(Christmas music)
Hello everybody
Today I'm going to be showing you how I do my corkscrew curls
which is something that I've been wearing and loving a lot recently.
And so many of you have been asking me
to do this video to show you how I do it.
Now it's not difficult.
It is essentially just curling your hair.
But I have a few little tips and ways I like to do it.
So that it looks like this and not like... this.
(laughs)
So I really hope you guys find this useful.
Lets get started!
So the first thing I tend to do
is...
simply brush my hair
Where did I put my brush?
Oh!
This is a whole lot easier to do if you don't have any knots.
For some reason, my hair gets extremely knotty.
I feel like you don't have to have a side parting to do this, but
I do feel like it gives it that little bit more of an 80s vibe.
Because of the whole, like...
80s side fringe
So, it's completely up to you
If you prefer to have your hair in a center parting, leave it in a center parting
But if you are feeling a little bit daring, I would suggest going for a bit of a side parting
Because I just think it looks quite cool
I like to use a scrunchy to separate my hair
Because when I use a regular hair tie, it leaves
Um, like... a dent in my hair
So I always use a scrunchy
And because I have quite thick hair, I do this in layers
And I work my way up
Keep it out of the way
The tongs that I'm using are these ones
These are the Lee Stafford ones which look like...
I don't know, like a squished pole
They're not rounded, they are flat
But it's like... it's basically a teeny, tiny, little like...
flat... curling wand
You can get so many different varieties of, uh, wands that will give you corkscrew curls
My hairdresser actually used tiny -- like a really long, thin round one
On the shoot I did with Joe
Which was what completely inspired me to start curling my hair like this
And that worked really well also so it's completely up to you
So I feel like...
The sections of hair that you take
Is completely dependent on how curly and big you want your hair to be
If you have quite thick hair, you might want to take slightly bigger sections
Because you could end up with an actual afro around your head
And it is also very dependent on how long you leave your hair on the tongs
These get very hot
So if you want more of a relaxed corkscrew curl
You don't want to leave it on for too long
I generally take pieces about that big
Because I feel like if I go too small, it looks a bit crazy
Taking the tongs, face down away from your face
Obviously being very careful
I have burnt myself a few times on these
And you want to get as close to the end as possible
I don't leave this on for very long at all
In fact, in 3, 2, 1... I'm done
There you go
There's number one.
And feel free to go in opposite directions
And then curling it around slightly making it tighter to your head
See that one I left on a bit too long
And it's now, like, half the size of the other one
I think it's quite nice to be a bit irregular
So taking bits and going one way
And then taking another bit and going a completely different way
I think it makes it slightly more interesting
I think a lot of people assume that this takes quite a long time
One of my most asked questions is "how long did that take you?"
And I think that's because the curls are so small
It is like you're taking the tiniest bits of hair every time
But you really don't have to do that
And honestly, I think this takes me the same amount of time to curl my hair
Like this as it does with a regular curling wand
Okay, first layer done
Onto the second layer
Next layer
This is a great look
(laughs)
And you're done
Imagine this as a hairstyle
Like curly underneath, straight on top
Cute little topknot
Okay, now onto the last layer
Which is the fringe
Now although we're doing a side fringe, I actually think it's good to curl
Out of a side fringe and then flip it over
I'm not sure why, I've just found that to look the best
At this point, your hair looks like this
Which is never how I leave it
Because I just think this is a little bit much
So, I will run my fingers through the curls
And sort of... pull them out a little bit
Found a strand of hair to do
I think use a little bit of this, which is the Davines OI -- or Oi -- oil
This stuff is incredible
So I'll just squirt a couple of pumps of that into my hand
Rub it in
And then I take that through the curls
Because I just feel like it gives them a little bit more shine and definition
And they look less... fried
There you go
That is my extremely highly requested corkscrew curl hair tutorial
It's definitely not rocket science
But I hope there were a few little useful tips and tricks in there
Which will enable you to live out your inner 80s fantasies
I also think these curls look amazing on the second day
So once they've sort of, like, dropped a little bit
They also look really great so, like, leave it like this
Go to bed, wake up the next day
And pop in a little bit more oil just to kinda style it up a little bit
Do not brush it!
That is my one tip.
Do not brush this!
Otherwise it will look, like... like out here
And it won't look as, like, defined
And, I don't know, it just doesn't look as good
Trust me
Give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it.
And I'll see you again tomorrow for another video
Bye then!