CURLING WAND METHOD

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Here are the tools needed:
- Shampoo
-Conditioner
- Leave in conditioner (optional but highly recommended when applying heat)
- Towel (t-shirt optional)
- Blow dryer
- Rat tail comb
- Flat iron (optional~to get a little straighter than the blow dryer)
- Light sheen or oil mist
-Curling wand

Shampoo and condition hair........apply leave in (optional) and towel blot hair......Hand blow dry hair in four sections (more if your hair is thicker).........with a rat tail comb, section off medium size pieces of hair and run flat iron over hair once (this step is optional).......Clip all hair up out of your way except for the section you're working on. Spray each section, comb with rat tail comb to evenly distribute spray and to even your hair out, wrap hair around top of the curly wand and continue to wrap down the wand until your hair ends......And TADA, mission complete!

~Send photos in if you try it~

THE BANDING METHOD

Just wanted to do a quick post on the 'banding' method.
If your hair is natural you have definitely experienced hair shrinkage when washing or wearing natural styles. The tighter your curl is, the more shrinkage you'll hair, the looser your curl/wave, the less shrinkage you'll have.  My hair for example is between a 4a/4b (although I do not follow this chart). The difference in my hair length when wet vs dried and straightened is about 6 inches....big difference.
Instead of manipulating your hair all the time by blow drying and/or straightening, here is a method you can try to obtain some length and cut down on shrinkage....Banding.

Complete the following steps for banding:
- shampoo & conditon hair (or cowash)
- apply your choice of leave in conditioner
- section hair off into 2 sections (4 if your hair is thick or short)
- apply mositurizer of your choice from root to ends
- section off a section of the section you're working on first
- smooth the section out as best as you can and apply and ouchless ponytail holder to the root of your hair ** DO NOT USE REGULAR RUBBERBANDS ON YOUR HAIR**
- continue applying the ponytail holders down to the ends of you hair
(if your hair is thick, you may want to do smaller sections. If you hair is short, you may want to also do smaller sections. Use your judgement)
- Repeat last 2 steps until your whole head is done
- air dry  and style

This method is simply stretching your hair while wet....Just another way to cut down on heat and to keep hair a little healthier.  It can also be done on dry hair as well. Enjoy.

LATA, CHAN-PJ1