Hollywood chic from the past: cool wave hair styling

Soft, smooth retro waves faded into the shadows for a while, but fashion is cyclical, and the trends of the past decades are again at the peak of popularity. Now on the red carpet you can see not only lush voluminous curls, creating the effect of carelessness, but also elegant, neat curls in a single canvas, often laid on one side. Is it difficult to do cold wave hair styling yourself? What features does this hairstyle have?

The main nuances of styling without thermal devices

The main reason cold styling has remained relevant for decades is its harmlessness to hair... Of course, this point is relative, since no one has canceled the use of styling products, which means that some damage is done to the hair, but it is much less than with thermal exposure. Therefore, such a hairstyle can be performed even on weakened, thin strands, which instantly react to contact with hot surfaces and need subsequent restoration.

The disadvantage of this technique is its low durability. Of course, it can be influenced by choosing mousse, gel and / or varnish with extra-strong hold, but this will negate any visual liveliness. If it is a priority, you should prepare for the fact that in 5-6 hours the hairstyle will lose its original appearance.

Previously, for firmness and elasticity, the hair was treated with linseed tea, which worked as a weak styling agent. Today, foam is used for this purpose, if you need to lay it with natural, natural waves, and gel - for a bright, stage image. In the final, the hairstyle must be varnished, smoothing the hairs, and the masters can also resort to a special gloss in the aerosol format. However, it is important to be careful with it and do not overdo it.

It is worth noting that cold styling is mainly focused on soft, fine hair, most often straight or barely wavy. Rigid, porous, finely curly ones are much less susceptible to this method of modeling, as a result of which they are pre-stretched.

However, the durability with such a structure becomes even lower, as a result of which, with cold waves, coarse hair is styled only for a stage image, when a large amount of gel prevents an unwanted return to its original state.

Best laid in waves curls to the shoulders or higher: if the hair is longer, it will be more difficult with them, and the hairstyle itself will take a very long time. In addition, the traditional retro look was based on short haircuts. Nevertheless, this does not prevent Hollywood beauties with long hair from demonstrating the wave in a single canvas, which is why they gave this hairstyle an alternative name "Hollywood Wave".

It should also be understood that cold undulation not executed on torn haircuts, as the ends along the entire length will begin to knock out, adding sloppiness to the image, and it is difficult to mask even with a large amount of gel.

How to do traditional cold styling at home?

The classic technique involves the use of long clamps-ducks, devoid of teeth, a comb-comb with frequent teeth, as well as a knitting needle, which is very convenient to add the finishing touches. The styling products mentioned above and a moisturizing spray are also required.

• Wash your hair or, if completely clean, dampen it thoroughly with water and comb through the entire section of hair. Divide it with a vertical parting into 2 parts: whether they are equal or not - it does not matter. However, initially, the retro hairstyle involved a side parting, which ideally fits absolutely any face shape.
• Treat that part of the hair that is larger with mousse or foam, but make sure that the products do not immediately set - the strand with which the work will be done should remain very pliable, not rigid. Spray it with a moisturizing spray if necessary to soften it.
• Carefully comb the strand, pulling it back, due to it, it will slightly rise, and fix it at the root with flat clamps. Locate the index finger at a distance of 3 cm from the parting, almost parallel to it, with a slight slope. Place the comb behind your finger (towards you), pull it towards your forehead, thereby taking the strand itself to your face. When removing the comb, you should slightly lift the hair, forming a high crown. The higher it is, the better the hairstyle will be.
• Having fastened the crown between the index and middle finger, insert the duck clips near it, move your fingers 2-3 cm from them. Place the comb closer to you in front of the extreme clip, pulling it away from the forehead, drawing the hair back. Shape the crown again with a smooth movement, mark it with clamps.

Repeat changing the direction of the strand back and forth to the very edge, and tuck the tip to the face and inward, fixing with an additional drop of gel or mousse. Thoroughly dry the resulting hairstyle either in natural conditions, or with a hairdryer on the cold air mode (which is much faster).

Only after a strand dry completely, the clamps are removed from it and the surface is varnished. The jet should be directed from a distance of 35-40 cm, while at the same time smoothing out the emerging hairs with the back or the handle of the comb.

An important nuance - the clamps that fix the crowns on the sides should be located almost parallel to each other. Their length is selected approximately half the width of the working strand.

It is also worth considering that the classic hairstyle has 5 (minimum) waves on the main side (where there is more hair), and 3 (minimum) waves on the opposite side.

"Hollywood Wave" in the combined technique: professional advice

Since the traditional technique is very laborious and requires good dexterity and skill, sometimes you have to resort to some tricks... In particular, cold hair styling can combine "finger" technology and the use of a thermal device - tongs. Here they play the role of a kind of "contour" or "hint" that facilitates the work.

• As for the traditional algorithm, moisten and dry the strands with a towel, break the entire canvas with a vertical side parting, start decorating the side that is more voluminous.
• Apply mousse to it, divide into 3-4 wide parts. Curl each of them on a curling iron as follows: attach the rod parallel to the head, with the base almost to the very roots of the strand, wind the curl around it to the very tip from above. The tip of the curling iron should be facing away from your face.
• After the strand is curled, grab it with a clip until it cools. Using this technology, wind the entire side, let it cool and remove the clamps. Comb gently through the canvas to create a single wave - this is your "hint" for quickly styling your hair.
• Also place your index finger 3-4 cm from the parting, with a comb pull the strand to your face: it should easily go here, since the curling iron has already set its direction. Form a crown with your middle finger, pull the hair back with a comb in front of it, secure the crowns on the sides with clips.

Further work is in progress according to traditional technologytherefore does not need to be repeated. In fact, this is the same cold hair styling, but with a preliminary outline of all the steps for creating crowns.

In order for the finished hairstyle to last not 2-3 hours, but much longer, it is necessary fix invisible... They do this from the inside so that the fastening elements are not in plain sight: they are brought under the wave at the points of its exit to the face and from it (not at the point of the crown!), With a stitching movement (stitches) they capture part of the hair from the active strand and those that adjoin head. The length of the invisible must be less wave width.

Experts advise to pay attention to the fact that the wave should be harmonious: the active (large) one starts towards the face, and the passive (smaller) wave is first conducted from the face. Then the S-line will not be broken.

Summing up, it should be said that it is recommended to master cold styling not on yourself, but on your mother, girlfriend, sister or educational head. This technique is much more difficult than a simple curling on a curling iron or a straightener, therefore, it requires preliminary working out at a traditional angle (from the position of a master). And if you doubt your skills, do the first tests without mousse, foam and gel - use only a moisturizing spray: it will not allow the hair to cement too quickly, as a result of which you can correct your hairstyle to a victorious one.