Do you know how to curl your hair with a flat iron?

Thanks to all the tutorials that we can find on social networks like Tik Tok, Instagram y Youtube, many of you are already experts when it comes to straightening hairstyles. Many of you are very skilled and you handle yourself very well with thermal tools, whether with a dryer or an iron. And there is also the opposite, that many of you do not want to see a hair straightener not even close.

If you normally wear hair extensions, whether they are adhesive extensions or else clip in extensionsThe most normal thing is that you use the iron to straighten your hair so that everything is more integrated and with a perfect result.

Let's review how to straighten your hair with extensions with an iron, and then we will teach you how to curl your hair.

How to straighten your hair with extensions

It is one of the easiest hairstyles to do. We don't know many clients who can't straighten their hair, but just in case, we leave you a review:

1. With hair completely dry 100%, we apply a thermal protector throughout the hair, to protect it during styling with the hair straightener.
2. We make sections in the hair and hold it with clips.
3. We go through more or less thin sections (about 2 or 3cm wide) and with the help of a comb, we pass the iron through the strands. If we pass it more slowly, we avoid doing more than one pass on that strand.
4. We will repeat this process throughout the hair.

How to make waves in your hair with a hair straightener

Now, we are going to explain how to curl your hair. The steps are simple, but you have to practice it so that little by little, your technique improves.

1. With hair clean and 100% dry, we apply a thermal protector from the middle to the ends.
2. We divide the hair into sections, and take thin strands 2 or 3 cm wide.
3. There are 3 types of GHD hair straightener: GHD Gold, GHD Gold Max y GHD Platinum+
4. We take the strand with the iron at an oblique angle, and we turn the iron on itself completely to further define the wave (if we like a less marked wave, we will rotate the iron 180º). Once the strand is taken, we follow the direction of the hair until we reach the ends, slowly to ensure that the wave is defined.
5. You can alternate the direction of the wave by modifying the twist, if once we did it outwards, another time inwards, that way we will achieve a more natural hairstyle.

What types of waves can I make in my hair?

There are many types of waves to create in your hair with the help of a GHD hair straightener, as many as your imagination and your skill with this thermal tool allows. GHD has a lot of tutorials on its website so you can get an idea and show off waves for every occasion.

We have chosen the ones we like the most to give the final touch to our work with extensions:

Waves with volume: Our favorites, if you also wear extensions, you can show off super lush hair and be the envy of your friends. The key is to backcomb your hair at the crown and add volume at the roots on top. And finally, add fixation to your hair with hairspray or setting spray.

Soft Waves: It is the most popular type of wave in our salons, and it looks beautiful to show off your new hair with extensions. To achieve this look at home, you just have to apply the technique that we explained to you, and vary the direction of rotation of each wave so that not all the hair is the same.

surf waves: To achieve this type of wave, you have to position the hair straightener more vertically, so that the result is a more open wave. To get the effect of the most undone waves, run the comb through your entire hair and then give it volume with the help of your fingers.

In this video we show you 3 types of waves that you didn't know you could do with your GHD hair straightener. Do you dare to try it?

You now have your favorite style and the polished technique to show off waves this summer!