boiling hair for waves

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 cherrybombrose wrote:

I PURCHASED VIRGIN INDIAN HAIR, ITS A NATURAL WAVY TEXTURE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE HAIR STYLES FROM THE 40'S LIKE RITA HAYWORTH AND WOULD LIKE MORE OF A BODY WAVE, I TYPICALLY SEE FOLKS RAVE ABOUT BOILING HAIR TO OBTAIN A CURLS BUT DON'T KNOW TO GET A BODY WAVE, WHAT RODS WOULD I USE TO CREATE WAVES 

Those styles were typically achieved with pin curls.  On youtube there are tons of pin curl tutorials, I would start there.  Then, I would place a hairnet on the hair and steam the curls in.  Now, it will take a very large pot, because you don't want to crush the curls, and I would stuff the inside of the unit with something like a small towel covered in foil to retain the shape of the unit, and steam for maybe 2 hours.  The vendors use a wave roller that I still have yet to find, but I am still looking.