This has been a very requested post so I FINALLY remembered to leave my camera in the bathroom last night so that this morning I would think to myself “why is there a camera in my bathroom?” and then I’d realize that I promised I would do my hair tutorial post. Sorry it’s taken me so long. Let’s get started!
Step 1: Brush your hair when you get out of the shower and apply Redken Guts 10 Volumizing Foam
Step 2: Now you’re ready to apply a heat protectant to the ends of your hair. Today I used a new product that I’m obsessed with by PHYTO
. I use about this much: (just from the nape of my neck down to the ends, but focusing on the ends)
Step 3: Breakout your hairdryer and blowdry hair upside down using your fingers to “comb through” especially using them to lift the roots of your hair. I flip my head upside down and blow dry for a bit and then I flip it back up and use my fingers to lift at the roots as I blast it with heat. Repeat to get some of the wetness out of your hair.
Step 4: When your hair is still pretty damp, start using your medium/large round-brush to lift and shape just the FRONT and CROWN sections of your hair. Switch between doing this and blow drying upside down.
Your hair should look somewhat damp still:
Step 5: Clip the top part of your hair up when it’s pretty much dry (85-90%) because now you’re going to focus on getting the underneath part of your hair dry using a paddle brush. You pretty much want to blast your hair with the hairdryer as you pull the brush through to smooth your underneath hair out:
When you finish doing this and take the rest of your hair down, it should look dryer, like this (and yes I’m not wearing any makeup)
Step 6: Get your ROLLER on! Time to break out your Velcro rollers and clips to secure your hair in them. You’ll want to part your hair how you want it to be so when you set it in rollers you can work around your part.
Step 7: This is very important. BEFORE you put in the Velcro roller, you MUST use the round brush and your hairdryer to SHAPE and SMOOTH the section of hair you are about to roll.
Step 8: Put the first Velcro roller in your hair. The others will follow. I start at my crown in the center and then go to each side and then move to the front pieces. You’ll want to secure each roller with a claw clip. I got mine at Sally Beauty Supply (they are cheap.)
Step 9: When your entire head EXCEPT for the very back pieces are rolled up, go do your makeup while your rollers “set.” Then, when your makeup is done, use a flatiron to smooth out the very small amount of hair that you didn’t put in rollers.
Step 10: Now that your makeup is done and your hair has “set” in the rollers, you are ready to remove them. When you do take them out do not touch or comb your hair. Just remove them and let the pieces fall. It should look like this:
FINISHED: I use my fingers or a paddle brush to brush just the TOP of my hair to make it smoother and fall properly. Here is the end result!
Thanks for reading!
xoxo,
Veronika.
I love this picture tutorial. May I suggest doing a video of the same routine? 🙂 I'm a total newbie when it comes to doing my hair (hence, I don't do it). I would love to see a video of this routine in action if is not asking too much.
sydney- maybe one day. I do have a video I recommend- look up emily noel from beauty broadcast on youtube, she has great tutorials.
Thanks for this V, great tutorial. This is a great help, you use quite a lot of rollers (I definitely need to buy more!).
Quick question – on a non wash day, what do you use to "brush" your hair? Whenever I try to brush my hair a little, I flatten my hair and kill the volume from the previous day.
Thanks,
xjcx
hmm, doesn't look like my comment published.
How long does this take? I have never used rollers but I am loving the end result.
jazzy- i use the same paddle brush. I just blast my roots really quickly in the morning with the hairdryer on the lower heat setting to restore some volume…but to be honest, it just doesn't have AS MUCH volume as the first day you do it.
Wow, great tutorial and wonderful, bouncy hair! 🙂
How many curlers do you use? And how long does the process take you?
anna- I would say about 25 minutes? Maybe 30 a the most.
V-
great post! such a revelation and you make it look so easy, LOL. i'll have to give this a shot again, maybe those giant roller clips you use will be the key–i have only tried bobby pins in the past and did not love the process…so i gave up and *gasp* don't even do my hair…just throw it up in a pony, half wet.
need to learn to do my hair like a "big girl", LOL.
anyways, thanks for the tutorial!
Wow, much faster than I thought. Beautiful!
You've definitely mastered in using rollers 🙂
I bought some years ago and only used them once. I didn't have enough patience for them. Your end result looks GREAT!
Very helpful and very pretty! Gosh, so much work though! I guess it takes some getting used to and some practice, but the end result is worth it! I think I'll try this on a weekend 😉
beauty girl- i could honest do this with a blindfold on…once you've got the routine, it's quick and easy 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this! I had been rolling my hair around the curlers in the opposite direction that you do–so tonight, I'm gonna try it your way!
Also, I'm so so glad you're smiling in your photos now! You look so much prettier and nicer! Yay! 🙂
niomi- thanks 🙂 I like to smile…I guess it just feels dorky sometimes!
Beautiful! Much easier and quicker than what I do, I think I'll buy some rollers and give it a try! Thanks for posting!
Looks great!! I haven't used Velcro rollers since…probably middle school. Would they work for adding more volume on top? I think that's what I need. 😉
@mary ann- yes they add a lot of volume but remember to use a foam spray or mousse
pretty!
