Pageant Hair Styles for Girls: Hairstyles With Big Curls

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Hairstyles With Big Curls

Big curls look lovely on long hair.

Big, voluminous curls are a sassy and sexy way to give your hair bounce and movement. If your hair is naturally wavy, curls are a pretty easy look to achieve. If your hair is pin straight or very kinky, you will have to use more styling products and time to achieve this look. Obtaining big curls if you don't have them naturally will also usually involve using heat on your hair, such as blow dryers, hot rollers, hair straighteners or curling irons.

Long and Layered

One way to feature big curls is in long, layered hair. This works best on hair that is about mid-back length or even longer. As the hair has layers in it, the curls will be throughout your hair, not just on the ends. Use hot rollers to create the big curls. Allow the curlers to heat up for about 10 minutes. Take pieces of hair about 3 inches wide and wrap each section around a curler. Use clips to hold the curlers in place. Leave them in for about 5 minutes. Lightly mist your hair with hairspray and run your fingers through the curls to make them big and fluffy.

Short and Styled

Try a shorter, molded hairstyle with big curls, which is is reminiscent of the styles found in the 1950s. To create this, your hair should be about an inch below your chin. Use a large-barrel curling iron to create the curls. Start at the top and then curl the ends inward. At the front of your hair, make large, loose curls that fall like waves.

Shoulder-Length Hair

Use a curling iron or a hair straightener to create big curls on shoulder-length hair. If your hair is naturally curly and you would like to loosen up the curls a bit, use a hair straightener to straighten it out and then twist it at the ends to create the curls. Shoulder-length hair works well with big curls, as it isn't too long and won't weigh them down.

Ponytail

Try making your everyday ponytail a bit more dressy. Pull your hair back into a ponytail towards the middle part of your head. Use a curling iron to curl the end of the ponytail into ringlet curls. After you spray it with a bit of hairspray, run your fingers through it to make a bouncy ponytail with curls at the end.