Pincurl your own hair for major no-heat waves and retro style #Fashion DIY#hairstyle#retro#short hair#superficial snack September 13 2012 | Catherine Clark bijouxandbits Here is how the pincurls look while they are curling up your 'do. Photo courtesy of Roxie from How-To Hair Girl You know we love us some Roxie from How-To Hair girl. She's shown us how to style a short rockabilly style and a Mad Men-inspired updo. This time she's showing us how to make SUPER EASY pin curls that can be left long and loose or to create the gorgeous updo shown above. This can easily go retro (since she got this style technique from her grandma, Suzi) or modern. The best part is that you can totally do this style on short hair too. In fact, doing a pincurl style can be even easier on shorter hair. Here's Roxie showing us the style on her own hair: So, what's next? The ultimate DIY tutorial for rag curls Rag curls are easy to do and depending on how you do them, you can achieve anything from Greta Garbo to Veronica Lake to Lucille Ball-looking curls, without frying your… Read More 12 wedding hair styles that have been giving me life I mentioned earlier this week that my happy place these days is Instagram, and I see a lot of truly amazing wedding hair over there. I mean, AMAZING. I've seen… Read More Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Catherine Clark Catherine Clark is Offbeat Bride's Senior Editor. In her spare time she loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur baby, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com. @enidjcoleslaw @bijouxandbits @bijouxandbits PREVIOUS Let's all admire Kwame's hand-made wedding outfit NEXT Christa & Auros' elegant gothic Iron Chef wedding Show/Hide comments [ 20 ] I personally cannot sleep in pin curls so I do head-band curls. Slightly different looking curls to pin curls, but still beautiful. I have worn the head-band during the day for nights out and gotten compliments on my hair style, which wasn't a style… 19 agree Reply I love the look of the pincurls, will be attempting this at the weekend. Hayley – Any chance you could explain the method for the headband curls too?? I am like the princess in the Princess and the Pea (and not very Princessy otherwise!) , so it is unlikely I will be able to sleep with the pins in either! 1 agrees Reply Here is a link to a headband curl tutorial. http://www.howtohairgirl.com/2012/08/diy-friday-no-heat-curls/ 3 agree Reply Does anyone know if you can pin them when your hair is wet, and use a blow dryer to speed up the process? 4 agree Reply I do not recommend pincurling on wet hair, slightly damp with setting lotion (diluted for your hair type is best). When I experimented on wet hair, they seemed to have a funky kink that wouldn't brush out into soft waves, not to mention I got the headache from hell. This is my daily style so I have practiced quite a lot (my grandma was born in the late 20s and she raised me so I grew up with this as the norm). When you get out of the shower, sqeeze as much water as possible out of your hair, go about the rest of your routine, brush through, and it should be "dry enough." 5 agree Reply You can. Put the pin curls in when your hair is damp, not wet and it will dry much faster:) 1 agrees Reply I'd also add, depending on your hair type, blow drying to speed things up can cause a lot of frizz. Start with low heat and low speed to minimize this if your hair is prone to fly aways or frizz. Reply I have super long hair so I am leaning toward doing spiral wrapped rag curls. similar no heat, no stress hair style. 5 agree Reply I have a lot of long hair. It does not hold a heated curl for the life of me. So I separate my hair into a few buns. I part them to the sides so I can comfortably sleep on my back. I wet my hair before bed, put it up, then sleep. When I wake up, I get ready, then right before I step out of the car, I take my hair down, run my fingers through, and voila! It looks natural and it's very low maintenance! 🙂 4 agree Reply I have shortish hair (it will be a couple of inches above my shoulder for the wedding), and it hates heat curls of any kind (or really any heat aside from occasional straightening), so this might be a perfect idea. 1 agrees Reply A tip: put a playing card or piece of slightly rigid paper between the hair and the pin to avoid dents (especially useful on short hair). 4 agree Reply Adding a curlformers recommendation into the mix, A wet set with motions foam + curlformers gives me curls for days ? 