Curly Wavy Hair Tutorial featuring Halo Hair Extensions

(Image I posted of Instagram)

Hi Beauties! In the week I posted a few pictures on Insagram of my hair when I had styled it curly and wavy and I recieved a lot of compliments and asks on how I achieved this style as well as a few requests to do a tutorial on it. Now the best way for me to show you would be to film a video, probably much easier and quicker... However I'm not brave enough to pop myself on film yet, so thought I would try my best to show you girls how I did it though a step by step guide and lots of pictures. Hopefully it will help you create a similar look, or give you a little inspiration for your own hair... Hope you enjoy this tutorial and if you have any more questions on hair please feel free to ask me in the comments below.

Step 1

Start by pinning a large section of your hair up around the crown of your head. It doesn't have to be neat, it's just so you can easily work with the bottom layers of your hair. Once pinned into place with a hair grip or hair bobble, you will want to tease and backcomb these bottom layers to add some volume. This is the section of hair where I find you can really add some volume and you can get away with it looking slightly messy as the top layers of your hair will cover it up. Once you have backcombed this section of your hair, take your hair straighteners or curling wand and curl the ends of your hair; running your fingers lightly though your hair once curled will help to loosen and separate the curls. Once you are happy set your hair in place with your favourite hairspray

Step 2

This step is completely optional, but here I have added my 'Halo Hair' extensions to add length and much needed volume. If you have thin hair, then hair extensions would be perfect for you as they really create the illusion of much thicker and fuller hair. If your wanting to find out more about hair extensions or Halo Hair you can check my review post on them here.

Step 3

Next you will want to curl the hair extensions that you have applied. If your not adding hair extensions, try bringing down the next section/second layer of your hair and repeat step one; teasing and curling this section of hair to add more volume.

Step 4

Here you will want to let the remainder of your hair down so you can curl the rest of it. Take smaller sections of hair for tighter smaller curls and larger sections for a loose wave;  Alternating between the two will create different textures in your hair making it look thicker and fuller.

Step 5

Lastly you will want to take your brush that you used for backcombing your hair, lift up the top layers of your hair and lightly tease underneath the hair to add a little more volume. This is also a great time to tease any of the underneath sections of your hair for extra volume or to touch up on any areas that you may have missed. Once you are happy with how your hair looks apply as much hairspray that is needed to hold your hair into place, and there you have it.. A curly, wavy hairstyle that has some volume and texture. 

Top Tips

Always use a heat protector spay before using any heat on your hair.

Even with hair extensions, my hair is still pretty thin and this means the curls and waves are likely to drop out as the day goes on. I carry a sea salt spay with me and give my hair a spritz and scrunch by spraying the procut into the ends of my hair which can create more of a messy beach wave look.

This look will look different each time I do it, if your curls are not going how you want them too; make them effortlessly messy by teasing your hair a little more.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial girls and if there are any questions you have or any other looks you would like me to try, then please let me know.

Halo Hair Extensions | The Halo Review

A lot of you beauties will have noticed by now that I am completely hair obsessed! I always think you can use all the makeup in the world, but if your having a bad hair day then nothing is going to make you feel better!  However since I started blogging I've been finding out new ways of keeping those bad hair days at bay and the biggest secret that I can share with you lovelies so far has to be Halo Hair!

A little while ago I entered competition by Halo Hair on Twitter and won myself a set of my very own Halo Hair Extensions. WOW.  I was over the moon and super excited when Halo announced that I was their lucky winner and I was able to choose between your normal clip-in extensions or the famous 'Halo' extensions. 

The Halo has to be the ultimate 'no fuss' hair extension. All the hair is attached as one strip, to a clear thin nylon wire which is in this shape of a halo, this is fully adjustable and is made to fit any head shape. 

The adjustable bands around the wire make it very easy for fitting it to the shape of your head and makes the Halo suitable for everyone. You simply pull the wire on either side to shorten to lengthen the Halo. Once you have the Halo sitting perfectly on your head (it should just rest above your ears) you can then start styling your hair!

 To style your hair all you need is a pin tail comb to pull sections of your hair up and over the wire to hide the Halo giving you flawless, perfect hair! It really is the easiest type of hair extension you will ever find.

As you can see from the pictures, once in place the Halo blends really well into the hair and creates really lovely and natural looking hair. One thing that I love about Halo Hair has to be the quality of the hair. Halo only use human remy hair, which means:

'your extensions have all the cuticles intact and all running in the same direction to prevent tangling. Intact cuticles protect the hair from damage and give you a very natural look!' Halo Hair

Once the Halo is in place, it sits so comfortably in the hair and is in no way pulling on your natural hair. It adds plenty of length and volume which really gives your hair that flawless celebrity feel to it. If your like me and have really thin hair, the Halo is ideal as it really makes your hair feel full of volume and life. 

A lot of you beauties will know that I do cheerleading, recently I've had a lot of big promotional events and competitions and have worn my Halo during extreme stunts and intense routines and it's still stayed perfectly in place, so there is no need to worry about it moving around on your hair.

Halo Hair get a huge thumbs up from me when it came down to choosing the right hair extensions for me and when it came to customer service. The website is very easy to navigate and there is plenty of options when it comes to the colouring of the hair extensions. There really is a natural colour to suit everyone. 

If you are unsure about what hair colour to choose Halo Hair offer a second opinion and you can send them a picture of your hair and they will try and match you up with the correct colour. This is exactly what I did and the Halo Team matched me up with the colour Chocolate Brown (#4) and the colour matched spot on, so you can definitely trust their expert opinion. 

Another thing which is fabulous about Halo Hair is that they offer a 7 day refund/exchange policy; The hair extensions come in a box with a little plastic window so you can see the colour of the hair before you take them out the box, this allows you to decide if there the right shade for you.

As my hair is at a long length naturally, the halo team recommended that I opted for the 20" length, but for those of you with shorter hair there is the option to purchase the halo in in 16". The 20" ones that you can see in this blog post retail for £99.99, which is pricey for hair, but in my opinion completely worth every penny. You are paying for hair extensions with amazing quality, the unique Halo design and great customer service.

If you would like to find out more about Halo Hair or purchase your own set of Halo Extensions you can find everything you need on their website 

http://www.halohairextensions.com/

and be sure to follow them on Twitter 

@halo_hair

If there are any questions you beauties have about Halo Hair, hair extensions please ask away in the comments below. I am thinking of doing a few more 'hair extensions' type posts (styling, maintaining them etc) if you would like to see these then let me know.