| Short Curly Hairstyle Tips |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Date: 05/5/06 Revised 6/01/06 |
Introduction
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Cynthia
Basinet
Short Bob w/Curls
4-27-06 |
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Whether you were lucky to be born with
natural curls or just want that feeling of a bouncy
curl, it's easy to utilize a variety of hair care
techniques to achieve a fun, flirty curly hairstyle for
your short hair.
If you were blessed with natural curls,
the right hair care products and styling tools can
easily transform your out-of-control frizz to sleek
ringlets.
If you weren't blessed with natural
curls, never fear, you don't need to resort to harsh
chemical perms or other hair treatments to create
luscious texture and movement.
A myriad of curl and wave patterns can
be created naturally, without harsh chemicals, on any
type, texture or condition of hair. Most
hairdressers suggest that if your hair has been colored
or chemically treated in any way, that specifically
avoid the use of hair perms which can cause potential
damage to your strands.
Cynthia Basinet (shown above) is a great
role model for wearing a short layered hairstyle that is
a cross between a bob and a shag. Cynthia is a
sultry and elegant singer, actress and model. The
beautiful redhead appears to prefer short hairstyles,
which look spectacular on her. Lately the star has
been photographed wearing a variety of sassy soft curls
that are currently in hair fashion. She alternates
between wearing a soft sweeping side fringe with pulling
her hair off her forehead. She alternates also
between waves and curls.
Short Curly Style Tips For Natural
Curls
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Cynthia
Basinet
Short Bob w/Curls
4-27-06 |
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If your hair is naturally curly, depending on the
curl pattern you may opt to go with curls from the
hairline down to the ends. The best way to
transform tight natural ringlets into soft wavy curls
like Cynthia's is to complete the following steps:
1. Shampoo with moisturizing shampoo designed
for your hair's current type, condition and texture.
If you prefer, wash with conditioner only or a diluted
formula that works best for you.
2. Use a rinse out conditioner if appropriate
for your hair's type, texture and condition. Keep
in mind that if hair is too soft, curls may not hold
their shape as well. You may wish to only spot
condition or use a diluted rinse-out conditioning
product.
3. If possible, finish with cool/cold water
rinse to close cuticles and add natural shine.
4. Apply a cocktail the includes a good
defrisant product, leave-in conditioner and styling
mousse to protect hair against frizz, provide extra
conditioning and help create good curl profiles.
5. Separate long sweeping bangs from rest of
hair. Apply a dollop of straightening gel to the
bang and top of the hair line area.
6. Use a paddle brush and a blow dryer with a
concentrator. Direct blow dryer down the hair
shaft from roots to ends to get hair straight with the
added bonus of extra shine.
8. Attach a long finger diffuser to your blow
dryer. Keeping fingers and hands out of hair as
much as possible (to prevent frizz) separate remaining
strands into individual 2" sections. Using the
blow dryer on a medium, low to medium heat setting, use
the fingers to lift and enhance natural curls.
9. Dry until 100% dry. Use a curling iron
to refine the curls if you wish. Finish with a
blast of shine spray and hairspray to block humidity and
add shine.
Short Curly Style Tips For Straight
Hair
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Cynthia
Basinet
Short Bob w/Curls
2006 |
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If you are not blessed with natural curls you have
several options that are all based on natural,
non-chemical treatments.
1. Hot Roller/Iron Set
Shampoo, condition and blow dry strands with round
brush. Use hot rollers or hot curling iron to
create desired curls.
2. Foam, Rag, Hook & Loop Style Roller Set
Shampoo, condition and blow dry tresses with round brush
until 75% dry, set on foam, rag or hook & loop fastener
style rollers and
let curls reform as hair cools and dries.
Optionally hair can be set and allowed to air-dry or dry
overnight while sleeping.
3. Wet set.
Shampoo and condition hair. Blot out most of
excess moisture. Set hair on hook & loop fastener
style rollers, foam or rag
rollers. Sit under hood dryer until hair is 100%
dry. Remove curlers and finger pick.
4. Wet Pin Curl Set
Shampoo and condition hair. Blot out most of
excess moisture. Set hair on pin curls created
with traditional bobby pins. Sit under hood dryer
until hair is 100% dry. Remove curlers and finger
pick. Optionally the set can be slept on all night and
curls allowed to air-dry. Finger pick to desired
shape.
5. Scrunch & Go
If you are only interested in loose waves and/or curls
and your hair has natural waves and/or bends, you can
achieve an element of texture by scrunching. Keep
in mind that scrunching does not work as well for stick
straight, fine or thin strands. Apply a good
styling mousse, gel or similar styling product to damp
strands. Using fingers, scrunch hair as you blow
dry. For more curl, use a curling iron to fine
tune the resulting texture.
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Radha Mitchell
Short Bob w/Side Fringe
4-20-06 |
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6. Wet Bunning
If your hair is super short, this is not an option.
However, if you have a short bob with enough length to
pull into a tiny bun, you can shampoo, condition and
apply styling products to damp hair. Pull into a
bun and twist strands as you are creating the bun.
Pin the bun into place. Let the bun air-dry and
undo bun. This should create loose waves.
Use a curling iron to add random curls.
Other options, depending on the length of your hair,
the texture, type and condition would include creating a
pattern of tiny braids on your damp strands and letting
them air dry. Remove the braids and you should
have lots of hair ripples and tiny waves.
Be creative and combine several of the options to
create unique soft curl and wave patterns. Summary
Texture such as curls and waves are sizzling hot.
Whether you have short hair with natural curls or
straight strands, you can still enjoy beautiful texture
without damaging chemicals, perms or other treatments.
Experiment with the options and steps presented in this
article and enjoy the results.
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