3 agree Reply Love this piece. Such a fun, non-damaging way to have gorgeous locks! Reply If you can, try to avoid using bobby pins. Use flat pincurl clips, or, like rumorsofmydemise suggested, use a playing card or bit of stiff paper to avoud dents. 2 agree Reply Where has this been all my life. Thank you so much. Reply i love it honestly and i think that they are cute maybe i will do it someday Reply I use pin curls frequently! Easy and if I use a good product I have volume and body for DAYS! Reply I did my sisters long blond hair for her wedding. it was slightly damp and we did it about 3 the day before the wedding. She never had it in curls before. So I set it in rags– about 15 min. before leaving for church we took them out- and just loosened with fingers—looked so great and lasted all day too. Reply I've heard rumors of this said "rag" curls! How does one actually go about setting their hair in rags to curl?? Are they small, ripped rags? 2 agree Reply Do you have a good easy tutorial for this? I've never been able to figure out rag curls and I'd love to try them. 4 agree Reply Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. 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I personally cannot sleep in pin curls so I do head-band curls. Slightly different looking curls to pin curls, but still beautiful. I have worn the head-band during the day for nights out and gotten compliments on my hair style, which wasn't a style… 19 agree Reply
I love the look of the pincurls, will be attempting this at the weekend. Hayley – Any chance you could explain the method for the headband curls too?? I am like the princess in the Princess and the Pea (and not very Princessy otherwise!) , so it is unlikely I will be able to sleep with the pins in either! 1 agrees Reply
Here is a link to a headband curl tutorial. http://www.howtohairgirl.com/2012/08/diy-friday-no-heat-curls/ 3 agree Reply
Does anyone know if you can pin them when your hair is wet, and use a blow dryer to speed up the process? 4 agree Reply
I do not recommend pincurling on wet hair, slightly damp with setting lotion (diluted for your hair type is best). When I experimented on wet hair, they seemed to have a funky kink that wouldn't brush out into soft waves, not to mention I got the headache from hell. This is my daily style so I have practiced quite a lot (my grandma was born in the late 20s and she raised me so I grew up with this as the norm). When you get out of the shower, sqeeze as much water as possible out of your hair, go about the rest of your routine, brush through, and it should be "dry enough." 5 agree Reply
You can. Put the pin curls in when your hair is damp, not wet and it will dry much faster:) 1 agrees Reply
I'd also add, depending on your hair type, blow drying to speed things up can cause a lot of frizz. Start with low heat and low speed to minimize this if your hair is prone to fly aways or frizz. Reply
I have super long hair so I am leaning toward doing spiral wrapped rag curls. similar no heat, no stress hair style. 5 agree Reply
I have a lot of long hair. It does not hold a heated curl for the life of me. So I separate my hair into a few buns. I part them to the sides so I can comfortably sleep on my back. I wet my hair before bed, put it up, then sleep. When I wake up, I get ready, then right before I step out of the car, I take my hair down, run my fingers through, and voila! It looks natural and it's very low maintenance! 🙂 4 agree Reply
I have shortish hair (it will be a couple of inches above my shoulder for the wedding), and it hates heat curls of any kind (or really any heat aside from occasional straightening), so this might be a perfect idea. 1 agrees Reply
A tip: put a playing card or piece of slightly rigid paper between the hair and the pin to avoid dents (especially useful on short hair). 4 agree Reply
Adding a curlformers recommendation into the mix, A wet set with motions foam + curlformers gives me curls for days ? 3 agree Reply
If you can, try to avoid using bobby pins. Use flat pincurl clips, or, like rumorsofmydemise suggested, use a playing card or bit of stiff paper to avoud dents. 2 agree Reply
I did my sisters long blond hair for her wedding. it was slightly damp and we did it about 3 the day before the wedding. She never had it in curls before. So I set it in rags– about 15 min. before leaving for church we took them out- and just loosened with fingers—looked so great and lasted all day too. Reply
I've heard rumors of this said "rag" curls! How does one actually go about setting their hair in rags to curl?? Are they small, ripped rags? 2 agree Reply
Do you have a good easy tutorial for this? I've never been able to figure out rag curls and I'd love to try them. 4 agree Reply