No-Heat Headband Curls Experiment

I have been frying my hair practically my whole life, trying to get it to curl.  I've used hot rollers, and those bendy-rod spiral curlers (that you have to burn your fingers to use!) and of course a myriad of curling irons.  And guess what? None of them last very long at all unless my hair is LOADED with goo and hairspray.  So much so that it's all sticky and heavy and you can't touch it for fear it will all fall out.  You know, move one lock of hair and it all moves together??  Yuck.  And it takes so much time, especially with a curling iron.

Then I heard of Headband Curls.  WHAT??  Curl my head with an elastic headband?  Yeah right.  I was so sure this was going to be a fail because my hair just is not very cooperative in the curling department!

Well, I watched this video from YouTube to see how to do it.  It gave the easy step-by-step directions and it looked like she had great results.  Still, I was pretty skeptical that it would work for me.

I washed my hair and dried it until it was barely damp, basically almost completely dry.  Then put some goo in my hair (curling mousse by got2b) and then wrapped it up like the video shows.  

So, here I am, looking like an Amish gal or Princess Leah or something.  =P 

About my headband....I made it from a piece of elastic that I had.  (Just wrap some elastic around your head, mark it and sew the ends together, just like when I made the baby headbands for Lucy.)  I was obviously in a hurry when I made this because the ends of mine are not even!  Oh well, it works just fine! 

I just went about my morning routine looking crazy like this and then took it down three hours later.  WOW!  It worked!!  My hair was curly and it was nice curls, not "little girl" curls like when you use hot rollers or even sponge curlers.  

{Yep, I'm a dork.  I know.}

Seriously, I am so insanely excited that this works! This is life changing stuff!  No longer am I spending 45 minutes frying my hair to make it look decent.  It only takes me about 3 minutes to wrap it up! {squeal!} 

The other night I even slept with it all wrapped up because I wasn't going to have time in the morning to let it sit.  The curls were much tighter, and I was freaked out, but they relaxed pretty quickly.  If I had not put any goo in my hair that time, I think it would have been perfect.  

Know what's even better?  These curls stay put for more TWO days!  Really!  I had Lydia snap this quick pic the other day.  On the second day they are just more full and relaxed. 

{second day curls}

I'm beyond thrilled that the "Headband Curls" experiment was a success! And this is definitely my favorite way to style my hair now!  LOVE it!!


*Update*:  Just wanted to add a few tips that I have found work for me, since I've been doing this pretty much ALL the time now!  If you've tried it once and it didn't work so great, go ahead a try again...I'm learning the more I tweak mine, the better the results! 

1) Pin it!  (no not pinterest pinning...although we all love pinterest, now don't we?) I use a lot of bobby pins in mine.  I have a lot of layers in my hair so I pin as I go just to keep them from coming loose.  Definitely helps get consistent results.
2) Hold the hair goo...I have found that putting the curling mousse in my hair after my hair is almost completely dry works the best.  For some reason if I put it in my hair wet and then dry my hair I do not get good results. 
3) Wider is Better...Using a super skinny store-bought headband didn't work that well for me.  Using a wider headband (like the elastic one I made) really works much better! 
4) Chill Out!  Give you hair time to relax after you've taken the headband out.  Especially if you wore it over night!  If I'm just wearing it around the house for a few hours in the morning, it's usually just fine to take it out, fix it a little and go.  BUT, if I've worn the headband over night, I need at least an hour to let them relax. 

Hope this helps and that you have success with these fabulously easy headband curls! =)

So....whatcha think?  Are you gonna experiment with headband curls??  If you do, I would love to know how it worked for you!

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