I’ve been LOVING the middle part && glamorous wave style this past month- I’ve worn it in
several of my most recent videos and it was definitely the highest requested tutorial I’ve gotten so far!
Creating styles with a clampless iron becomes REALLY simple once you understand the technique of it.
Overall rule with a clampless iron: the closer to the root, the more ‘taylor swift’ and full the finished style will be. Start below your chin with your curls if you want them to be truly ‘bohemian’ relaxed waves
Use a larger iron for looser waves, a smaller one for a more defined curl! For this tutorial, I’m using a one and one fourth inch barrel size.
Start by diving your hair in half, pulling the hair above your ears into a clip.
Then, divide the remaining hair into 2 sections- the left and right side.
I curl three evenly sized pieces on each side. Hold the barrel downwards behind your head
using the hand opposite the side you are curling for easiest access to the iron
To have hair maintain this smooth ‘ribbon’ look, smooth each section before
wrapping around the iron, flattening the hair to its widest state as you wrap it
Hold the ends as close as possible to the iron, even a little bit off will make
your ends super straight and ruin the end of the wave. Use a glove if
you’re not comfortable coming that close to the hot iron- (some of the irons
you can get even come with gloves- I definitely burned my thumb a little bit while filming this!)
Hold your hair on the iron around 5 seconds- more or less depending on the thickness of your hair
After finishing the lower section, release the top layer of hair && create your middle part
Hold the comb between your brows and above your nose for the perfect position
Use the comb also to find where to brush the hair back from the part
Put the base at the front of the part- where the comb starts to lift off your head
is where your crown should begin
Work in 3 sections from your part-
the right side, the left side, and the back
From each section, divide hair into three layers
Curling each layer into three equal pieces as before.
The layered curls will give volume to the style as opposed to just grabbing the ends and
curling at one time.
(Curl the ends together if you’d like looser waves, curl in layers for more volume)
Besides layers, you can add more volume by teasing, or curling closely to the root.
Angling the iron upwards will make it easier to curl the back layers of your head
Curl further away from root for pieces directly around the face/bangs- this will
create the swoop away effect instead of having tight curls starting directly
at your forehead
Right off the iron, these curls are tight and a little crazy looking
Let them cool for a few minutes before brushing them out
(Brushing them out does NOT ruin your work! It actually helps the waves stay in place
all day! I promise you they will not fall just because you brushed them!)
set with a hair spray && you’re finished!
the final look:
What I’m Wearing:
1. Foundation- Boots No 7 Intelligent Balance Mousse, ‘Blonde’
2. Concealer- Tarte Maracuja, Medium
3. Bronzer- Urban Decay Baked
4. Lipstick- MAC, ‘Hue’
5. Highlight- Lancome Eclat Miracle
6. Shadow- First Matte Brown shadow in Urban Decay ‘Naked’ Palette, Sidecar
7. Mascara- Lancome L’oscillation Intensity, Black
8. Nails- Chanel, ‘Steel’
Dress: Adrianna Papell
I’m really loving the middle part this summer. It might feel weird the first few times you wear it, but it doesn’t look as weird as it may feel! I LOVE this look!
Once you learn the technique of the iron && how to maneuver it around your head, it will become SO easy for you! This is now the only style of curling iron I’ll use on my hair- I got my first one back in october, and I never looked back 🙂
Missy says:
Adrianna Papell**
Katie says:
pretty! I love your Make up!
ashleighjoan says:
such a pretty look. your pearldrop earrings are gorgeous.
Stephie says:
I am loving the dress! & the hairstyle compliments it so well. I love how detailed your tutorials are in the video and blog post, it's very helpful!
preciouspearl says:
Love your makeup 🙂
Superficial Sydney says:
Loving it! Where oh where did you get that brush???
Rachael says:
what kind of iron is that?
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