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Anyone curl their hair to get "beachy waves"?

How the heck do you do it?  Any tips, tuts, etc?

What do you use?  Ive seen Bed head has a wave roller and a curlypops iron but i have no clue where to begin.

TIA

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Re: Anyone curl their hair to get "beachy waves"?

  • I have natural curls and when I want wavy hair I use the Remington 3 in 1 styler, 4 piece set. $24 and it comes with the dryer and attachments. You can only order it on Targets website or maybe amazon...it's a light blue color. But I get my desired look in 10 minutes. I'm lazy and don't like to spend time on these things...but I always get compliments on my hair.

    The attachment is a cylinder. You put a piece of hair in and it swirls it like a tornado. Then I spray it with product to let it set and do the rest of my hair the same way. Then shake out your hair at the end...wa la! 

  • I can't believe I've never heard of the Remington!!  I've been on a quest for beach waves.  First I tried a hair wand and I hated it.  It took way too much time and was awkward for me to use.  Next I tried velcro rollers.  They didn't give beach waves at all, but I do really love the volume they gave and now use them regularly.  Then I bought a jumbo waver, which had the best results of the three and is a tool I use sometimes, but still didn't give the loose, beach wave look I want.  I've done so much googling and have never heard of the Remington 3 in 1.  I need one!
  • I want to try it too. My hair has just enough natural wave to it that I get truly awesome hair when I'm at the beach or pool, especially in a humid place (not so much in my native Colorado). I would love to be able to recreate that look. I think my waving iron makes unnatural crimped waves. Braids make it too tight. And other methods create more spiral curl than wave. 

    My dryer is just about to die anyway, so I think I'll go ahead and replace it with this one.

    Thanks for the recommendation! I'm looking forward to trying it out! 

  • I have a tutorial on my YouTube channel if you are interested
  • My only complaint about the 3 in 1 is hard it was for me to find...Target used to carry it in store, now it's only online. But I swear, it is the best...no curling irons, no excessive heat, no need to dry our hair first before styling. I'll be interested to hear how this works for straight haired ladies...
  • imageCarrotsMakeMeFat:
    My only complaint about the 3 in 1 is hard it was for me to find...Target used to carry it in store, now it's only online. But I swear, it is the best...no curling irons, no excessive heat, no need to dry our hair first before styling. I'll be interested to hear how this works for straight haired ladies...

    It gets rave reviews on MUA with I think 12 reviews.  I also watched a couple youtube videos and the girls using it had straight hair, and I really liked the results.  They all had really long hair, though, and mine is shoulder length, so I wonder how well it will work with shorter hair.

  • I have a bob and I have no issues...same results as when I had longer hair
  • What actually works the best for me (my hair is straight and thick) is if I french braid my hair slightly damp and then sleep in it.  When I wake up I take it out, and use a wide tooth comb to go through the parts that are a little too kinky, set it with some hair spray and I'm good to go.
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  • Braiding works for me as well.  It may take a few tries to match the thickness of the braid to the looseness of the wave you are aiming for.  When I wake up in the morning, I will blow dry my hair(on top and inside the braid by pulling at it a little in spots) before removing the braid just to be sure it is dry so the wave will hold.  I have longer hair of medium thickness.
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