apply heat protectant to clean, dry hair;
  2. On each strand, create a backcomb at the root. If you need a very strong hold, spray each strand with hairspray before combing.
  3. For extra volume, lift your combed curls with a curling iron. To do this, place the styler under the strand in the area of ​​the roots and warm up the hair, slightly lifting the device.
  4. To make your voluminous hairstyle look neat, straighten your hair with your fingers, covering the backcomb areas and eliminating tangled areas.
  5. Start creating luscious curls. To do this, lift a strand (of medium thickness), wind it onto a curling iron, starting from the middle of the length of the curl and moving down. Continue curling your curls, moving from the back of your head to the front. The direction of the curl is away from the face.
  6. Do the same manipulations on the reverse side.
  7. To restore and fix the volume, go over your hair with dry shampoo, lifting each strand and spraying the product under it. The application area is from the root and another 15 cm below.
  8. Apply a small amount of dry shampoo to curled areas as well.
  9. Distribute all the strands as you see fit, forming the final hairstyle.
  10. To fix, apply hairspray to lush curls.

Method No. 2

There is also an option that allows curl curls at home with volume without backcombing, which will suit hair of any length.

You will need:

  • curling iron;
  • clamps;
  • comb;
  • thermal protection;

Progress:

  1. Treat clean, dry strands with a heat protectant.
  2. Gather all the strands into a bun, leaving the back part.
  3. Grab a medium-width strand at the back of your head and, stepping back slightly from the roots, twist it onto the styler. Warm it up and carefully remove the curling iron, leaving the curl round.
  4. Secure the round coil with a clamp until it cools completely.
  5. Do the same with all the curls, twisting them in different directions: up and down.
  6. Starting at the bottom, remove the clamps row by row. We removed the bottom row - straightened it well and shook out the voluminous curls with our fingers. They removed the next row and shook it again.

Advice. When all the curls are formed as needed, fix the hairstyle with hairspray. A review of popular products for creating and fixing curls awaits you on our website.

Ironing

Another way to create voluminous curls for long hair is using two types of iron.

You will need:

  • thermal protection;
  • iron 35 mm wide;
  • corrugated nozzle;
  • comb.

How to do:

  1. Apply a heat protectant to washed hair and create root volume. For this take an iron with a corrugated attachment, lift the first strand at the back of your head and press it with an iron at the very root. The direction of the iron is perpendicular to the taken bundle of hair.
  2. Use the iron over your entire hair, working only at the roots. In front, on the bangs, do the corrugation, directing the iron back.
  3. Next, work begins with the curls. To do this, take a small bunch of hair, lightly comb it at the roots and spray it with hairspray. Then use an iron to pick up a strand at the back of your head, at a distance of 10–15 cm from the roots. Rotate the styler 360 degrees (tip pointing down) and move it slowly down the curl. If your hair is short, simply tuck the strand with the device down.
  4. Go through all your hair this way, directing it in different directions.
  5. In the front, curls with volume are twisted backwards, while the strand itself needs to be pushed slightly onto the face. This is done so that the formed curls fall in a beautiful wave at the front.
  6. Straighten the finished curls horizontally with your fingers (if your hair is long or medium). This will make your hair look more voluminous and the waves will fall down.
  7. Please fix the style with hair spray.

Mega volumetric Hollywood wave

This method is suitable for those who want to get extremely voluminous curls at home. . Recommended for those with long hair.

You will need:

  • thermal protection;
  • curling iron;
  • iron with corrugated attachment;
  • strong hold varnish;
  • comb;
  • clamps;
  • invisible.

Progress:

  1. Apply heat protectant to your hair.
  2. Using an iron with a corrugated attachment, create root volume, as described in the previous version.
  3. Separate the 2 temporal zones from the parting in the middle behind the ear. Secure them with clamps.
  4. Separate the bottom row and pick up the top curls using clips.
  5. Comb the strand before twisting. Fix the comb with varnish.
  6. Do this with all the strands on the bottom row.
  7. Twist a thin section of hair onto your curl, starting just below the roots. Warm it up well and remove the styler, leaving the curl curled. Secure with a clamp or hold until cool.
  8. Once the curled hair has cooled, coat it with hairspray. Using your fingers, begin to separate thin strands and stretch them, forming airy curls. Apply varnish immediately. If everything is done correctly, the lock should become voluminous, and the volume of hair in this place will increase significantly.
  9. Do the same manipulations with the remaining curls. Lay the strands the way they should look in the end, since the varnish sets quickly and it will not be possible to redo minor imperfections later.

Advice. If your bangs are long, curl them back towards the back of your head and secure with a hair clip.

Styling with curlers

How to curl voluminous curls using curlers? To obtain volume with light soft waves, Velcro curlers (hedgehogs) of large diameter - from 3 cm - are suitable.

How to curl:

  1. Wash your hair and apply a styler (spray, mousse, foam) to slightly damp hair;
  2. Grab a section of hair from the front (this is where your hair dries fastest) and comb it well.
  3. Starting from the tip, wrap the strand in curlers and secure with a clip. Do the twisting in a downward direction, towards the head.
  4. Do the same with the rest of your hair. Make sure that the curlers hold well at the roots and do not dangle.
  5. Wait until your hair is thoroughly dry or dry it with a hairdryer.
  6. Before untwisting, treat your hair with hairspray or spray for local fixation.
  7. Wait about a minute and start loosening your curls from the back of your head.
  8. Fix the result with varnish.

The finished hairstyle with volume is obtained with barely noticeable curls at the ends of the hair.

Curls with boomerangs and curlers

This method allows you to create a voluminous hairstyle with small, noticeable curls. To make the styling voluminous, use thin strands for curling, this will increase the number of curls, which means the volume will increase.

How to curl:

  1. Apply mousse or foam to washed, slightly damp hair (for additional hold).
  2. Start cheating. To do this, take a styler, place it perpendicular to the selected thin strand and wind it on curlers in the direction from tips to roots. Popular winding pattern: central zone (from the forehead to the back of the head, temporal areas).
  3. Leave the curlers on your hair until completely dry, then remove them and straighten your hair with your fingers. For additional fixation, you can use varnish.

You will find the smallest details and rules for winding boomerang curlers (curlers) on our website.

Installation with diffuser

If you are looking for an answer to the question how To create a voluminous hairstyle on hair of any length, use a diffuser. With its help, curls for medium hair, long and short are obtained well.

To choose the right nozzle, it is worth considering that for short haircuts it is better to choose a diffuser with short “fingers” and a wide diameter, and for long strands a super volume nozzle is suitable.

How to use:

  1. Apply foam or volume mousse to clean, damp hair.
  2. Take a hairdryer with a diffuser and start drying by tilting your head down. To do this, take a strand, grab it at the ends and begin to lift it towards the roots with twisting movements.
  3. Continue drying at the roots, lifting them.
  4. Dry your entire hair in this way and create a hairstyle to your liking.