anyone-

How do I do this kind of curl? I've seen it in magazines but don't have any idea how to do it to my hair.

Renee http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/wave.gif

Isnt that just wear your wrap sections of your hair in a circle on your head (flat on your head) and put a couple bobbie pins in them? I could be wrong, but for some reason I was thinking that's all that meant.

Sara

I think that's it!!!

Thank you dream_fairy!! http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Pin curls are not that hard to do - You wrap the hair around your finger first, and then slide the hair off your finger onto your head and secure with a clip, not a bobby pin. Bobby pins will make small 'dents' in the hair. I have hair to the middle of my back, very curly and a little frizzy, and I like the smoothness pin curls give my hair without having to use any heating implements. I don't like curling irons and things like that in my hair, so I air-dry it until it's almost completely dry, then I start sectioning off small sections of hair about an inch wide, starting at the top along my part, and wrap the whole section around my index finger starting about an inch away from the scalp. I wind the whole section around my finger to the end of the hair, then I carefully slide it off my finger onto my head and secure. I do the whole top of my head and some parts by my crown and just leave the rest. I blow dry it the rest of the way, which for me is several minutes, including the pin curls. When I take them out, I have tight ringlets that hang down my back. Because I don't like them quite that curly, I use the dryer to relax them some so I have curls and waves both. This not only is much healthier for your hair than a curling iron, it gives you a little more control over which way you want the curls to go.
If you need any more help, please don't hesitate to ask.

Carol2-

What does the "clip" look like rather than a bobby pin? I'd like to buy some of these.

Does anyone else know? Can I get them at a drugstore?

Thanks!!

carol2-

Thanks for the details http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/smile.gif Your hair sounds so pretty. I love that ringlets look. I don't use a curling iron.I think it just burns the hair and makes it more frizzy. I let mine airdry.

Those clips that you're talking about..are they those metal ones that you pinch open?? I think myself and purplelightning would like to buy them!

Renee

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edited b/c double post

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Yep, they're the metal ones that you pinch open. They work great and are very easy to use. Bobby pins are not only difficult to get open and slide onto the hair, but they make a ridge in the hair. The clips don't do that.

Let me know how it turns out....

I'd like to know more about these hair clips as well... can you buy them in the drugstore? I've only ever seen bobby pins. I'd love to find an alternative, especially for pinning up my daughter's hair. When I search online for metal hair clips all I find are the real fancy ones, definitely not a bobby pin replacement! Are they actually called "hair clips"? Maybe is there a brand name that makes them that you know of that I could search for just to find out what they are?

I've bought them at the drugstore in the same area as the barretts and combs and such. They are silver, about an inch and a half long by maybe 1/2 inch wide, and you suqeeze one end to open the other. I don't remember what brand name they were, but I'm sure Goody as some (that may be what mine are). Just look in the hair accessories section of your drugstore, they're usually clipped onto a piece of cardboard all in a row.....

you can get those at cvs and walmart

Hi, are you guys talking about 'crocodile' pinch clips or the 'duck' silver clips they use at salons? If you are looking for any kind of clip things you can't find anywhere else, then try 'Sally beauty supply' store if you have one in your area.

I am going to try this curl pinning trcik for sure because I prefer not to use heat on my hair...

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Hi, are you guys talking about 'crocodile' pinch clips or the 'duck' silver clips they use at salons? If you are looking for any kind of clip things you can't find anywhere else, then try 'Sally beauty supply' store if you have one in your area.

I am going to try this curl pinning trick for sure because I prefer not to use heat on my hair...

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roller clips.. come in metal and plastic.. u can buy em at beauty supply store.. i use gel when i make pin curls..and my suggestion would be to start at ur hairline and work ur way back.. good luck