How to do "vintage inspired" hair with conair candlesticks (hotsticks)

I already posted this to a vintage hair community that I'm a part of on livejournal. It's a couple months old but I thought it might be helpful for some of you who are too lazy to do pincurls. I got these for Christmas because I needed an extra set of hot sticks for all my hair. The candlesticks are super cute and they have flecks of silver glitter in them. This was the first time I had successful results with this type of roller. I was thrilled to get a bit of a wave pattern.

The hotsticks and candlesticks are both pictured below. I mostly used the light pink/grey ones. They’re made by Conair and they’re called candlesticks for some reason. They are basically the same thing as hotsticks but more of a jelly texture and a bit larger size in circumference. I think they work a little better than regular hotsticks but they generally do the same thing.

The orange/hotpink ones are hotsticks, also made by conair. I think I got the hotsticks at walmart and the candlesticks are from Ulta.






What I did:

1. Spray dry hair with setting lotion (I used diluted lotta body) or some type of mouse.
2. Make a deep part. (I have "bettie bangs" but I make it work)
3. I curled mine downward in rows - from the part down.
4. Wait for them to set.
5. Take out and let cool
6. Brush curls to form wave pattern. (It will look poofy at first)
7. My brushed curls are always super frizzy so I use a smoothing product and hairspray as I go along.
8. I used pin curl clips to define my wave pattern and keep the ends curled. (this step flattens the frizz)
9. Do your makeup while you're waiting.
10. Take out pin curl clips. (that's what I'm doing in the blue shirt)
11. It should be done when you take out the clips but you might need to fuss with it a bit more.
12. Finish with hairspray.

Tip:

*Endpapers will keep the ends of your curls uniform. I used press'n'seal wrap on my ends but I don't even want to go into explaining that.


How to blend short bangs into this hairstyle:


 I just part my hair to the side and blow dry (the side with more hair) back with a with a brush. It creates a poof. I use a pomade type product on any fly away hairs and hairspray. I try to hide them as best I can but the edge of one side will always kind of show. I sometimes bobby pin that side flat. If you look really closely at the 2nd pic, you can see a bobby pin close to the part. It's really fast and easy if you can live with a little imperfection!

It sounds like a lot to take in but it's pretty simple once you get the hang of it. Experiment and don't give up.