No-heat curls are created by wrapping the hair around a piece of fabric (a rag, a robe tie, or even a sock) and rolling it up towards the head before securing the ends and leaving the improvised curlers overnight. The next day, the locks are released and styled to keep the bouncy texture and enjoy the lasting result.
Hair and lifestyle blogger itzamelika tries different tools for her heatless curls to see what works best and what’s not worth the effort. Her fans share her enthusiasm, joining the content maker on her journey to perfect curls.
Lika takes rod-shaped aluminum foil pieces to create pin curls on each side of her head. The flexibility of the material allows her to secure the hair with no effort at all. This curling method gets the TikTok creator 19 million views and lush curls, but there’s a catch.
While the final result is stunning, the foil is extremely damaging to the scalp. The blogger confesses she had to get up at 4 a.m. to take the foil out because it’s impossible to sleep with. So, she doesn’t recommend trying this curling method overnight.
If you’ve been piling up old newspapers for some time, this hack is for you. Yes, you heard it right! Just cut the newspaper into snippets and roll your hair around them before tying the ends for a perfect pin curl. Lika is obsessed with results but admits having the worst sleep ever because a newspaper is also annoying to sleep with. The hack, however, hits with a wave of nostalgia, and many viewers share their experience with newspaper curls. “My family used to do this on my sister and I!” one follower mentions.
The technique is the same here, but the tool is different. The blogger uses rags as curlers this time, twisting them back around the dry hair and tying the ends in knots. She then sprays the locks with some water for a more defined and textured curl pattern. For a stronger hold, consider using a finishing hair spray. So far, rags are Lika’s fav (and ours too!) because they’re soft to sleep with and hold the curl in place. Just look at the results!
In case you have a pack of scrunchies, you may easily use them for the heatless curls, too. Again, all you need to do is to twist your hair in small knots and wait until the next day. For extra volume, comb through your locks or tease them by gently pushing the hair up toward the scalp. The result is everything you expect from no-heat overnight curls – the bounce, the volume, the elegance! Other TikTok users are also surprised by this effortless look. “It’s pretty comfy,” one fan says. “So cute!” another follower comments.
The trick with bobby pin curls is to roll the hair into the bundles and secure them flatly. The hair blogger repeats the process on both sides of her head. Depending on the hair type, the pins can be left for a couple of hours or overnight. This method was a total flop, so the content creator didn’t post the results. “It turned out really bad because I took too big sections,” she admits. We do encourage you to try the hack and tag @therighthairstyles when sharing the results!
More and more young beauties ditch their iron wands and curlers for heatless overnight curls. They are less damaging to hair and easy to style. And now, you know what tools are better for them.
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