Bask In Some Beachy Waves: The Pro Beauty Tools Curl Wand*

 

 

 

Beachy waves are all the rage for hair these days. Nothing says “carefree girl at the beach” like this style, but here’s the rub. Though they look like they’re achieved by frolicking in the sea all day and sunning yourself on a beach blanket with your best girlfriends, this is not how the process works at all!

The procurement of carefree beachy waves is a lot more time consuming and a lot less fun. But the end result is worth it because it’s a great way to change up your look without cutting off even an inch of hair.

 

Beachy Wave “How To” Guide (also many tutorials available if you google it):

1.      Work a curl enhancing styling cream through wet hair. This is important because the cream will help protect your hair from the piping hot heat you’re about to apply to it. I like Catwalk Curls Rock Curl Booster (available at drug stores) but any kind will do.

 

2.    At Target or a similar store get yourself a new-fangled curling iron, the kind that purposely does not have a top bar that clamps down on your hair. Instead this new curling iron just has a lone barrel.

 

 

     There’s one version that sells for $200. This is ridiculous. I got mine for around $20, and it works great. (The Pro Beauty Tools Curl Wand is available on amazon.com for around $24.)

 

This curling iron’s modern design is the key to achieving the unstructured curl that makes the beachy wave so, well, beachy. This design is also what makes using this tool so tricky. You wrap a section of your hair around the barrel and hold it there for about 10 seconds or until your hair starts to sizzle. That sizzle sound is bad. Release your hair immediately if you hear it.

 

 

The other bad thing about this new design is if you are a little bit clumsy (like me) or in a rush (like me) you run the risk of burning yourself with the curling iron. This is very bad because the modern curling iron gets way hotter than a traditional iron.

 

Get yourself centered and calm before attempting this hairstyle. Give yourself lots of time and whatever you do, do not give into the 7 year old’s demand that you play beauty parlor. No good can come of a miniature stylist and a piping hot styling tool.

But a lot of good can come of this hairstyle.

 

3.    Curl it up and see for yourself. At the end, make sure to set it with your favorite high-power hairspray. And your carefree curls will last 2 days.

 

The sunny outlook, inspired by your new ‘do, may last even longer!