Curling Short Hair

Curling longer hair is fairly easy but for those with shorter hair getting good looking curls into it can be a little tougher. Make sure your hair completely dry and your 1 inch curling iron hot and ready to go before you start. Starting at the crown take one to two inch wide sections and wrap them from the tip to the scalp. Hold this for about five seconds and up to ten seconds for thicker hair that tends to not curl as easily. Do this completely around your head until all the hair is curled then spray to hold the style for the day.

Testing Your Hair Iron Temperature Setting

Many girls hear about how curling irons and hair straighteners can scorch their hair if the temperature is set too high. Of course the big question for many is what temperature is too high? An easy way to find out if your hair styling iron is set too high is to use some slightly moistened tissue paper in the iron for a few seconds. If the paper gets scorched then turn down the heat on your iron and try again. Of course some hair types can take higher temps such as thicker hair while others like fine hair need lower temps. But the tissue paper test will get you in the ballpark so that you do not damage your locks experimenting with settings on your own hair.

Getting the Right Curling Iron For Short Hair

Many women just head into the drugstore and buy a generic sized curling iron and very few realize that you can get a curling iron in various sizes which will enable you to make different sized curls in your hair. For the most part a 1 inch curling iron is a great overall size for the average hairstyle and for most heads of hair. If you have very short and thin hair, or just want really small tight curls, then you may want to consider the smaller barrel sizes. For thicker hair or for looser wavier type curls you will want to consider a barrel of one and half inches or larger.

Using Quality Hair Straightening Irons

If you want straight sexy hair and were not born with a smooth mane then you will need to use a hair straightening iron to get the frizz and curl out of your hair and straighten it out. Getting a good quality professional hair straightener will make all the difference in the world in the success you will have straightening your hair. Cheap drugstore hair straighteners are using made with inferior materials, which are no good for your hair, and they will leave it dried and damaged especially with repeated styling.

Professional hair straighteners are made with higher quality materials such as ceramic and tourmaline to ensure your hair will remain healthy and vibrant even when the hair iron is used frequently to remove the curl from your tresses. These materials use ionic technology to help infuse your hair with negative ions, which will help it retain its own natural moisture. This will make your hair more resistant to drying out leaving it to be healthy and shiny. Professional hair irons also include variable temperature controls which allow you the control over how much heat to apply to your hair to straighten it. Those with thicker hair will need a higher heat than those with thin or very dry locks.