So, I have thick, but rather straight hair. Really straight, actually, and every time in my life I've tried to curl my hair, it goes right back to being straight unless I make my head all crunchy and 90s with loads of hairspray. Yeesh. And then the hairspray won't come out, and I look like an alien. It is not a pretty picture.

I'm more or less just given up on the curly hair thing. I don't really pay THAT much attention to my hair, as as it isn't sticking out in random directions (which is usually how it is when I wake up in the morning, but I fix that with about thirty seconds with the straightener.) However, Lindi curls her hair all the time, and she'd been looking for a better hairspray for a while. A non-crunchy hairspray that looked like it was made for this millenium, at least.

Then this happened:





We found the answer in the form of the hairspray our friend Hillary uses! And she always has great hair, so that boded well for our experience with it. It's pretty pricey- about $18 a bottle in stores, but we got it for $13 online on Amazon.



Enter, the amazing Bed Head Masterpiece... because it holds my very-not-curly hair in curls. I even have proof! Because the first time we tried it on me, seriously in the middle of the night so I could just wash my hair and go to bed when it inevitably looked terrible. But then... it didn't! And I wished it was the morning so I could wear my hair that way all day. Instead, it was one o'clock in the morning, so we just took some pictures for fun (and posterity!) So here's my proof:


1 a.m. curly hair fun times! We did these curls with a 1" cheap straightener (it actually is better if it's a cheap one, because the better one we have is TOO good and doesn't let the heat through to the exterior metal.) You put a piece of hair into the straightener about two inches from the roots, wind the hair around the bottom plate of the straightener and then back through the middle. Holding the hair taut, slowly move the straightener down your hair, keeping the hair wound around the bottom plate. Rotate the straightener gradually as you get to the bottom of the piece. You will end up with one wonderful bouncy curl! Then you have to repeat it for the rest of your head.

For the front, finger-wave look, put the front piece of your hair in the straightener and make a small arc away from your head. Then repeat, with the same piece of hair but starting at the end of the first arc, in an arc going toward your head. Repeat until you have that vintage wave, then pin into your hair to your liking.