What Kind Of Curl Are You?
On runways, and red carpet, we`re seeing, a trend to a looser more natural curls. The new curl is modern, loose, natural and very glamorous. More people are coming into the salon asking for loose soft more touchable curls.
To help them achieve this new type of curl Kerastase created Oleo Curl - the first, hair care programme, that uses nourishing oils to define and protect curls. The Oleo Curl range includes four products. Bain Oleo-Curl, Masque Oleo-Curl, Crème Oleo-Curl and Mist Oleo-Curl. Oleo Curl and another Kerastase range, Oleo-Relax, can be used alone or cocktailed together to meet the styling needs of wide variety of curls.
What makes curly hair especially challenging is that there are very different kinds of curls:
1. Fine, limp, lifeless curls.
2. Coarse, dry frizzy curls.
3. An extremely tight, kinky, unruly curl.
These three different types of curls all have different needs but with the right products and techniques they can all achieve this new trend towards softer, looser, more natural looking waves.
Fine, limp, lifeless curls?
Curls that are fine, limp and lifeless need lightweight, definition and shine.
1. Shampoo the hair twice with Bain Oleo-Curl to gently clean and nourish the hair fibre. Rinse and towel dry the hair.
2. Apply Masque Oleo Curl and cover hair completely (hazelnut size or more) and leave for 5 minutes. Rinse and towel dry the hair without rubbing so you do not rough up the cuticle.
3. Once when the excess moisture is removed spray Mist Oleo-Curl generously on the hair still twisting strand around your fingers. Mist Oleo-Curl is a very fine styling mist that creates definition to fine curly hair and protects it from humidity.
4. Apply Crème Oleo-Curl to the ends only avoiding the roots creating a weightless finish.
5. When drying your hair use a diffuser. Rotating in the small circles, move the diffuser up towards the scalp to give the hair support while drying. This creates movement and separation. For a more polished look finish with a large barrel curling iron on a medium setting. Twist the random strands and wrap them around the barrel, curling away from the face. For more modern natural looking waves start at the mid-length and wind around the curling iron leaving the last three centimetres out.
Tight, kinky, unruly curls?
These curls are particularly challenging as the texture of the hair is course, the ends are extremely dry and the more you touch it the more it frizz`s. It needs intense conditioning to loosen and weigh down the curl.
1. Relax the hair fibre by cleansing twice with Bain Oleo-Relax. Rinse and towel dry the hair.
2. Generously apply the Masque Oleo-Relax Slim and comb though with a wide tooth comb and leave on for 10 to 15 minutes. This provides discipline to unruly hair while delivering deep moisture and nourishment. Results are a significant reduction in volume and the hair has optimum shine and softness. Rinse and towel dry.
3. Generously apply Crème Oleo-Relax Slim to the entire head pulling out the curl to straighten the curl pattern. Twist large sections of hair around your hand to distribute the product and further loosen the curl at the root.
4. Dry with a blow dryer on a low hot setting starting at the roots and aiming in the direction of the cuticle to prevent frizz. Apply tension with your fingers, to pool out the curl as it dries To reshape the curl pattern rap large sections of hair around your hand, and rest the curl in your palm, heating it with a could shot of air to hold it shape.
5. After you dry your hair, add Crème Oleo-Relax Slim between your palms, and run through ends of your hair, continuing to smooth and weight down the curl with your hands.