Messy Curls - Day and Night

I love hair that's in messy curls. There's so much you can do with them and they give your hair a lot of body and bounce.

The best way to get that messy disheveled look, is to either curl your hair with a curling wand or a flat iron; curling irons give more of a defined, tight curl.

You can purchase a curling wand pretty much everywhere now. This Conair Infiniti Wand is from Ulta and costs $39.99.

If you're unsure how exactly to curl your hair with a flat iron, here's how:

Step 1: Start with a 1-inch section of hair. Place your flat iron about half way down.

Step 2: Turn the flat iron down and around, completing a full circle.

Halfway

Full Circle

Step 3: Pull the flat iron down. The faster you pull, the looser the curl will be. If you want a tighter curl, just pull down slowly.

When you're finished your whole head, you MUST run your fingers through your hair and rough it up a bit.

Daytime:

Look #1

All down and teased with a little hair spray.

You can also add a headband if you want a little something extra. 

Knotted head-wrap - Forever 21

Look #2

It's so easy to just throw your hair in a knit beanie. This is also perfect if your hair is from the night before.

Loose Knit Beanie - Forever 21

Night:

Look #1

Pinning your hair up literally takes no more than 5 minutes, and is perfect if you're going out and don't want your hair in the way.

Adding a few jeweled hair pins would be perfect if you want this for a more formal occasion.

Anthropologie

If you're unsure how to do it, here's my way:

Step 1: Starting in the middle, grab a section of hair and twist around once.

Step 2: Push all of the hair up and into a ball in the palm of your hand. Put 2 or 3 bobby pins in the middle of the ball. 

Step 3: Grab all of the hair from both sides that you want pinned back. and just pin them into the foundation you just created.

Sorry, I know that wasn't the best way to describe it, but try it out! There really is no wrong way of doing it.

Look #2

Adding a braid on each side of your head is an easy and quick way to do something a little different! Just bobby pin them back, hiding the bobby pins by pinning them under curls.

Thank you to Heather for being my model for the day! :) You're the best!