Barrel Curls | Finger Waves

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Barrel Curls:

       The barrel curl is technically a pin curl, but is one that stands up and away from
the head. It is anchored on the underside of the curl by a clip or pin, and results in
curls with more volume than regular pin curls. If it helps you to do so, think of the
barrel curl as a roller set without the rollers.

       Take your wet and product laden hair and segment it as you would to roll it on
rollers. Instead of rollers, however, wrap the hair loosely around your finger. Once
it's completely wrapped, slide a clip or pin along the underside of the curl to grasp the
hair and gently slide your finger free. It takes practice, but it can provide very pleasing
results. In fact, I know of one woman whose family is wild about camping. She loves
these techniques because she can use them on family forays into the great outdoors
and not have to worry about what she's going to do with her hair.

       Our demonstration style here shows all three of these techniques in use. We have
three barrel curls at the fringe area, finger waves on the top, crown and upper nape of
the neck, and pin curls along the side and bottom of the hairstyle for added volume.
You can see with the finished style that it looks like you've had all the usual tools at
your disposal, but none were used.

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