Tech File: Backcombing, Crimping & Frizzing

Products & Equipment required:

·        Backcombing comb

·        Pintail comb

·        Hairspray

·        Hair grips & wavy pins

·        Hair straighteners

·        Crimping Irons

Method:

Backcombing

1.      Take a section of hair, hold it vertically

2.      Using a backcombing brush, start at the roots and brush towards the scalp to create lift

3.      Use small movements and secure with hairspray

Frizzing

1.      Take a small section of hair

2.      Wind it tightly in a figure of 8 around a wavy hairpin

3.      Secure this by sliding a hairgrip vertically down the centre of the wavy pin

4.      Heat under hair straighteners and then leave to cool

5.      Release from the hair grip and then tease the styled hair to create frizz or style in the released formation 

Crimping

1.      Prepare the hair with heat defence spray

2.      Take a section of hair a little narrower than the width of the crimping irons

3.      Beginning at the roots, hold the crimping irons down on the hair

4.      Release and then down the hair towards the ends