How to create Curl in Your Hair

Preparation:

Shampoo and condition your hair with the products recommended to you by your hairdresser.

Gently towel dry your hair.

Spray a mist of a good quality 'thermal hair protector' over your hair, to help protect from heat damage during the blow drying and straightening stage.

Apply a hair styling product such as a medium hold 'straightening balm' and comb evenly through your hair with a wide toothed comb or paddle brush (Tip: apply the styling balm from mid-lengths to the ends of your hair and then the roots last. This helps to give you an even distribution without product build-up at the roots).

Next, using hair clips, section your hair whilst blow drying.

Blow dry your hair using a medium sized round barrel brush, which will help to encourage straightness in your hair.

Starting at the bottom and back, twist a section of the hair lightly around the brush near the root and, holding a hair dryer fitted with a nozzle close, slowly pull along to the ends. Continue this sectioning and blow drying pattern around your head finishing at the front.

A smooth blow dry is a very important stage in creating any look you want to achieve with your hair straighteners.

Curls:

Section your hair from the middle at the back and use hair clips to secure each side out of the way on top of your head, keeping a section at a time down for straightening.

With a comb or fingers, take a small section of hair about 2inches wide (5cm), holding firmly at the hairs end (Tip: ideally spray a light mist of a 'thermal styling spray' to both protect and give extra hold to your curls). To curl your hair, hold the VENUS or DIOSA hair straighteners vertically and at the root rotate 180 degrees and slowly pull your hair through towards the ends.

Always keep the straightener moving down the hair, but the slower you go the tighter the curls are going to be (Tip: If the curl doesn't work out how you want it the first time, leave that section a few minutes to cool down and then return to it a little later).

As you move around your head, alternate the direction you rotate the VENUS/DIOSA hair straighteners to maintain a natural looking curl.

When you get nearer to your parting and crown, for a better look, only begin to rotate approximately 2inches (5cm), down from your root.

To maintain the curls, apply a good quality finishing wax or serum to help define the shape you want your curls to be.

(Tip: Creating curls just the way you want, will almost certainly take some practice - don't expect to get it perfect the first time you attempt this!)