Flat Iron Curl Your Hair {Finger Curls}

by Amy Knight on January 30, 2013

Today I want to share with you this super awesome way to curl your hair with a straightener that’s much easier than other ways. Every time I do my hair like this people compliment me and I have to tell them how I did it, it’s just that fun!  The old way I was doing it with a straightener was a pain in the butt and I don’t own a curling iron which makes curling my hair really difficult! Unless of course I used the no heat curls technique, but that has to be planned out the day before! This is great if you feel like being spontaneous and it doesn’t take a ton of time! Here you go….

Learn to flat iron curl your hair!

 

Finger Curls Step by Step

Step 1: Blow dry or air dry your hair! Yes thats what I look like letting my hair dry naturally. Crazy with a hint of unruly. Spray a little hair spray in it and brush through.

curling hair tutorial

Step 2: Take a piece of hair and wrap around fingers. Two fingers for loose curls and one for tight “Taylor Swift” Curls {don’t wrap too tight or you won’t be able to pull the hair from around your fingers}.

Finger Curling step 1

Step 3: Pull hair off your fingers leaving a loop

Finger curls step 2

Step 4: Clamp a hot flat iron on the loop of hair, wait around 10-15 seconds {maybe longer if you have really thick hair}, release, and repeat until you got all your hair!

Finger Curls step 3

Step 5: Wa la! Beautiful loose curls that look awesome!

Finger Curls

I was slightly rushed for this “photo shoot”!  Here’s another picture that I took for another future post that I did with the same technique!

euro knot

How do you curl your hair?

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Carrie from Carrie This Home January 30, 2013 at 8:35 am

I just got a new flat iron for Christmas and I always wondered how curls could come out of a flat iron! Kinda ironic :) Thanks for showing this tip–I’m going to pin it and use when my hair grows longer.
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Amy January 31, 2013 at 4:22 am

I bet it would be cute with short hair! I couldn’t tell you right now but maybe in the next month or so! ;(

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Lydia January 30, 2013 at 8:48 am

Cute! I really like this idea. I am going to have to try it soon!
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Amy January 30, 2013 at 11:44 am

I have a curling iron that I use. I have used it once in 2 years. I have an awesome flat iron that I got for Christmas that I use a lot more. I prefer to straighten my crazy hair.
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Amy January 31, 2013 at 4:24 am

I dont blame you I straightened my hair for a long time especially when it was really curly… Now that my hair is confused and only has a slight wave I like to do this more when its not up in a bun!

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nikole January 31, 2013 at 8:41 am

i use hot rollers religiously. i really can’t see living without them!
but this is definitely something i want to try with my little flat iron, thanks!
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Amy February 2, 2013 at 5:49 am

I’ve never tried hot rollers before but I’ve seen how awesome they work!

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Mel Stevens February 3, 2013 at 8:04 pm

those curls are gorgeous! I’ll try your technique with my karmin g3 straightener :) )) so excited!

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Monique February 4, 2013 at 11:13 am

nice, thank you so much for the tips , are very helpful, I will try this with my karmin g3. :D

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Jennifer February 4, 2013 at 4:26 pm

Great tip…can’t wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!
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SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime February 9, 2013 at 7:19 pm

I TOTALLY pinned this :)
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Jelli February 10, 2013 at 2:37 pm

What a great idea! I’ve seen other tutorials on flat iron curls, but they were more complicated. This is totally more my style. Thanks for sharing. I found you from Mop it up Monday.
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Amy February 10, 2013 at 6:07 pm

Thanks Jelli! I used to do it the other way and it was kind of annoying and wouldn’t always turn out right! This way is much easier! Good luck trying this!

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Tori February 25, 2013 at 4:03 pm

I had a really hard time with this. Whenever I pulled my finger out of the hair and tried to grab the loop, the whole curl fell apart. No luck for me :(

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Amy February 26, 2013 at 5:31 pm

O no I’m sorry Tori! I grab the loop with the opposite hand and pull it out. Try to do the hair looser around your finger so its easier to pull out!

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betmarie April 23, 2013 at 10:00 am

tht’s very cutee love it…

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Christine May 15, 2013 at 10:17 pm

I unfortunately had the same issues as Tori, but made it work on a few strands. Also I have a hard time grabbing the loop with the straightener without burning my fingers. Not a fast method until I get better at it I suppose. The ones that did work came out great. Probably not possible since this is an old post, but a video would help me understand the part of transferring the loop to the straightener.

With that said, great idea! Thanks!

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