Pin Curls and Crimping

Equipment:

·      Curling tongs

·      Curby grips

·      Comb

Pin curling:

·      Prepare the hair by brushing through.

·      Section the hair to enable better control and better results.

·      Start at the bottom and use small sections of hair (for best results, use even square sections).

·      Secure hair in the tongs, angle the tongs onto the side and roll in (direction of tong determines direction of curl).

·      To make sure tongs don’t burn the model’s head, hold a comb in between tongs and scalp.

·      Hold tongs in place for approximately 10-12 seconds and gently release curl without unravelling it.

·      Cold set the hair by holding the curl in place with a curby grip whilst still warm (make sure curl is flat against head and fixed with the curby grip from the inside of the curl).

·      Repeat on all sections until you have worked your way up the head.

This image shows my hair in pin curls.

This was after the pins were removed.

As I was the model for my classmate during the practical, I didn’t have time during the practical to do pin curls on someone else's hair. So I practised on my classmate outside of lessons. This is one of the pin curls that I did.

Crimping:

Equipment:

·      Pintail comb

·      Clips

·      Crimper

Instructions:

·      Turn on crimper and allow to heat up.

·      Section hair using a pintail comb.

·      Select a row of hair and apply the crimper close to the root.

·      Hold crimper in position for a few seconds and release.

·      Move crimper further down the hair and repeat the crimping process until the full length or the section has been crimped.

·      Repeat process on each section of the hair, working upwards.

This is an example of where the crimped hair has been brushed and backcombed to create texture and volume.