How-To/DIY: Big, Curly Hair!

I tend to get a lot more compliments on my hair when I wear it curly. People want to know where I got my hair, did I buy it that way, and how do I get it to stay that way.  So, I decided to do a post about how to curl your hair and most importantly, getting that curl to hold! My secret?! 

Right now I have Virgin Indian hair in but this method works with almost every kind of hair.

I’m gonna show you how I went from this:

to this:

and my final look of the night:

ONE hair brush

ONE hair wand or curling iron

ONE bottle of hair lotion/light holding spray/light mousse

(I use something called “Curl Activator” made by “Twisted Sista”)

LOTS of bobby pins

Step 1: Brush you hair out thoroughly.

Step 2: Take a section of your hair to curl.  Use dime sized amount of your hair product and apply to that section of the hair. 

Step 3: Take some hair from that section to curl and wrap around wand or curling iron.

Step 4 (THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART): Take the curled hair and use a bobby pin to follow the curl pattern and pin to your head.

 The end result should look something like this:

Step 6: Wrap hair in silk scarf and leave for a few hours. (I did mine at night and went to sleep with them in.)

Step 7: Take out bobby pins and…..

For more volume and sexiness, simply run your fingers through the curls to tease it a big and get that “big and sexy” look!

I use this method quite often:

It’s so easy and works wonders! Have you ever tried pin curls? How do you normally curl your hair?