I can’t curl my hair - what’s the absolute easiest way?

[AliasGrape]

I’ve bought and tried various things over the years, tongs, hot brushes, normal straighteners and gimmicky straighteners that are supposed to be shaped specifically so you can use them to curl. Ive also tried the Dyson air wrap thing when I used my friend’s a few times and couldn’t get the hang of that either.

Im just really really thick when it comes to hair. I can’t make my hands coordinate to do whatever the thing is they’re supposed to do. I can usually manage to do it once per attempt, so I get one perfect curl and then just entirely fail to replicate it on any other piece of hair.

I’ve watched all the tutorials and I swear I’m doing what they’re doing in the videos but it just never results in curls for me. (It’s absolutely possible to curl my hair by all these methods as others have often done it for me, so the problem isn’t my hair it’s me!)

I can just about manage the big satin sausage thing heatless curl method, except I have to do it from wet I can’t do it dry like you’re supposed to, so it usually comes out really frizzy plus the curls are somewhat random as I don’t have the skill to ensure equal sections each time.

I promise I’m actually quite clever in other ways - I don’t know why this is so impossible for me.

Is there a genuinely foolproof method/ tool out there? I really can’t overstate how bad at this I am, but I also really want nicely curled hair sometimes (or not even necessary a curl just that lovely bouncy blow dry look).

I’ve just been down a heated roller rabbit hole and my finger is hovering over the order now button, but realistically I’ll entirely fail to manage those too.

I love heated rollers. Hard to mess up imo
Could you braid it instead and live with waves rather than curls?
Or buy the revlon one step barrel brush hairdryer and at least you'll have bounce and waves/blow out hair rather than curls

Babyliss curl secret

Yes. This. It sucks your hair in, winds it round a hot thing, then spits out a curl.

You need more time than you think to do it properly I find.

I like nice waves, this tutorial is pretty good - no fancy equipment https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIJO07qRQz4/?igsh=MW10bzl1cXU3eHRnaA==

Alternatively the beauty works stick styler thing is pretty good for waves.

I just stick to my revlon one step most of the time though.

i was getting endless ads/reels for the tymo curl pro so finally bought one. It’s annoyingly good.

Really is it? I’ve had lots of ads for that too. That was the one I was almost buying before the heated rollers started popping up and I got distracted!

U need a herstyler best investment ever

Same here. I can’t do them at all. Had my hairdresser teachings on DDs hair once. She gave up.

I have just given up. I think it’s a matter of time. I saw someone talking about a great tool and how it does their hair in ‘just’ 15 mins and I realised that I will never want curls that much.

Using hair straighteners to try curl your hair is just making your life hard. Just use a curling wand. You can get them cheap from boots etc and they work perfectly well.

They work quite well at burning my fingers and the nape of my neck too. I am similar to the OP! They are the thing I’ve used that works best, but at great physical cost. Even when wearing the special gloves things.

It's insanely good. I'm a cack handed fool and can curl my hair with this in ten minutes

If you get the tymo plus curler easiest wat to use it or any curler/ tong or wand is put you hair in 2 high pony's and curl the hair. Let your hair go cold then remove the bobbles, use scrunchies not tight bobbles so yo won't get a kink. Tymo is really good 👍

Mine would never curl either, not would my daughter's. Even the expensive Dyson air wrap only put a slight kink in it that lasted all if 5 minutes.

This is going to sound really old fashioned but I took her to the old granny hairdressers and she got a perm.

It cost £60, half of what the second hand Dyson curler had cost, looked amazing and lasted the best part of a year.

The tymo curl thing is amazing. I’ve got one. I had a similar thing before it and that was great but this is even better. I can curl my long hair with extensions in about 15 mins with it

If you French plait your hair leave it all day fairly tight with some product in it you get curls waves.

I can't either. And in fact at my wedding the girls the hairdresser did just dropped out before I got to the aisle. I just try to straighten and smooth it well now. But I do also have a wave press thing that is easy to use so now I can have waves!

My 12 year old has the same problem. I got her the rymo curl for Christmas - the one with the longer barrel for longer hair and she now does her whole head in 15 mins! It’s been a game changer

Another one saying get the Tymo curlpro. It is easy. I find it harder on my right side to do but once I realised I could guide the hair in at the bottom, then once the hair's in the guide part, move it up towards my head and then press the button - it works every time.

The kitsch overnight hair curler is really easy to use. My dd who has motor skills issues mastered it quickly. you use a clip to hold it to the top of your head while you wrap the hair so it’s much easier than other options.

or the device type that sucks your hair in. Those are easy and keep you from burning yourself. The problem for me is that my hair doesn’t hold heat induced curl well. Overnight curl on just barely damp hair is what works best.

Another vote for Tymo curl pro here, curls stay in days / until the next wash

I’m exactly like you OP and have also been considering the Tymo, would it work on very thick shoulder length hair?
Although I am going to the hairdressers this morning so it probably won’t be shoulder length for much longer!

I’m considering the Tymo but I need lift at the roots as well as curls. The photos on the advert all appear to have curls starting much lower down with the top of the hair straight. Can the tymo curl from the roots?

I am you. Piles of unused products, burnt fingers, shit hair.

What worked for me was giving up on curls and embracing the slightly messy, bendy waves look (Alexa Chung style). I bought a GHD Curve wand cheaply on Vinted and some heatproof gloves from Amazon. It works best on day old hair or after applying some texture spray (I have very fine, slippy hair but lots of it). First of all I wrap sections of hair in one direction, then I go back around and fill in the gaps wrapping in the other direction. Shake it out, spray with Cool Girl spray.

That might not be what you are looking for, but I was very happy to have finally found something that works.

Thank you everyone for all the suggestions! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one.

Im tempted by the tymo, but I’m going to sit on it a bit longer just because I’m trying to stop the impulsive spending, I do a market research thing that I get vouchers for every month so I’ll see if I can save enough for one maybe.

@BangingOn your hair sounds like mine - lots of it but fine and slippy.

My hair never used to curl at all - I remember getting a perm in my teens (the 90s tight perm straight fringe) and it just straight dropping out, as did all the times people tried to curl it for me. But it definitely curls now, it’s just I can’t do it.