Thanks for posting this! You make it look so easy! I'm horrible with a hair dryer and brush, I usually just use my fingers and then flat iron my hair. I still haven't figured out how to not have it frizz up without a straightener. Your hair looks gorgeous though, I love it!
After blowdrying your hair on day 1, what do you do at night? Do you tie it in a ponytail? I find that the flippy ends get flattened out at night and I have trouble figuring out a 'sleep style' that wont kill my blowdry on the very second day…
christina- there is no way to really keep it, i just sleep with it down and mine go flat too. I just wear it straighter on the 2nd and 3rd day.
Your hair is gorgeous!!! I'm in love with the color 🙂
Your hair looks so pretty! Thanks for sharing the step by step. I've been looking for some claw clips – it's good to know I can buy them at Sally's.
All of these steps are definitely worth it! Your hair looks A-MAZING! You have inspired me to put some more effort into my hair once in a while 🙂 (for special occasions of course 😉 LOL
xoxo
Thanks so much for posting your hair routine! Your hair is gorgeous! I have tried to do a similar technique but I just got frustrated and quit. I think I am going to have to try it one more time!
Your hair is gorgeous!
Awesome post! Thanks for showing the steps and I definitely learned a lot as I am hair clueless. I have a random question though – I know how you are worried about breakouts and use a different pillowcase every other night. So do you worry at all about sleeping with the product in your hair? That's always my biggest worry so I don't really use product… 🙂
Your so gorgeous!!! Im pretty sure you've said it before but I can't find i, what brand are your rollers?? where did you purchase them from?? did they come with the clips??
Thanks!!
Such a great tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing Veronika. I really need to learn to take advantage of all the great products out there. I had never thought of using Velcro rollers to achieve those nice waves!
Thanks for posting this! I'm going to have to give it a try now, off to Sally later for some rollers and clips. It's about time I put some effort into doing my hair.
@ high-heeled wife- I got some of them at Target and some at Ulta. I just try to get a variety of sizes (except for the super-small ones, I find I don't use those ones as much.)
@tina- I don't worry about the product in my hair because I do change the pillow cases out so frequently. I wash my fash morning and night and use a clean pillowcase so even if a bit of product does get on my skin, it usually doesn't cause any problems.
Wow, you have amazing hair! I am definitely going to try and copy your routine (once the humidity goes away, blech!). Thanks for posting!
thanks Ashli. I actually think this routine helps to combat humidity with the right products because you are locking your hairstyle into place by having it set in the rollers 🙂
Hair Envy. Yeah, I have that. Your hair is really lovely! I tried velcro rollers a long time ago and I'm pretty sure I was doing it wrong! I may have to give them another go!
This post makes me wish that I hadn't cut my hair to shoulder-length! I bought a root-booster a while ago but never really used much of it because I didn't like putting product in my hair. Now, with my shorter hair, I use a flat iron daily so I've got to put heat protecting spray on it anyway so I guess I'll start using the volumizer as well.
beautiful! thanks SO much for sharing. i cannot wait to try it! : )
I must say I love your blog!! Quick question what type of hair do you have?…just curious. My hair has a little wave to and is thick, and curling iron curls never seem to hold all day…but I definitely want to give your routine a try.
Thank you for posting this. You have gorgeous hair and you make it look so easy. I'm horrible at doing my hair. I'm going to test it this weekend.
PS: You're still gorgeous even without make up. Jealous!!
How thick would you say your hair is? Because I have such thick hair, I don't hardly curl it anymore, because the curl NEVER stays! It's so frustrating because it looks great right away, but after an hour….gone. 🙁
-Laura
WHYYY did i cut all my hair off?? These pics make me miss my long hair! You have such pretty hair, thanks for the tutorial, when my hair grows back out I'll be sure to use these tips!
What polish is on your nails? I love it!
@taylor- the polish is essie's "wicked"
@wendy- my hair type is basically I have thin hair but I have a lot of it. I also have damaged hair but try to keep it decent with trims. My hair is naturally wavy.
@Laura- My hair isn't thick but if you DO have thick hair you have to use the Velcro rollers on smaller and thinner sections to get the desired look. So you'd have to use a lot more rollers and do a lot more sections than I have to. 🙂 good luck!
Hello – fellow JBI buddy now following you on here 🙂 But anyway LOVE your hair. I found before when I tried the Velcro – that my hair would get kind of stuck when removing them. Is this something doing the smoothing with the round brush prior to putting them on will help you think?
NValerie- yes it will definitely help to smooth out the section of hair with your brush first and then apply the roller- that's the key, one section rolled at a time so it's blasted with heat, smoothed and then put into the roller to "set"
v- are rolling the crown forward or back? Ive enver tried it rolling forward before. Ive tried combing it straight forward to get the roller as close to the root as possible and then rolling back. is that what you did and its just hard to tell?
i think you are rolling forward at the crown area. if you want to get a lot of volume at the crown comb it forward like you are doing so it is pretty much flat on your head but then roll back tightly. im still going to try going forward casue yours looks gorgeous!
