Hairy Houdini

I'm a big fan of curly hair. I feel like the bigger my hair is the smaller my body seems. It's an optical illusion right?

My hair is naturally pretty straight but it will hold a curl, the issue is getting my hand to hold a curling iron. No thanks. So I am always looking for alternate methods of curling my hair.

First there was the middle school hair scrunching craze of the late 2000s. You remember. A ton of product to give you those crunchy curls that went so well with your straightened bangs.

Then in high school I developed my own mechanism for turning my straight locks into tight curls. I twisted my wet hair into something similar to bantu knots and after a night of less than restful sleep I would unfurl them and release messy spirals.

In college I had to abandon that method as friends threatened to post pictures of my dozens of sloppy mini buns on this new torture device called social media. I finally learned to braid thanks to my 12-year-old summer camp kids and settled for the waves that my french braided pigtails left.

Recently I tried curlformers and that did NOT go well. Thicc hair need not apply. I tried some microwaveable headband as well but I just have too much hair and not enough patience.

But I finally found something that works! These flexible curling rods. No heat. No products. No skill required. So easy a dad could do it. You can even wear these curls for days. By day 3 the style is 50% dry shampoo but as long as you stay away from open flames you should be fine.

Here's my tutorial so you too can have hairs like mine!