Elastic curls or a light wave, a basal volume on short hair - thermal curlers will cope with any task. They allow you to create a hairstyle faster than regular curlers and less damage your hair than a curling iron or ironing. The simplest models were also used by our mothers. How to use thermal curlers, the article will tell.
Types of thermal hair curlers
Thermal hair rollers - cylinders of different diameters, filled with paraffin or other slowly cooling substance. A special clip fixes them on the hair.
According to the heating method, the heat curlers are divided into classic ones, which need to be boiled and electric. Electric models are placed in a special container that plugs into an outlet and the curlers heat up.
Thermal curlers are made of plastic (the cheapest options), Teflon or with velor coating. The last two species have a more gentle effect on the hair.
How to use thermal hair curlers depends on their type and desired hairstyle.
Depending on the diameter of the heat curler are divided into:
- large (diameter 4 centimeters),
- medium (diameter 2.8 - 3. centimeter),
- small (diameter 10 - 25 millimeters).
How to make a hairstyle using classic thermal hair curlers
The most budgetary option for a hair curler is products that are heated with boiling water. Step-by-step instructions on how to use this type of hair curlers:
- Put the heat curlers in a small saucepan, pour water so that they are completely covered with it.
- Put on the stove.
- Boil for fifteen minutes.
- Drain the water and you can wind the hair.
It is important to take the curlers by the edges with two fingers so as not to get a serious burn.
Another way to use thermal curlers. Boil them optional:
- Put the curlers in a metal container and pour cool boiling water so that it covers them completely.
- Leave on for ten minutes.
- Drain and you can create a hairstyle.
How to make a hairstyle using electric heat rollers
How to use electric hair curlers is quite simple. They are placed in a special container that plugs into the outlet. Then the temperature is selected to which it is necessary to heat the curlers and after 3-5 minutes the hair can be twisted.
Electric hair curlers are safer to use, save time and treat hair more carefully.
How much time to keep
The more elastic the curls are needed, the longer it takes to keep the hair curlers on your hair.
It takes only ten minutes to create volume on short hair or light wave on long. For elastic ringlets it will take twenty minutes. For “spirals” on long hair it will take half an hour. It is important to remember that holding a hair curler for more than thirty minutes is not worth it, short curls instead of volume will result in small curls, and on long and medium lengths poorly straightened curls.
Styling options for long hair with heat curlers
On long hair, you can create beautiful curls or a light wave, the option for a hairstyle will depend on the diameter of the heat curlers. For soft waves, a large volume is suitable, and a medium diameter for curls. How to use thermal hair curlers on long hair:
- divide the hair into three equal parts using a comb with a thin tip and fix each clip;
- you need to start winding the hair from the central part of the hair, separating the strand from the forehead and wind it on the curlers in the direction back;
- thus wind the entire central part of the head;
- then go to one of the side parts;
- separating small strands, wind the hair so that the curlers are parallel to the floor;
- After waiting from fifteen to thirty minutes, depending on the desired elasticity of the curls, carefully remove the curlers.
Long hair can be styled in another quick way. To do this, they gather in a ponytail at the crown. Hair is divided into strands and wound on thermal hair curlers. Twenty minutes later, the curlers are removed, and the gum is cut. The result is perfect Hollywood styling.
It is important to let the curls cool down so that they keep their shape better. Sprinkle them with varnish, simulate the hairstyle to the end and fix with varnish.
Hair styling options for medium length hair
How to use hair curlers for hair on an average length:
- Separate a small strand, carefully lay the tip on the curlers and wind it to the desired length. It is important that creases do not form in the process;
- You can wind the strand inward or outward, keep the curlers correctly parallel to the floor;
- thus wind the hair over the entire head;
- wait from ten minutes to half an hour, carefully remove the heat curlers.
How to wind short hair
Thermal curlers: how to use them on meek hair? They are great for creating volume and elegant styling. For short hair, large diameter curlers are suitable.
Hair must be divided into three parts: central and two side. Screw the strands of the central part in the backward direction, the lateral ones - downward.
Leave the hair curlers on your hair for half an hour.
Carefully remove the curlers, shape the hair and fix with varnish.
Tips for choosing a hair curler
Using thermobiguli, as it turned out, is simple. What should I look for when choosing them?
Preference should be given to thermal curlers made of Teflon, ceramic or with velor coating.
The cord of the container for thermal curlers should be long, and the container itself should have a recess for the wire.
The heating time of the curler depends on the power. Good models have 350 watts or more.
The presence of a temperature sensor and a temperature controller that turns off the device when the curlers are heated to the desired temperature is a plus.
The ionization function protects the hair from overheating.
It is better to choose sets in which thermal hair curlers have thermal protection at the edges.
Popular brands of electric thermal hair curlers
A set of thermal curlers from Bebilis consists of nine large, six medium, five small curlers and clamps to them. Thanks to the velor coating, the curling process is more gentle.
Philips hair rollers are made of ceramics. The set includes four curlers of large diameter and six medium and small. In addition to the usual curler clamps, four hairpins for curls are included. There is an ionization function.
The Remington set consists of six large, ten medium and four small curlers. Set with ionization and temperature regulator.
Thermal curlers are a great opportunity to quickly create the perfect styling without leaving your home; they are ideal for morning work. Thermal curlers do not dry hair like a curling iron or ironing. They do not have to suffer all night or walk half a day as with ordinary curlers. And modern electric hair curlers allow you to wind your hair without fear of getting burned with boiling water.
Prices for hair curlers depend on their type. Classic is the cheapest option. Among the electric models, you can easily find a budget option.