I'm rolling it so that it flips out and away from my head, not towards my head…if that makes sense? So when I roll it, I roll it so that the back of my hair flips out…like a curve. I guess you can think about it like a checkmark, but more curved. I try to make my hair flip out at the back, in in my left side and out on my right side. I know that sounds insane but that's just what works for my hair and my face structure and stuff. I roll the front pieces away from my face, like you would when you curl your hair…curls should always be away from your face. I hope that helps! 🙂
Oh my gosh! I love, love, love your hair! The color, cut, everything is perfection. And I wished I looked as good as you do without makeup 😉
loren- you are SO sweet thanks for your comment, it made my day because I feel like I look so young/unlively without makeup, so thank you!
I get it Veronika and that does make sense because it will kick up those layers in the back! thanks!
Its gorgeous! you have perfect hair. And by the way your skin is amazing. It looks so dewy, fresh, clear, smooth. Seriously radiant! I bought the studio tech (and I knew it wouldn't work for me but I couldn't resist trying) … and yeah, my skin is much too dry for it.
MsHark- your comment was the first one I read while still half-asleep this morning on my iPhone and it totally made my day! you are so sweet 🙂 thank you!
Does your hair keep during the day? I am a hair spray junkie (former pageant girl), and I would be afraid to do this without hairspay. My hair is thick, I have a lot of it, and it is curly/wavy. Do you flat iron on days 2 and 3?
Samantha
anon- yes it keeps shape during the day but not really when I sleep on it. I don't use hairspray because I don't feel I need it. I use a flat iron on days 2 & 3 to touch it up. Maybe i should try hairspray to lock in the flip.
Thank you so much for posting a tutorial. You always have such GREAT hair! I always roll mine the opposite direction so I can't wait to try it this way and see how different it looks!
Hi, thanks for the tutorial!
A few questions:
1. Where do you buy your velcro rollers, and what size do you use? (How many do you use?)
2. Where did you get the roller clips?
3. I don't own a round brush- any recs on what/where to buy?
Thanks Veronika- I love LOVE your blog!
sara- I buy them at Target, Sally Beauty Supply and Ulta.
I got the roller clips at Sally Beauty supply they come in a bag of like 15 I think.
for round brushes I recommend a mix of synthetic and boar bristle…Ulta will have some good choices or a store like beauty first 🙂 good luck!
Oh and I use about 12 rollers.
Your hair is gorgeous!!
thanks megan—and thanks for visiting—i love your blog!
I just found your blog and I love it so much! You pay such attention to detail, it is so very appreciated! I loved your wedding photos you are so pretty, I can't wait to get married one day … I am only 20:) – From a fellow Canadian 🙂 (Even though you live in the States now haha!)
Veronika, I just found your blog and searched and searched for your hair routine secret. Your hair always looks so pretty in all the pictures and well…I'm jealous! LOL Anyway, I've never really been the one to "do" my hair only because I don't really know how. It looks fabulous when I leave the salon but then I just rely on a little heat to finger dry my hair and my straight iron to make me look presentable on days when I opt to not throw it in a pony. I'm ready for "big girl" hair though, and I want to try your routine. Would you recommend sticking with the velcro rollers or do hot rollers work just as well?
**Sorry this is so long…I'm a little wordy :/
Which way are you rolling your hair into the rollers? I can't tell – it looks like you are rolling them forward?
Hi Veronika,
I love your hair! I've been copying your routine- my hair came out perfectly the first time I tried it (at night when I had lots of time) and it hasn't worked very well since (rushed in the morning).
Do you dry your hair with a towel after you shower? Or apply mousse to soaking wet hair? I think my problem is working with hair that's either too wet or too dry…
@Kate- I wrap my hair in a towel, turban style, after I shower and then use the towel to try to get some of the moisture out. You don't want soaking wet hair.
Thanks, Veronika! I've been trying to do this for 8 months now, and it works maybe 40% of the time. All goes well until I try to section it! Then it becomes a tangled mess. If someday you decided to do a video version of how to section it, I would be forever in your debt. 🙂
Thanks, Veronika! I'm the same Kate as above- I've been trying to do this for 8 months now, and it's great… about 45% of the time. I keep doing this because it's so hard to find styling ideas/tips for wavy but baby-fine hair. I always run into trouble with sectioning the hair. If you ever decide to do a video tutorial of how to section hair for rollers, I'd be forever in your debt. 🙂
Hi Veronika,
How long do you keep the velcro rollers in your hair? You mentioned that you do your makeup while curling, so like 15-20 min? Is that enough to give curl? I'm reading online that the rollers should stay in up to 3 hours…no way for me!
Thanks,
Love this. Your pictures are very good. In so many of your final finished photos you look like Sandra Bullock.
I wish I found this five years ago when you posted it, it’s the best hair tutorial I’ve seen! It’s EXACTLY the style I’ve been looking for tutorials about, I thought this look was created by the blowdryer, not rollers. Excited to try it out tomorrow, thanks!!! 🙂
Jackie- I hope it works out for you! I still follow this same hair routine and love it 🙂 I think the rollers really make a difference!
I like your hair cut what is the name of your hair cut
I just have long layers 🙂