Medium length hair styling
Medium length hair looks very attractive. It is not surprising that many girls want to repeat their favorite celebrity looks. Fortunately, the favorite device of all fashionistas, an iron, can help with this.
Varieties
With the help of ironing, you can create several types of hairstyles.
- Straight hair. The most logical use of ironing is straightening a naughty curly hairstyle. Straight smooth hair flowing like silk will always be in trend. Stars such as Vera Brezhneva, Jessica Alba and Olivia Palermo opted for just such a styling.
- Soft waves. The styling looks very feminine and gentle, so many celebrities choose just such an image. For example, Julia Snigir and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley chose this hairstyle, which always looks advantageous.
- Careless curls. Creating careless curls does not require much time, and the result attracts attention with its simplicity and elegance. This hairstyle is a favorite among models from all over the world, the beauty Natalia Vodianova is a confirmation of this. Emily Blunt also opted for loose curls as her everyday style.
- Small curls. With the help of ironing, you can also make small curls, if you follow a certain technique.Stars such as Shakira and Sarah Jessica Parker have already tried on a bold image for themselves.
Walkthrough
Styling with an iron for medium length hair will not take much time, you just need to follow the recommendations.
Create the perfect straight hairline
Straight hair is perfect for every day, it will allow its owner to look stylish and expensive, regardless of makeup.
Technique:
- Wash your hair thoroughly, dry with a towel. Apply a heat protectant and a smoothing agent to the surface of the hair. Be sure to look for silk proteins in the composition, they will add shine.
- Dry your head with a hair dryer, trying to smooth your hair from root to tip.. In no case do not direct the airflow at a right angle to them, because in this case the hair scales will open, and it will not be possible to achieve a mirror smoothness.
- Comb your hair well and divide into zones. Now, separating strands about 1 cm wide, stretch the hair with a straightener from the very roots to the ends. After you finish straightening them, once again “walk” with the iron in the area of the bangs near the face, additionally forming the direction of the hair.
Creating soft curls
In this case, a haircut with bangs is ideal for styling. It is necessary to style the hair so that it gently frames the face, emphasizing the overall airiness of the image:
- Wash your hair and use a conditioner, then dry with a towel. Apply to hair heat protectant and volumizing mousse.
- Blow dry your hair with a diffuser attachment. If this is not at hand, dry with your head down. This is done to give additional basal volume.
- Comb your hair and divide into zones. It is better to start curling from the occipital region. Separate a small strand. Depending on what diameter you want to get a curl, vary its thickness: the larger the strand, the wider the curl. Now pinch the strand with an iron just above the level at which you want to start curling. Rotate the iron 360 degrees until the strand wraps around the appliance and the tip is down again. Slowly pull the curl down, making sure that the strand is always between the straightener plates.
Please note that the slower you run the iron through your hair, the tighter the curl you get.
- Wind the rest of the strands. Let the curls cool completely. You You can lightly mix them with your hands or comb them for big glamorous waves. Tilt your head back and spray the resulting styling with hairspray.
beach waves
In order to make the effect of beach waves, you do not need much time and effort. This styling is suitable for all girls and looks very impressive:
- Wash your head Using a moisturizing balm, dry with a towel, then apply a heat protectant and hair oil.
- Spray your hair with salt sprayto make their texture more rigid. A hairstyle created with the use of this product holds its shape better and looks like you just returned from some Italian resort.
- Blow dry your hair using the diffuser attachment. If you do not have such a nozzle, you can simply wrinkle your hair with your hands from time to time during drying.
Please note: the hair should remain slightly damp, but not more than 5-7%.
- Divide your hair into zones. Now, separating strands no more than three centimeters wide, twist them into tight flagella.Clamp each of the flagella between the ironing plates, not sliding on them, but gradually moving with “pressing” movements from the roots to the tips. Repeat until the strands are completely dry. Do the same for the rest of your hair.
- After complete cooling of the strands lower your head down and mix the curls well with your fingers, then tilt your head back with a sharp movement. In front of the mirror, form a hairstyle of the desired shape, you can fix the result with a light fixation varnish.
Creating small curls
In order to style the hair with small curls with the help of an iron, you will have to tinker, but the result is worth all the effort. Prepare more stealths and be patient:
- Wash your hair, dry with a towel. Apply heat protectant and curl styling mousse. This measure will help in creating beautiful even curls.
- Blow dry your hair while pulling out your hair. Do not direct the airflow at a right angle, as this will complicate the formation of a beautiful curl in the future.
- Conditionally divide the head into squares about 3x3 cm wide. Comb each of the strands thoroughly, roll into a loose bundle and twist into a ring. Secure the resulting circles at the roots with the help of invisibility.
- Now gently press each ring between the ironing plates.. Be careful, the ring must remain in its original form, otherwise you will not achieve the desired effect.
Take your time going to the last step. You can get severe scalp burns. It will be better if you ask someone to help you fix the shape of the future spring with a straightener.
- Let the curls cool completely and sprinkle them with varnish, then very carefully remove the invisibility and dissolve the strands, starting from the bottom of the back of the head. Lightly toss the hair at the roots, shape the styling with your hands and fix with varnish again. Combing curls is not recommended.
Helpful Hints
Professional stylists and hairdressers have prepared some important additional tips for those who decide to style medium length hair with a flat iron:
- Be sure to use a heat protectant before styling. It will protect the hair from the negative effects of high temperatures, and will also help prevent loss of shape due to the influence of a humid environment.
- Be very careful when working near roots.. By straightening your hair directly at the root, you risk not only getting burned, but also drying out the curls, which will make them grow poorly in the future.
- Try not to use the iron too often. Be sure to arrange a “detox” day without using a hair dryer, ironing, curling iron, styling products, as well as elastic bands and hairpins. The only exceptions are rubber bands in the form of a telephone cord, as they do not pull the hair and do not break it.
- Use nourishing masks at least twice a week.
How to make stylish styling with an iron, see the following video.