How do you make spiral curls with curling iron

United States
January 24, 2007 6:42pm CST
I love this look! I just cannot achieve it. Any ideas?
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@Kscott (634)
• United States
29 Jan 07
You can purchase a spiral curling iron for a little less than $10, (I bought mine at the Dollar General Store), there is also these "hot rollers" that are called "jelly rollers that give you three different kind of spiral curl looks, they work well, my daughter got them for Christmas (a little elf told Santa her and her mom would luv em'), and as far as using a regular curling iron, roll it up in a straight up and down position, and when it's time to release the curl, release it by gently pulling down as you go, it usually works but doesn't always give the same effect as spiral, it depending on the length of your hair, may look like "saugsage rolls".
• United States
29 Jan 07
Thank you very much. I have tried endless times using my regular curling iron with bad results lol. My hair is also thin I dont know if that makes a difference. I will just buy a spiral iron and see what thatll do!
@Kscott (634)
• United States
30 Jan 07
Theres something else you can try also, I buy Curls up gel at Walmart, and it works great for curls, I have natural wavy/curly and thick hair, but it will get frizzy when styling sometimes. But I found this gel to make me have more curls and it also works for my daughter who's hair is very thin, and doesn't hold style very well unless she uses this gel. My daughter also enlightened me that since her hair is thinner, she uses less hair when styling with a regular curling iron, and gets a loose spiral effect also.
• United States
30 Jan 07
I bought my daughter a spiral curling iron for Christmas and it works pretty well. You have to leave the iron in you'r hair for about a minute . Also there are great modern curlers on hsn and I have used them . Another thing I do to get it fuller with some waves is after my shower I put my hair in a ponytail and twist it with a clip. I sleep with it like that and it is wavy and pretty in the morning.lol
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• United States
31 Jan 07
Thanks for the tips everyone, I will be sure to try them :)